Mental Health Review Journal: Volume 26 Issue 1

A systematic review of current approaches to managing demand and waitlists for mental health services

Kerry A. Thomas, Annelise M. Schroder, Debra J. Rickwood

Timely access to effective treatment is a primary goal for mental health services; however, when demand exceeds available resources, services may place clients on a waitlist or…

A systemic response to supporting frontline inpatient mental health staff in coping with the COVID-19 outbreak

Padraig Cotter, Nicola Jhumat, Eshia Garcha, Eirini Papasileka, Jennifer Parker, Ishmael Mupfupi, Ian Currie

This paper aims to outline the process of supporting frontline inpatient mental health staff in developing ways of coping with COVID-19.

COVID-19 in Nigeria: implications for prevalent public mental health challenges

Bolanle Adeyemi Ola, Olushola Olibamoyo

The purpose of the paper is to examine the likely impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health with particular attention to the mental health of children, adolescents, and adults in…

Mental health consequences of COVID-19 pandemic on adult population: a systematic review

Mohammad Mojammel Hussain Raihan

The spread of novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has infected millions of people worldwide. Public health emergencies caused by COVID-19 affect not only people’s physical health…

Treating the overlooked majority: quantitative outcomes from an NHS adaptation of Interpersonal Group Psychotherapy for binge eating disorder

Zoë Meropi Hepburn, Emily Rose Rothwell, Julia Ann Fox-Clinch

To evaluate the effectiveness of an adaptation of Interpersonal Group Psychotherapy (IPT-G), in facilitating short- and longer-term improvements in eating disorder symptomology…

“It’s changed my life!” Evaluation and improvement of a pilot Tier 2 weight management course, “Balance”

Sally McGuire, Alex Stephens, Emma Griffith

This paper aims to describe a service evaluation study of “Balance” – a National Health Service Tier 2 pilot weight management course delivered in a primary care mental health…

Psychometric properties of global mental health literacy measures

Emily Fulcher, Helen Pote

Since its initial development, numerous mental health literacy (MHL) definitions and associated measures have been created which have yet to be adequately evaluated. This paper…

Mental health and its correlates: perspectives from two countries

H.T. Xie

The purpose of this paper is to describe and compare the attributes of community dwelling adults with serious mental health illnesses in the USA and Singapore in terms of…