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Re-Hospitalization Of Psychiatric Patients: The Patients, Or The Illness And Treatment?, Amresh Srivastava, Robbie Campbell, Megan Johnston, Ruth Mooser, Larry Stitt
Re-Hospitalization Of Psychiatric Patients: The Patients, Or The Illness And Treatment?, Amresh Srivastava, Robbie Campbell, Megan Johnston, Ruth Mooser, Larry Stitt
Amresh Srivastava
Purpose: The goal of this project was to find out why psychiatric patients get hospitalised repeatedly. Studies have found that repeated hospitalization leads to economic drain, disability, poor outcome, stigma and discrimination. Hospitalization consumes more than 90% of mental health budgets. Identifying the potential risk factors for repeated hospitalization, interrelationships between risk factors, and vulnerability will help us take the appropriate measures to prevent hospitalization and promote care in the community. Logistically, there are three possible factors which may lead to repeated hospitalization: (1) Characteristics of the patient; (2) Nature of the illness; and (3) The management of the illness …
Experience And Evaluation Of Hospital-Based Training Of University Teachers For Suicide Prevention In Mumbai, India, Amresh Srivastava
Experience And Evaluation Of Hospital-Based Training Of University Teachers For Suicide Prevention In Mumbai, India, Amresh Srivastava
Amresh Srivastava
Amresh Shrivastava, Shubhangi Parkar, Nilesh Shah Background In India suicide rates high amongst student’s population with rising numbers of student’s suicide. The National Crime Research Bauru (NCRB) the Government of India reopots that approximately 2.% suicide takes place due to failure in examination, needless to say it remains grossly underreported due to several causes.eg. legal hassels The intervention strategy for dealing with mental health issues of students is particularly dependent upon awareness about suicide amongst the parsons who are in direct touch with them. The teachers of the colleges are in an advantageous position because they are in direct touch …
Measurement Of Clinical Risk Of Stigma And Discrimination Of Mental Illnesses, Amresh Srivastava
Measurement Of Clinical Risk Of Stigma And Discrimination Of Mental Illnesses, Amresh Srivastava
Amresh Srivastava
Measurement of Clinical Risk of Stigma and Discrimination of Mental Illnesses using: ‘Quantification of Stigma’ scale: preliminary findings Short title: Quantifying clinical risk of stigma for clinical practice Authors: Amresh Shrivastava1, Yves Bureau2, Nitika Rewari3, & Megan Johnston4 ……..5 Nilesh Shah 6 Affiliations 1. Executive Director: Mental Health Foundation of India (PRERANA Charitable trust) and Silver Mind Hospital, Mumbai, India; Currently at The University of Western Ontario, Dept. of Psychiatry; and Associate Scientist at Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Canada. 2. Research Scientist (Associate Scientist/Director of Inferential Statistics-Imaging) Lawson Health Research Institute 268 Grosvenor Street, Room E5-136 London, Ontario, Canada …