Sage Journals – A New Vision for Mental Health

Studying Mental Health Problems as Systems, Not Syndromes

Author: Editorial 19th October 2022 0 Comments

This article by Eiko I. Fried has been published in Sage Journals. The abstract says: “Despite decades of clinical, sociopolitical, and research efforts, progress in understanding and treating mental health problems remains disappointing. I discuss two barriers that have contributed to…
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a coherent system

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Reducing seclusion and restraint in a child and adolescent inpatient area: implementation of a collaborative problem-solving approach

This research study from New Zealand concerns the use of collaborative problem-solving in relation to child and adolescent psychiatric inpatient units . Collaborative problem-solving is championed by Think:Kids (based at Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry) who say: “As applied to challenging kids,…
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