Blar i Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care på emneord "Mental health"
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Alcohol consumption, life satisfaction and mental health among Norwegian college and university students
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Objective: High-level alcohol consumption is common in, and central to, the student community. Among adults, high-level alcohol consumption, and sometimes also low, has been associated with poorer social integration and ... -
Better health-related quality of life (Mental component summary), having a higher level of education, and being less than 75 years of age are predictors of hospital admission among cognitively intact nursing home residents: A 5-year follow-up study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-03-07)Objective: To study whether health-related quality of life (HRQOL), activities of daily living (ADL), and anxiety and depression symptoms affect the risk of hospital admission and potential interactions with having a cancer ... -
Does child and adolescent mental health in-service training result in equivalent knowledge gain among cadres of non-specialist health workers in Uganda? A pre-test post-test study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-08-24)Background: Early identification and management of child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) disorders helps to avert mental illness in adulthood but a CAMH treatment gap exists in Uganda. CAMH integration into primary ... -
Does mhGAP training of primary health care providers improve the identification of child- and adolescent mental, neurological or substance use disorders? Results from a randomized controlled trial in Uganda
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Background. Integrating child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) into primary health care (PHC) using the WHO mental health gap action program (mhGAP) is recommended for closing a mental health treatment gap in low- and ... -
GP consultations for common mental disorders and subsequent sickness certification: register-based study of the employed population in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-08-17)Background. Challenges related to work are in focus when employed people with common mental disorders (CMDs) consult their GPs. Many become sickness certified and remain on sick leave over time. Objectives. To investigate ... -
Health gains and financial protection provided by the Ethiopian Mental Health Strategy: an extended cost-effectiveness analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-04)Background: Mental and neurological (MN) health care has long been neglected in low-income settings. This paper estimates health and non-health impacts of fully publicly financed care for selected key interventions in the ... -
Immigrants' use of primary health care services for mental health problems
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08-13)Background: Equity in health care across all social groups is a major goal in health care policy. Immigrants may experience more mental health problems than natives, but we do not know the extent to which they seek help ... -
Physical health-related quality of life predicts disability pension due to musculoskeletal disorders: seven years follow-up of the Hordaland Health Study Cohort
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-02-14)Background: Musculoskeletal diseases are characterized by a high degree of comorbidity with common mental disorders and are a major cause of health-related exclusion from working life. Using a prospective design we aimed ... -
Recommended content of referral letters from general practitioners to specialised mental health care: a qualitative multi-perspective study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-08-19)Background: In most Western countries, the referral letter forms the basis for establishing the priority of patients for specialised health care and for the coordination of care between the services. To be able to define ... -
Scaling-up essential neuropsychiatric services in Ethiopia: a cost-effectiveness analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-10-21)Introduction: There is an immense need for scaling-up neuropsychiatric care in low-income countries. Contextualized cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs) provide relevant information for local policies. The aim of this study ... -
Suffering and mental health among older people living in nursing homes-a mixed-methods study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-07-30)Background. Knowledge about mixed-methods perspectives that examine anxiety, depression, social support, mental health and the phenomenon of suffering among cognitively intact NH residents is scarce. We aimed to explore ... -
Use of GP services by patients with schizophrenia:A national cross-sectional register-based study a national cross-sectional register-based study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-02-18)Background Reform of health services has given primary care facilities increased responsibility for patients with serious mental disorders (SMD). There has also been a growing awareness of the high somatic morbidity among ... -
“We are like co-wives”: Traditional healers' views on collaborating with the formal Child and Adolescent Mental Health System in Uganda
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-04-10)Background: Early identification and management of mental illness in childhood and adolescence helps to avert debilitating mental illness in adulthood but the attention given to Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) ...