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Mental Health and Illness

2011

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Working Hard To Relax: Improving Engagement In Leisure Time Activities For A Healthier Work-Life Balance, Linda Buettner, Mona Shattell, Madeleine Reber Apr 2011

Working Hard To Relax: Improving Engagement In Leisure Time Activities For A Healthier Work-Life Balance, Linda Buettner, Mona Shattell, Madeleine Reber

Mona Shattell

No abstract provided.


Treatment Of Persons With Mental Illness And Substance Use Disorders In Medical Emergency Departments In The United States, Mona Shattell, Melanie Andes Feb 2011

Treatment Of Persons With Mental Illness And Substance Use Disorders In Medical Emergency Departments In The United States, Mona Shattell, Melanie Andes

Mona Shattell

No abstract provided.


Assertive Community Treatment And The Physical Health Needs Of Persons With Severe Mental Illness: Issues Around Integration Of Mental Health And Physical Health, Mona Shattell, Natasha Donnelly, Anna Sheyett, Gary Cuddeback Jan 2011

Assertive Community Treatment And The Physical Health Needs Of Persons With Severe Mental Illness: Issues Around Integration Of Mental Health And Physical Health, Mona Shattell, Natasha Donnelly, Anna Sheyett, Gary Cuddeback

Mona Shattell

BACKGROUND: Assertive community treatment (ACT) is characterized as a service delivery platform and represents an ideal setting in which mental health and physical health care can be integrated. OBJECTIVE: Little is known about the extent to which ACT integrates physical health care with mental health care or the challenges ACT teams experience. To address this gap, focus groups were conducted with five ACT teams in a Midwestern US state to explore how ACT teams address the physical health care needs of persons with severe mental illness. DESIGN: A qualitative study design was used. RESULTS: Three major themes emerged: ACT teams …