Stress in mental health professionals: a cause for concern or an inevitable part of the job?

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Stress and burnout are critical problems afflicting mental health professionals. Job insecurity brought about by closure of mental hospitals, growing dissatisfaction in the field and occupational changes are among the contributory factors to stress. Psychiatric professionals are also being forced to adapt their skills to other disciplines and to dissociate themselves from their patients. Additional comparative studies aimed at developing strategies that would enable these practitioners to maintain their mental health are recommended.

Editorial, Methods, Evaluation, Psychiatric services, Mental health services, Stress management, Stress (Psychology), Psychiatric personnel, Mental health personnel

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Brief report: families of rural mentally ill and treatment adherence in district mental health programme

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A study of 70 men and 62 women aged 16 to 56 years was conducted in Bellary, India, to assess the family climate of mentally ill patients in rural areas and its relationship with treatment adherence. Patients with psychoses and treatment adherence did not exhibit significant differences in terms of age, sex, marital status and type of family. Most of the compliant patients, or 76.9%, completed at least the primary level of education, while 48.3% of the non-compliant patients were illiterate.

Care and treatment, Mentally ill persons, Mental health, Mentally ill, Rural health services, Rural families

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Brief report: eating attitudes among adolescent girls in Malaysian secondary school using the EAT questionnaire

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Female students of a secondary school in Malaysia were asked to accomplish the EAT questionnaire to determine their eating habits and attitudes. Results indicated that culture and family attitudes influence the Malaysian girls' eating habits. The results also showed that, unlike their Western counterparts, Malaysian girls do not ascribe too much importance to thinness. Moreover, family and culture should be considered when applying the EAT questionnaire.

High school students, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Malaysia, Food habits, Culture

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