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The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is a United States–based nonprofit organization [1] originally founded as a grassroots group by family members of people diagnosed with mental illness. NAMI identifies its mission as "providing advocacy, education, support and public awareness so that all individuals and families affected by ...
moh.gov.vn. The Ministry of Health (MOH, Vietnamese: Bộ Y tế) is the government ministry responsible for the governance and guidance of the health, healthcare and health industry of Vietnam. In conjunction with other ministries and the prime minister's office, the Ministry is responsible for creating and promulgating long-term health policy ...
The United States has experienced two waves of deinstitutionalization, the process of replacing long-stay psychiatric hospitals with less isolated community mental health services for those diagnosed with a mental disorder or developmental disability. The first wave began in the 1950s and targeted people with mental illness. [1]
Mental Illness Awareness Week. Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW) was established in the U.S. in 1990 [1] recognition of efforts by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) to educate and increase awareness about mental illness. It takes place every year during the first full week of October. During this week, mental health advocates ...
Self-help groups for mental health. Self-help groups for mental health are voluntary associations of people who share a common desire to overcome mental illness or otherwise increase their level of cognitive or emotional wellbeing. [ 1 ][ a ] Despite the different approaches, many of the psychosocial processes in the groups are the same.
The Treatment Advocacy Center (TAC) is a U.S. non-profit organization based in Arlington, Virginia, originally announced as the NAMI Treatment Action Centre in 1997. [1] [2] The TAC was subsequently directed by psychiatrist E. Fuller Torrey and identifies its mission as "dedicated to eliminating barriers to the timely and effective treatment of severe mental illness". [3]
Disability in Vietnam. Disability in Vietnam is relatively common compared to the overall population. As of 2009, an estimated 6.1 people, or 7.8% of the population, over the age of 5 years, lived with one or more disabilities. [1] Other estimates by non-profit organizations place this number higher, at up to 15.3%.
Mental health prevention is defined as intervening to minimize mental health problems (i.e. risk factors) by addressing determinants of mental health problems before a specific mental health problem has been identified in the individual, group, or population of focus with the ultimate goal of reducing the number of future mental health problems ...