10.10.2010

Today is World Mental Health Day

World Mental Health Day on 10 October raises public awareness about mental health issues. The Day promotes more open discussion of mental disorders, and investments in prevention and treatment services. The treatment gap for mental, neurological and substance use disorders is formidable especially in poor resource countries.



This is an excerpt of the official information provided by the United Nations. To view the full text, click here.

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Have you tried Linehan's "Skills Training for Borderline Personality Disorder" workbook? I used exercises from this during graduate training in an outpatient mental health clinic.A couple of years ago, I was at a conference on community mental health that talked about client/consumer-based programs that were pretty much primarily run by the clients themselves. I don't know the severity level of your population, but I would try to get the clients to support each other as best I could, and research client- or consumer-based programs and their efficacy levels. I thinking that that clients will respond to encouragement from their peers more than they will respond to encouragement from their therapists.In regards to delusions and hallucinations, based on my experience, the best way to intervene is to 1) enter their reality and never invalidate it 2) empathize with the feeling3) based on their past history, try to interpret accordingly and 4) if you confront them, confront them on the effects of their thinking - not that their thinking is wrong - e.g. how is their thinking making their life better or worse, and is there a better, safer, more workable alternative?Good luck. +1Was this answer helpful? nexium xenical ed wetrackit propecia
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Have you tried Linehan's "Skills Training for Borderline Personality Disorder" workbook? I used exercises from this during graduate training in an outpatient mental health clinic.A couple of years ago, I was at a conference on community mental health that talked about client/consumer-based programs that were pretty much primarily run by the clients themselves. I don't know the severity level of your population, but I would try to get the clients to support each other as best I could, and research client- or consumer-based programs and their efficacy levels. I thinking that that clients will respond to encouragement from their peers more than they will respond to encouragement from their therapists.In regards to delusions and hallucinations, based on my experience, the best way to intervene is to 1) enter their reality and never invalidate it 2) empathize with the feeling3) based on their past history, try to interpret accordingly and 4) if you confront them, confront them on the effects of their thinking - not that their thinking is wrong - e.g. how is their thinking making their life better or worse, and is there a better, safer, more workable alternative?Good luck. +1Was this answer helpful? car insurance eastwood auto insurance
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