Chronic Physical Illness and Mental Health Care
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Behavior, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 August 2023) | Viewed by 438
Special Issue Editors
Interests: crisis; anxiety; depression; loneliness–social support; complex interventions
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A good quality of life is important regardless of the stage of an individual, e.g., whether the individual is in need of a health care service or is living an independent life. Of the non-communicable disorders, lifestyle diseases, such as lung, hearth, musculoskeletal, diabetes, and obesity, are increasing. Chronicle disorders are both a physical and mental burden. Dementias represent the largest group of mental disorders. All in all, one sign of a welfare society is a high average age; however, age is also the biggest risk factor of chronicle disorders.
The majority of individuals with chronicle disorders can live a life of good quality, and they do not require assistance from the health care service. Many have the possibility of lifelong learning, and take care of their interests and culture sensitivity. However, those who depend on help and support from the health care system may have their interests, integration and culture identity set aside to take part of the interests’ associations to meet these needs, e.g., art, including music activities, literature groups, dancing, theatre, and painting.
This Special Issue addresses high academic standards in comprehensive registration, either of data related to the patients´ culture identity and interests or interventions to meet these needs, e.g., in multidisciplinary collaboration with volunteering groups, individuals from civil society, who are not part of the health care system.
Prof. Dr. Kari Kvaal
Dr. Knut Ragnvald Skulberg
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- chronical disorders
- public health
- multidisciplinary collaboration
- culture identity and interests
- primary health care
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