Prospective associations of family conflict with alcohol expectancies in the adolescent brain cognitive development study: effects of race and ethnicity by Skye C. Bristol, Micah E. Johnson, Wesley K. Thompson, Matthew Albaugh, Alexandra Potter, Hugh Garavan, Nicholas Allgaier, Masha Y. Ivanova

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Interpretation of Administritive Measures of Psychosocial Services of Mianyang by Huang Guoping

“…In accordance with the Mental Health Law of the People's Republic of China and other relevant laws and regulations， as well as the spirit of documents， combing some previous investigations and local situation of social psychological services， the Mianyang Municipal People's Government has formulated the promulgated Administrive Measures of Psychosocial Services of Mianyang"， which had come into force on December 25， 2021. …”
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Legal provisions arising of the physician's commitment to psychological -A comparative study- by Duha Al-Nomaan, Muna Faris

“…To determine the scope of protection provided by the laws of mental health including mental health law and the Iraqi compared with some Arab and foreign laws.…”
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Perspectives of key informants before and after implementing UPSIDES peer support in mental health services: qualitative findings from an international multi-site study by Maria Haun, Inbar Adler Ben-Dor, Cerdic Hall, Jasmine Kalha, Palak Korde, Galia Moran, Annabel S. Müller-Stierlin, Jackline Niwemuhwezi, Rebecca Nixdorf, Bernd Puschner, Mary Ramesh, Ashleigh Charles, Silvia Krumm

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Using Peer Support in Developing Empowering Mental Health Services (UPSIDES): Background, Rationale and Methodology by Bernd Puschner, Julie Repper, Candelaria Mahlke, Rebecca Nixdorf, David Basangwa, Juliet Nakku, Grace Ryan, Dave Baillie, Donat Shamba, Mary Ramesh, Galia Moran, Max Lachmann, Jasmine Kalha, Soumitra Pathare, Annabel Müller-Stierlin, Mike Slade

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The beginning of a new era in mental health. A paradigm change: The Argentine Case by Iris Edith La Salvia

“…This paper aims to go through the radical transformation produced in Argentine Republic’s legal and health system in the approach to mental illness, based on the paradigm changes that slowly but effectively it was installed from the Mental Health Law 26,657. The drastic replacement of a system with paternalistic criteria for that of the dignity of risk, the recognition of the person autonomy with mental illness in the exercise of their rights with due assistance, interdisciplinary treatment, the interaction between the institutions of the system health and the restrictive nature of hospitalization measures as a final ratio in cases of severe and imminent risk. …”
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Societal and organisational influences on implementation of mental health peer support work in low-income and high-income settings: a qualitative focus group study by Mike Slade, Jasmine Kalha, Grace Kathryn Ryan, Ashleigh Charles, Alina Grayzman, Ramona Hiltensperger, Candelaria Mahlke, Rebecca Nixdorf, Mary Ramesh, Donat Shamba, Arti Kulkarni, Galia S Moran, Richard Mpango, Annabel S. Mueller-Stierlin

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Decision-Making Behaviour under the Mental Health Act 1983 and Its Impact on Mental Health Tribunals: An English Perspective by Nicola Glover-Thomas

“…The perspective of the patient and the care provider may conflict and can be a source of tension and challenge within mental health law. Through access to a mental health tribunal, patients are offered the apparatus to review and challenge their detention. …”
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Rapid adaptation during the COVID crisis: Challenges experienced in delivering service to those with Opioid Use Disorders by Holly A. Hills, Rebecca Lengnick-Hall, Kimberly A. Johnson, Wouter Vermeer, C. Hendricks Brown, Mark McGovern

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Implementation of peer support for people with severe mental health conditions in high-, middle- and low-income-countries: a theory of change approach by Ramona Hiltensperger, Grace Ryan, Inbar Adler Ben-Dor, Ashleigh Charles, Ellen Epple, Jasmine Kalha, Palak Korde, Yasuhiro Kotera, Richard Mpango, Galia Moran, Annabel Sandra Mueller-Stierlin, Rebecca Nixdorf, Mary Ramesh, Donat Shamba, Mike Slade, Bernd Puschner, Juliet Nakku

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Expanding the scope and relevance of health interventions: Moving beyond clinical trials and behavior change models by Khary K. Rigg, Hilary H. Cook, John W. Murphy

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Why young people attempt suicide in India: A qualitative study of vulnerability to action by Madhumitha Balaji, Kavita Mandhare, Kalyani Nikhare, Arjun K. Shah, Prajakta Kanhere, Smita Panse, Manjeet Santre, Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Michael R. Phillips, Soumitra Pathare, Vikram Patel, Katarzyna Czabanowska, Thomas Krafft

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Issues and Challenges on the Mental Health Services of a Selected Municipality in Metro Manila: A Case Study by William Jo Se Billote, Ryan Ponce

“…Insufficient budget, lack of trained professionals and mental health workers, lack of mental health system framework, not fully implemented mental health law and lack of collaboration and integration were the problems identified in providing quality mental health services. …”
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Adolescent mental health: Challenges with maternal noncompliance by Vicki A Nejtek, Sarah Hardy, Scott Winter

“…Without consistent Child Protective Services oversight, medical and psychosocial follow-up, the prognosis and quality of life for this adolescent is considered very poor. Stringent mental health law and institutional policies are needed to adequately intercede and protect adolescents with mental illness.Keywords: adolescent, suicide, maternal treatment noncompliance, maternal neglect…”
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Drug dependence is not addiction—and it matters by Maia Szalavitz, Khary K. Rigg, Sarah E. Wakeman

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Mental illness stigma research in Argentina by Martin Agrest, Franco Mascayano, Sara Elena Ardila-Gómez, Ariel Abeldaño, Ruth Fernandez, Norma Geffner, Eduardo Adrian Leiderman, Ezra S. Susser, Eliecer Valencia, Lawrence Hsin Yang, Virginia Zalazar, Gustavo Lipovetzky

“…Studies regarding stigma towards mental illness in Argentina blossomed after the first National Mental Health Law was passed in 2010. Methodological limitations and contradictory results regarding community perceptions of stigma hinder comparisons across domestic and international contexts but some lessons may still be gleaned. …”
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Factors associated with substance use disorder treatment completion: a cross-sectional analysis of justice-involved adolescents by Micah E. Johnson, Dieu X. Tran

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Litigating in the Time of Coronavirus: Mental Health Tribunals’ Response to COVID-19 by Ruby Dhand, Anita Szigeti, Maya Kotob, Michael Kennedy, Rebecca Ye

“…We critique recent mental health law cases during COVID-19 where deprivations of liberty interests and substantive equality have occurred, and access to justice for people with mental health and addictions issues has been denied, suspended or impaired. …”
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Exclusion criteria and generalizability in bipolar disorder treatment trials by Jessie J. Wong, Nev Jones, Christine Timko, Keith Humphreys

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Domestic violence: profile of married women availing institutional help by G Ragesh, C Sabitha, Sajitha K, Ameer Hamza

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