Mental Disorders - Prevention & control
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Management of injecting drug users admitted to hospital.

8 Oct 2009 General hospital clinicians frequently deal with injecting drug users because substance use has diverse medical and psychiatric complications. Non-specialist clinicians often initiate management when specialist consultation is not available or ... Read more...

Does acupuncture have a place as an adjunct treatment during pregnancy? A review of randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Complementary medicine has become popular throughout many Western countries and is widely used by women across all stages of their life cycle. Acupuncture is used by women during their pregnancy, and research suggests that acupuncture ... Read more...

Severe mental disorders in complex emergencies.

20 Aug 2009 People with severe mental disorders are a neglected and vulnerable group in complex emergencies. Here, we describe field experiences in establishing mental health services in five humanitarian settings. We show data to quantify the issue, and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Mental Disorders - Prevention & control'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• An unacceptable slur? 29 Oct 2009
• New horizons for mental health in the UK. 8 Oct 2009
• Management of injecting drug users admitted to hospital. 8 Oct 2009
• Execution of prisoners with mental illnesses in Japan. 10 Sep 2009
• Does acupuncture have a place as an adjunct treatment during pregnancy? A review of randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews. 30 Aug 2009
• Revitalising health in Afghanistan. 27 Aug 2009
• Global mental health: a failure of humanity. 20 Aug 2009
• US faces crisis in mental health care for juvenile offenders. 20 Aug 2009
• Severe mental disorders in complex emergencies. 20 Aug 2009
• Developing an outreach service in adolescent mental health to improve engagement. 30 Jul 2009
• Building a caring society. 30 Jul 2009
• Perceptions of the relationship between mental health professionals and family caregivers: has there been any change? 30 Jul 2009
• Systematic review of preventive interventions for children's mental health: what would work in Australian contexts? 30 Jul 2009
• Mental health: a long way to go. 30 Jul 2009
• Attempted suicide in reproductive age women. 30 Jul 2009
• Reduction of road traffic noise and mental health: an intervention study. 29 Jun 2009
• Do stimulants protect against psychiatric disorders in youth with ADHD? A 10-year follow-up study. 29 Jun 2009
• Mental health needs of Arab women. 29 Jun 2009
• A major Canadian initiative to address mental health and homelessness. 30 May 2009
• Characteristics of the healthy brain project sample: representing diversity among study participants. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Mental Disorders'

Definition: Psychiatric illness or diseases manifested by breakdowns in the adaptational process expressed primarily as abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behavior producing either distress or impairment of function.

Descriptor UI: D001523

Alternative terms: Mental Disorders; Disorder, Mental; Disorders, Mental; Mental Disorder; Diagnosis, Psychiatric; Psychiatric Diagnosis; Behavior Disorders; Disorders, Behavior;

Related Mesh Headings: Mentally Ill Persons;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03;

Online Note: pre-explosion = MENTAL DISORDERS (PX)

History Note: use pre-explosion 1974-97