Focus
- Volume 13
- Number 4
- October 2015
Clinical Synthesis
Publication date: 01 October 2015
Pages403–408This article aims to briefly describe global mental health as a key strategy to tackle the global burden of mental disorders and create new opportunities for research. This work provides a brief inventory of research funding opportunities and a few ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20150019Publication date: 01 October 2015
Pages409–418Approximately 3.2% of the global population consists of migrants. Today, unprecedented numbers of people are relocating to the United States; more than ever, psychiatrists are caring for immigrant patients. International migration is a multilayered issue ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20150020Publication date: 01 October 2015
Pages419–425It is well known that social factors affect risk for mental illnesses and substance use disorders, as well as health outcomes of persons with these disorders. Social and environmental factors, in addition to their independent and combined effects, can ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20150017Publication date: 01 October 2015
Pages426–431This article explains the origins, development, and applications of the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI). This work first discusses the relevance of cultural factors to all aspects of mental health care, demonstrating the need for person-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20150016Publication date: 01 October 2015
Pages432–440Schizophrenia is a debilitating psychiatric illness that is among the world's top 10 causes of long-term disability, affecting people who are just entering the peak of social, economic, and intellectual productivity. Such functional loss is particularly ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20150018Publication date: 01 October 2015
Pages441–445Demand for global medical education has grown dramatically among U.S. medical students and residents. At the same time, opportunities in global mental health present special challenges owing to a relative lack of interest in psychiatry among medical ...
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Publication date: 01 October 2015
Pages460–468Current efforts in global mental health (GMH) aim to address the inequities in mental health between low-income and high-income countries, as well as vulnerable populations within wealthy nations (e.g., indigenous ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.130407Publication date: 01 October 2015
Pages469–477The purpose of this guidance is to review currently available evidence on mental health problems in migrants and to present advice to clinicians and policy makers on how to provide migrants with appropriate and accessible mental health services. The three ...
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