Mental Illness
A mental disorder, also called a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. Such features may be persistent, relapsing and remitting, or occur as a single episode. Many disorders have been described, with signs and symptoms that vary widely between specific disorders. Such disorders may be diagnosed by a mental health professional. The causes of mental disorders are often unclear. Theories may incorporate findings from a range of fields. Mental disorders are usually defined by a combination of how a person behaves, feels, perceives, or thinks. This …
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The Equality Trust · 22 July 2024 English
"The Spirit Level at 15: The Enduring Impact of Inequality" revisits the influential work "The Spirit Level" fifteen years after its initial publication. It underscores the persistent and growing impact …
more important and increases status anxiety. Mental illness is viewed as a ‘discredited’ characteristic … difficult to speak to a person with a significant mental illness. Lack of equal opportunity: Inequality begins … of drug use, diabetes, asthma, obesity and mental illness. Infant mortality: Despite overall advancements … also have lower income inequality. Mental illness: Mental illness is the leading cause of disability … higher percentage of the population suffer from mental illness in more unequal countries. Mental illnesses …
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre · 18 July 2024 English
- Anonymous refugee in PNG During the past 11 years, Australia’s policy of offshore processing has caused at least 14 deaths and significant physical and mental harm to the thousands …
psychiatric care in Nauru and patients with severe mental illness at high risk of suicide should be transferred …
World Bank Group · 17 July 2024 English
Using a cluster-randomized trial, this paper evaluates the impact of group-based interpersonal therapy on mental health and human capital accumulation among adolescent girls in Uganda who were at risk of …
negative feedback loop between poverty and mental illness, the Lancet Commission on global mental health … scalable solutions to both prevent and treat mental illness. Group-based therapy is a strong candidate …
World Bank Group · 17 July 2024 English
or mentally handicapped or impaired due of mental illness, mental deficiency, physical illness or disability …
Australian Human Rights Commission · 16 July 2024 English
And active participants in the decisions that directly affect us, and in the decisions, sorry, the design of the systems and services that are meant to support us and protect …
basic rights. And, of course, for people with mental illness, particularly those that are suffering from …
RAND Corporation · 16 July 2024 English
This report, now in its fourth edition, synthesizes available scientific evidence for the effects of various firearm policies on firearm injuries and deaths, violent crime, suicides, the gun industry, defensive …
requirements 2. prohibitions associated with mental illness 3. prohibitions associated with domestic violence … Requirements Prohibitions Associated with Mental Illness Prohibitions Associated with Domestic Violence … Requirements Prohibitions Associated with Mental Illness Prohibitions Associated with Domestic Violence … Requirements Prohibitions Associated with Mental Illness Prohibitions Associated with Domestic Violence … by individuals with histories of adjudicated mental illness or incapacity reduce vio- lent crime. • Recommendation …
NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 11 July 2024 English
Although improving psychological well-being was not the explicit focus of the 2021 expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC), psychological health outcomes may have been affected by the positive income shocks generated …
Mental health problems (sometimes called mental illness) occur when mood, thoughts, or behaviors become … Howes, et al. 2003. Screening for serious mental illness in the general population. Archives of General …
The Aspen Institute · 9 July 2024
productivity each year. A recent report titled “ A Crisis of Our Time: Exploring the Global Rise of Mental Illness Through Economics, Lived Experiences, and Expert Insights ” has been published by the Aspen Institute’s …
APO: Asian Productivity Organization · 5 July 2024 English
It aims to scrutinize the adoption and impact of advanced technologies, such as IoT and AI, focusing on their influence on productivity, sustainability, and the diverse challenges and opportunities in …
people experience depression and other types of mental illness due to a lack of real-life interaction. Social …
ANROWS: Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety · 1 July 2024 English
The Network The Network was established in 2011 following the The national filicide project implementation of DFV death review mechanisms in several Australian jurisdictions.3 The Network is The current project …
Information System NGMI Not guilty by reason of mental illness NHMP National Homicide Monitoring Program AUSTRALIAN … the relationship (reported or unreported), mental illness … a history of issues with alcohol and/or drugs … found Acquitted 2 3 not guilty by reason of mental illness (NGMI). It was not common for filicide offenders … half the offenders responding to DFV. had a mental illness at the time suggest deficits in the mental … Shaw, J. J., & Abel, K. M. (2013). Filicide: Mental illness in those who kill their children. PloS Hamilton …
