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Derek Summerfield - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Mental Health social distress and political oppression the case of the occupied palestinian territory
Global Public Health, 2011Co-Authors: Rita Giacaman, Yoke Rabaia, Viet Nguyengillham, Rajaie Batniji, Raijaleena Punamaki, Derek SummerfieldAbstract:Abstract This paper presents a brief history of Palestinian Mental Health care, a discussion of the current status of Mental Health and Health services in the occupied Palestinian territory, and a critique of the biomedical Western-led discourse as it relates to the Mental Health needs of Palestinians. Medicalising distress and providing psychological therapies for Palestinians offer little in the way of alleviating the underlying causes of ongoing collective trauma. This paper emphasises the importance of separating clinical responses to Mental illness from the public Health response to mass political violation and distress. Palestinian academic research reframes the Mental Health paradigm utilising an approach based on the broader framework of social justice, quality of life, human rights and human security. Recognising social suffering as a public Mental Health Issue requires a shift in the emphasis from narrow medical indicators, injury and illness to the lack of human security and human rights violat...
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Mental Health social distress and political oppression the case of the occupied palestinian territory
Global Public Health, 2011Co-Authors: Rita Giacaman, Yoke Rabaia, Viet Nguyengillham, Rajaie Batniji, Raijaleena Punamaki, Derek SummerfieldAbstract:This paper presents a brief history of Palestinian Mental Health care, a discussion of the current status of Mental Health and Health services in the occupied Palestinian territory, and a critique of the biomedical Western-led discourse as it relates to the Mental Health needs of Palestinians. Medicalising distress and providing psychological therapies for Palestinians offer little in the way of alleviating the underlying causes of ongoing collective trauma. This paper emphasises the importance of separating clinical responses to Mental illness from the public Health response to mass political violation and distress. Palestinian academic research reframes the Mental Health paradigm utilising an approach based on the broader framework of social justice, quality of life, human rights and human security. Recognising social suffering as a public Mental Health Issue requires a shift in the emphasis from narrow medical indicators, injury and illness to the lack of human security and human rights violations experienced by ordinary Palestinians. Such a change in perspective requires a parallel change in Mental Health policies from short-term emergency humanitarian aid to the development of a sustainable system of public Mental Health services, in combination with advocacy for human rights and the restoration of political, historical and moral justice.
Rita Giacaman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Mental Health social distress and political oppression the case of the occupied palestinian territory
Global Public Health, 2011Co-Authors: Rita Giacaman, Yoke Rabaia, Viet Nguyengillham, Rajaie Batniji, Raijaleena Punamaki, Derek SummerfieldAbstract:Abstract This paper presents a brief history of Palestinian Mental Health care, a discussion of the current status of Mental Health and Health services in the occupied Palestinian territory, and a critique of the biomedical Western-led discourse as it relates to the Mental Health needs of Palestinians. Medicalising distress and providing psychological therapies for Palestinians offer little in the way of alleviating the underlying causes of ongoing collective trauma. This paper emphasises the importance of separating clinical responses to Mental illness from the public Health response to mass political violation and distress. Palestinian academic research reframes the Mental Health paradigm utilising an approach based on the broader framework of social justice, quality of life, human rights and human security. Recognising social suffering as a public Mental Health Issue requires a shift in the emphasis from narrow medical indicators, injury and illness to the lack of human security and human rights violat...
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Mental Health social distress and political oppression the case of the occupied palestinian territory
Global Public Health, 2011Co-Authors: Rita Giacaman, Yoke Rabaia, Viet Nguyengillham, Rajaie Batniji, Raijaleena Punamaki, Derek SummerfieldAbstract:This paper presents a brief history of Palestinian Mental Health care, a discussion of the current status of Mental Health and Health services in the occupied Palestinian territory, and a critique of the biomedical Western-led discourse as it relates to the Mental Health needs of Palestinians. Medicalising distress and providing psychological therapies for Palestinians offer little in the way of alleviating the underlying causes of ongoing collective trauma. This paper emphasises the importance of separating clinical responses to Mental illness from the public Health response to mass political violation and distress. Palestinian academic research reframes the Mental Health paradigm utilising an approach based on the broader framework of social justice, quality of life, human rights and human security. Recognising social suffering as a public Mental Health Issue requires a shift in the emphasis from narrow medical indicators, injury and illness to the lack of human security and human rights violations experienced by ordinary Palestinians. Such a change in perspective requires a parallel change in Mental Health policies from short-term emergency humanitarian aid to the development of a sustainable system of public Mental Health services, in combination with advocacy for human rights and the restoration of political, historical and moral justice.
