Developing infant mental health services in a multicultural society-Birmingham experience

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Sandhu
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Infant Mental Health ◽  
Multicultural Society

scholarly journals Current delivery of infant mental health services: are infant mental health needs being met?

2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 393-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elspeth Macdonald ◽  
Heather Mohay ◽  
Debra Sorensen ◽  
Neil Alcorn ◽  
Brett McDermott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Infant Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Needs

scholarly journals Mental health services in Israel

2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 10-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Itzhak Levav ◽  
Alexander Grinshpoon
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Patterns Of Care ◽  
Multicultural Society ◽  
Permanent Change ◽  
Former Ussr

Israel is a multicultural society in a state of permanent change. The population, of about 6.5 million, comprises the following religious groupings: Jews (77.5%), Muslims (15.3%), Christians (2.1%), Druzes (1.7%) and others (3.4%). The organisation of and the approaches used by the country's health services have been determined by this sociocultural plurality, and also by a continuous influx of immigrants (among whom, 882 600 and 44 200 arrived from countries of the former USSR and Ethiopia, respectively, between 1990 and 2001), as well as by the precarious security situation (the country has seen several wars with its neighbours in addition to the long-standing conflict with the Palestinians). The patterns of care of the population reflect both Western psychiatry and traditional systems. Because of such complexity, the present brief overview is necessarily selective.

A model for the provision of integrated perinatal and infant mental health services in regional settings

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 531-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivian Wing Woon Lee ◽  
Louise Kathryn Newman
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Infant Development ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Term Treatment ◽  
Infant Mental Health ◽  
Parental Mental Health ◽  
Model Of Care ◽  
Short Term Treatment

Objective: This paper aims to describe current approaches in Victoria to the development of perinatal and infant mental health services in regional areas. Method: The paper outlines the significance of perinatal mental disorder for maternal wellbeing and impact on infant development, and describes the model of care at the Agnes Unit. Results: The Agnes Unit has been established as a residential therapeutic unit offering short-term treatment that focusses on promoting parental mental health, parenting sensitivity and the parent-infant relationship. Conclusions: A coordinated and integrated approach with focus on early intervention is needed to deliver perinatal and infant mental health services. Services need to focus on the infant and parent-infant relationship in addition to parental mental health.

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