Why is it important to look at global mental health?

Life-time prevalence high 80% of individuals with mental health problems live in LMIC High total burden of disease

Where did mental health develop?

institutions in islamic world (8th century)

Of what did treatment consist in 8th century?

physical and psychosocial treatments

How did mental health care spread around the world?

During colonialism -> mental asylums across africa and asia -> still dominant (LMIC)

Why was there a shift in the 50-60s from institutional care to community based mental health care? (5)

belief in efficacy institutionalization was bad (abusive conditions, negative effects) costs discovery of antipsychotics appreciation of human rights

When did research in LMIC grow?

2000: epidemiological studies 2005: RCTs

What is the circle of adapting and testing complex interventions? (Craig) (4)

development feasibility and piloting evaluation implementation

What is mixed method research?

combi of qualitative and quantitative

What are characteristics of qualitative research? (7)

exploratory research fieldwork observations, interviews snow-ball or purposive sampling no uniform procedures audo-recording and transcript identifying themes

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Summary Cross Cultural Global Mental Health

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- CCGMH

- Marit

- 2018 - 2019

- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

- Psychologie

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1 Introduction
1.1 College
Why is it important to look at global mental health?

Life-time prevalence high

80% of individuals with mental health problems live in LMIC

High total burden of disease
Where did mental health develop?

institutions in islamic world (8th century)
Of what did treatment consist in 8th century?

physical and psychosocial treatments
When did psychiatric institutions establish in europe+

12 - 15 century
How did mental health care spread around the world?

During colonialism -> mental asylums across africa and asia

-> still dominant (LMIC)
Why was there a shift in the 50-60s from institutional care to community based mental health care? (5)

belief in efficacy

institutionalization was bad (abusive conditions, negative effects)

costs

discovery of antipsychotics

appreciation of human rights
When did research in LMIC grow?

2000: epidemiological studies

2005: RCTs
What is the circle of adapting and testing complex interventions? (Craig) (4)

development

feasibility and piloting

evaluation

implementation
What is mixed method research?

combi of qualitative and quantitative
What are characteristics of qualitative research? (7)

exploratory research

fieldwork

observations, interviews

snow-ball or purposive sampling

no uniform procedures

audo-recording and transcript

identifying themes