Clinical Transformation

Leaner greener cardiology with Roger Boyle

Frances Mortimer 09 March 2010 Comment on this

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  1. Climate change and mental health: a causal pathways framework.

    OBJECTIVES: Climate change will bring more frequent, long lasting and severe adverse weather events and these changes will affect mental health. We propose an explanatory framework to enhance consideration of how these effects may operate and to encourage debate about this important aspect of the health impacts of climate change. METHODS: Literature review. RESULTS: Climate change may affect mental health directly by exposing people to trauma. It may also affect mental health indirectly, by affecting (1) physical health (for example, extreme heat exposure causes heat exhaustion in vulnerable people, and associated mental health consequences) and (2) community wellbeing. Within community, wellbeing is a sub-process in which climate change erodes physical environments which, in turn, damage social environments. Vulnerable people and places, especially in low-income countries, will be particularly badly affected. CONCLUSIONS: Different aspects of climate change may affect mental health through direct and indirect pathways, leading to serious mental health problems, possibly including increased suicide…

    from PubMed on 22 December 2009 | Direct link | Comment on this

  2. Hope, despair and transformation: Climate change and the promotion of mental health and wellbeing

    This article aims to provide an introduction to emerging evidence and debate about the relationship between climate change and mental health. Fritze JG, Blashki GA, Burke S, Wiseman J. Int J Ment Health Syst. 2008 Sep 17;2(1):13.

    from PubMed on 17 September 2008 | Direct link | Comment on this

  3. Natural Ventilation for Infection Control in Health-Care Settings

    Adequate ventilation can reduce the transmission of infection in health-care settings. Natural ventilation can be one of the effective environmental measures to reduce the risk of spread of infections in health care. This guideline first defines ventilation and then natural ventilation. It explores the design requirements for natural ventilation in the context of infection control, describing the basic principles of design, construction, operation and maintenance for an effective natural ventilation system to control infection in health-care settings.

    from World Health Organization on 04 March 2010 | Download | Comment on this

  4. Gardening and belonging: reflections on how social and therapeutic horticulture may facilitate health, wellbeing and inclusion

    Diamant, Emna; Waterhouse, Andrew; The British Journal of Occupational Therapy, Volume 73, Number 2, February 2010 , pp. 84-88(5). A sense of belonging is a key element in enabling social inclusion through meaningful occupations. This is evident in occupational science and social and therapeutic horticulture (STH) literature. How these theories interact in practice was explored at Thrive's STH project in Battersea in London. A workshop conducted with Thrive Battersea's therapists examined how gardening may facilitate health and wellbeing through belonging. The authors reflect on themes of belonging from the workshop. The implications for occupational therapy from this apparently rich synergy of occupational science, STH and social inclusion are considered.

    from SHEBA on 22 February 2010 | Direct link | Comment on this

  5. Paying the Price - The cost of mental health care in England to 2026

    Mental health is big business. Direct costs of mental health in England are now around £22.5 billion a year – that includes spending in health and social care and a variety of other agencies, but not the indirect costs of the impact on the criminal justice system and in lost employment... ...With this report our aim has been to understand more clearly what future needs might be and to reflect on where investment, or indeed disinvestment, could take place.

    from The King's Fund on 01 February 2010 | Download | Comment on this