Background: The Health of Nations Outcome Scale (HoNOS) instrument could be used for routine purposes and assessing the functional status of the mental health patients in clinical and community settings. The objective of this study was to evaluate the agreement of the scale among mental health nurses who would use this tool in Indonesia. Methods: Fifty five psychotic patients wh…
Baseline Health Research 2007 (Riset Kesehatan Dasar 2007 or Riskesdas 2007) was planned to provide evidence based data for health policy. One of the information collected was on mental emotional disorders or psychological distress. The objective of this study was to identify dominant factors related to mental emotional disorder. Data were obtained from the Riskesdas 2007. We analyzed 62,549…
Deinstitutionalization is an 'international mental health policy started in 1950 by developed countries. This policy has implemented in Indonesia, even though there were no evaluation related to the policy. The opinion is still limited by professional judgment. While the program has not finished, Indonesia had poli¬tical reformation. Decentralization was a part of reformation program. Besides…
Despression is frequently comorbid with disease-chronic physical illness. This condition increases the burden of disease to both the individual and his family. The main objective of this study was to understand the relationship between depression and chronic physical illness. This study was a secondary data analysis derived from National Health Survey or Survei Kesehatan Nasional (Surkesnas) 20…
The major routes for HIV transmission in Indonesia are injecting drug use heterosexual activity. More tan halve of the proportion of estimation 2006 of people living with HIV/ AIDS were IDUs. Around 70 percent of all reported AIDS cases of IDUs in Indonesia occur among those in the age group of 15-29 years. It indicates that young people are not only at high risk of contracting HIV infection bu…
Millenium Development Goals (MDG) yang dicanangkan pada tahun 2000 sangat didominasi oleh penyakit menular serta kesehatan ibu dan anak, tetapi mengabaikan berbagai masalah penyakit tidak menular. Tidak sedikitpun terlintas dalam benakpara pemimpin dunia itu target dan indikator yang menyentuh atau hubungan dengan masalah kesehatan jiwa. Tulisan ini bertujuan membahas posisi kesehatan jiwa di …