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Current insights of community mental healthcare for people with severe mental illness: a scoping review KU Leuven
BACKGROUND: For the last four decades, there has been a shift in mental healthcare toward more rehabilitation and following a more humanistic and comprehensive vision on recovery for persons with severe mental illness (SMI). Consequently, many community-based mental healthcare programs and services have been developed internationally. Currently, community mental healthcare is still under development, with a focus on further inclusion of persons ...
Perspectives on the eligibility criteria for euthanasia for mental suffering caused by psychiatric disorder under the Belgian Euthanasia Law : a qualitative interview study among mental healthcare workers Universiteit Gent Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universiteit Antwerpen
Introduction Euthanasia in adults with psychiatric conditions (APC) is allowed in Belgium and impacts a variety of workers in this field, including psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, psychologists, and support “buddies”. This study examines their perspectives on the appropriateness of the current legal criteria for, and practice of, euthanasia in the context of psychiatry, and their suggestions to properly implement or amend these criteria. ...
Physical healthcare for people with a severe mental illness in Belgium by long-term community mental health outreach teams Universiteit Antwerpen
Background: People with a severe mental illness (pSMI) often have comorbid physical health problems, resulting in a lower life expectancy compared to the global population. In Belgium, it remains unclear how to approach health disparities in pSMI in a community setting. This study explores the perspectives of both care professionals and patients on physical healthcare in Belgian community mental services, aiming to identify good practices, ...
Physical healthcare, health-related quality of life and global functioning of persons with a severe mental illness in Belgian long-term mental health assertive outreach teams Universiteit Antwerpen
Research shows that care delivery regarding somatic health problems for patients with a severe mental illness (SMI) in community and mental health is difficult to establish. During the last decade, long term mental health outreach teams in Belgium were implemented to provide treatment and follow-up at home. This study aimed to map physical health status, care professionals, health related quality of life and global functioning in persons with ...
Drop out from out-patient mental healthcare in the World Health Organization's World Mental Health Survey initiative KU Leuven
Previous community surveys of the drop out from mental health treatment have been carried out only in the USA and Canada.
Revisiting Goffman : frames of mental health in the interactions of mental healthcare professionals with diasporic Muslims Universiteit Gent
Online consultations in mental healthcare during the COVID-19 outbreak: An international survey study on professionals' motivations and perceived barriers KU Leuven
INTRODUCTION: While the general uptake of e-mental health interventions remained low over the past years, physical distancing and lockdown measures relating to the COVID-19 pandemic created a need and demand for online consultations in only a matter of weeks. OBJECTIVE: This study investigates the uptake of online consultations provided by mental health professionals during lockdown measures in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the ...
Lived experiences : a focus group pilot study within the MentALLY project of mental healthcare among European users Universiteit Gent
Background: Mental healthcare is an important component in societies’ response to mental health problems. Although the World Health Organization highlights availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of healthcare as important cornerstones, many Europeans lack access to mental healthcare of high quality. Qualitative studies exploring mental healthcare from the perspective of people with lived experiences would add to previous research ...
Participation of inpatients in multidisciplinary team meetings: An explorative study of mental healthcare workers' perception Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universiteit Gent Universiteit Hasselt
Aim: To explore the perception of mental healthcare workers about participation of inpatients during multidisciplinary team meetings (MTMs) and to determine which demographic and contextual factors are associated with this perception. Methods: A cross-sectional multicentre study in 17 psychiatric hospitals with 701 mental healthcare workers was performed between 29 April and 19 May 2019. For measuring the perception of the mental healthcare ...