Matthew J Friedman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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meta analysis of the efficacy of treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2013Co-Authors: Bradley V Watts, Paula P Schnurr, Lorna Mayo, Yinong Youngxu, William B Weeks, Matthew J FriedmanAbstract:Objective Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an important Mental Health Issue in terms of the number of people affected and the morbidity and functional impairment associated with the disorder. The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of all treatments for PTSD. Data sources PubMed, MEDLINE, PILOTS, and PsycINFO databases were searched for randomized controlled clinical trials of any treatment for PTSD in adults published between January 1, 1980, and April 1, 2012, and written in the English language. The following search terms were used: post-traumatic stress disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, PTSD, combat disorders, and stress disorders, post-traumatic. Study selection Articles selected were those in which all subjects were adults with a diagnosis of PTSD based on DSM criteria and a valid PTSD symptom measure was reported. Other study characteristics were systematically collected. The sample consisted of 137 treatment comparisons drawn from 112 studies. Results Effective psychotherapies included cognitive therapy, exposure therapy, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (g = 1.63, 1.08, and 1.01, respectively). Effective pharmacotherapies included paroxetine, sertraline, fluoxetine, risperidone, topiramate, and venlafaxine (g = 0.74, 0.41, 0.43, 0.41, 1.20, and 0.48, respectively). For both psychotherapy and medication, studies with more women had larger effects and studies with more veterans had smaller effects. Psychotherapy studies with wait-list controls had larger effects than studies with active control comparisons. Conclusions Our findings suggest that patients and providers have a variety of options for choosing an effective treatment for PTSD. Substantial differences in study design and study participant characteristics make identification of a single best treatment difficult. Not all medications or psychotherapies are effective.
Caron Zlotnick - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Analysis of brief screening tools for the detection of postpartum depression: Comparisons of the PRAMS 6-item instrument, PHQ-9, and structured interviews
Archives of Women's Mental Health, 2013Co-Authors: Kristina Davis, Teri Pearlstein, Scott Stuart, Michael O’hara, Caron ZlotnickAbstract:Postpartum depression (PPD) is an important Mental Health Issue affecting approximately 10 % of women. Self-report screening measures represent utility for detecting PPD in both clinical and research settings. The current study sought to inspect the accuracy of two screening measures compared to clinical interviews. As part of an ongoing clinical trial, 1,392 women between the ages of 18 and 45 were screened for PPD using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and a six-item scale developed from CDC Pregnancy Risk Assessment questions (PRAMS-6). Three item subscales of the PRAMS-6 were also inspected—three depression (PRAMS-3D) and three anxiety items (PRAMS-3A). Receiver operating characteristics compared the diagnostic accuracy of the PHQ-9, PRAMS-6, PRAMS-3D, and PRAMS-3A to both the Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM-IV (SCID) and the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression. The PHQ-9, PRAMS-6, and PRAMS-3D all showed moderate accuracy at diagnosing PPD. Diagnostic cut points are provided. The PRAMS-6 instrument is a brief and effective screening tool for PPD. The time frame of symptom assessment may account for some variability in accuracy between the PHQ-9 and PRAMS screening instruments.
Yehan Wang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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gray matter and white matter abnormalities in online game addiction
European Journal of Radiology, 2013Co-Authors: Chuanbo Weng, Ruobing Qian, Bin Lin, Xiaopeng Han, Chaoshi Niu, Yehan WangAbstract:Online game addiction (OGA) has attracted greater attention as a serious public Mental Health Issue. However, there are only a few brain magnetic resonance imaging studies on brain structure about OGA. In the current study, we used voxel-based morphometry (VBM) analysis and tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) to investigate the microstructural changes in OGA and assessed the relationship between these morphology changes and the Young's Internet Addiction Scale (YIAS) scores within the OGA group. Compared with Healthy subjects, OGA individuals showed significant gray matter atrophy in the right orbitofrontal cortex, bilateral insula, and right supplementary motor area. According to TBSS analysis, OGA subjects had significantly reduced FA in the right genu of corpus callosum, bilateral frontal lobe white matter, and right external capsule. Gray matter volumes (GMV) of the right orbitofrontal cortex, bilateral insula and FA values of the right external capsule were significantly positively correlated with the YIAS scores in the OGA subjects. Our findings suggested that microstructure abnormalities of gray and white matter were present in OGA subjects. This finding may provide more insights into the understanding of the underlying neural mechanisms of OGA.