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Papers by Liliana Urbina

European Psychiatry, 2000

Conclusions: For the schizophrenic patients. social problemsolving efficiency relies mostly upon ... more Conclusions: For the schizophrenic patients. social problemsolving efficiency relies mostly upon attention and executive timctions. This correlation is restricted to this group. The link between neurocognitive performances and social skills may be due to the impairment associated with the schizophrenic process, rather than to a non-specific relationship between cognitive variance and social competence. This issue is important regarding schizophrenia and its functional outcome. Also, support is given to the usefulness of the combination of neurocognitive training with social skills training in social rehabilitation, at least for the training of the kind of skills involved in social challenges as featured by the AIPSS.

European Psychiatry, 2002

The war in Kosovo and the post conflict emergency required the World Health Organization (WHO) in... more The war in Kosovo and the post conflict emergency required the World Health Organization (WHO) intervention to support the large population of refugees fleeing into Albania, and their difficult return into Kosovo afterwards. The psychiatric services available in both areas were unable to provide suitable support to mentally ill or vulnerable people. On the contrary, these services were characterized by the purely biological approach, hospital centralized, strongly stigmatising. The war and the increased needs for mental health support led them into collapse in the case of Kosovo and emphasized their lacks in the case of Albania. An intervention to support, develop and reform them became an emergency. WHO interventions aimed to enhance local capacity to answer to the needs, by supporting processes of reform of the psychiatric services. But different situations required accordingly different approaches. Understanding what strategies were used, how the international supports came to ensure continuity and quality to the intervention, how the resources were utilized to obtain cost efficient services and why we do think that promoting community mental health means also supporting processes of civil reconciliation and prevention of conflicts are the main aspects of this contribution.

International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2015

Ante situaciones de emergencia la respuesta debe ser de refuerzo de los recursos existentes en la... more Ante situaciones de emergencia la respuesta debe ser de refuerzo de los recursos existentes en la comunidad, trabajando para el desarrollo de servicios sostenibles y con clara orientacion hacia la atencion comunitaria; desde la Asistencia Primaria a los servicios especificos de Salud Mental. Describimos la situacion sociopolitica kosovar. El programa de la O.M.S. se centro principalmente en impulsar el trabajo de una Task Force que diseno los nuevos servicios. Explicamos en breve la situacion de los servicios y el proyecto disenado. Explicamos la actividad desempenada para su desarrollo por los centros colaboradores de la O.M.S. de Trieste, Birmingham y Asturias y describimos la situacion actual.

Cuadernos De Psiquiatria Comunitaria, 2002

Información del artículo Proyecto de Salud Mental de la OMS en Kosovo.

International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2015

Background: Major gaps remainespecially in low-and middle-income countriesin the realization of c... more Background: Major gaps remainespecially in low-and middle-income countriesin the realization of comprehensive, community-based mental health care. One potentially important yet overlooked opportunity for accelerating mental health reform lies within emergency situations, such as armed conflicts or natural disasters. Despite their adverse impacts on affected populations' mental health and well being, emergencies also draw attention and resources to these issues and provide openings for mental health service development. Case description: Cases were considered if they represented a low-or middle-income country or territory affected by an emergency, were initiated between 2000 and 2010, succeeded in making changes to the mental health system, and were able to be documented by an expert involved directly with the case. Based on these criteria, 10 case examples from diverse emergency-affected settings were included: Afghanistan, Burundi, Indonesia (Aceh Province), Iraq, Jordan, Kosovo, occupied Palestinian territory, Somalia, Sri Lanka, and Timor-Leste.

European Psychiatry, 2000

Conclusions: For the schizophrenic patients. social problemsolving efficiency relies mostly upon ... more Conclusions: For the schizophrenic patients. social problemsolving efficiency relies mostly upon attention and executive timctions. This correlation is restricted to this group. The link between neurocognitive performances and social skills may be due to the impairment associated with the schizophrenic process, rather than to a non-specific relationship between cognitive variance and social competence. This issue is important regarding schizophrenia and its functional outcome. Also, support is given to the usefulness of the combination of neurocognitive training with social skills training in social rehabilitation, at least for the training of the kind of skills involved in social challenges as featured by the AIPSS.

European Psychiatry, 2002

The war in Kosovo and the post conflict emergency required the World Health Organization (WHO) in... more The war in Kosovo and the post conflict emergency required the World Health Organization (WHO) intervention to support the large population of refugees fleeing into Albania, and their difficult return into Kosovo afterwards. The psychiatric services available in both areas were unable to provide suitable support to mentally ill or vulnerable people. On the contrary, these services were characterized by the purely biological approach, hospital centralized, strongly stigmatising. The war and the increased needs for mental health support led them into collapse in the case of Kosovo and emphasized their lacks in the case of Albania. An intervention to support, develop and reform them became an emergency. WHO interventions aimed to enhance local capacity to answer to the needs, by supporting processes of reform of the psychiatric services. But different situations required accordingly different approaches. Understanding what strategies were used, how the international supports came to ensure continuity and quality to the intervention, how the resources were utilized to obtain cost efficient services and why we do think that promoting community mental health means also supporting processes of civil reconciliation and prevention of conflicts are the main aspects of this contribution.

International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2015

Ante situaciones de emergencia la respuesta debe ser de refuerzo de los recursos existentes en la... more Ante situaciones de emergencia la respuesta debe ser de refuerzo de los recursos existentes en la comunidad, trabajando para el desarrollo de servicios sostenibles y con clara orientacion hacia la atencion comunitaria; desde la Asistencia Primaria a los servicios especificos de Salud Mental. Describimos la situacion sociopolitica kosovar. El programa de la O.M.S. se centro principalmente en impulsar el trabajo de una Task Force que diseno los nuevos servicios. Explicamos en breve la situacion de los servicios y el proyecto disenado. Explicamos la actividad desempenada para su desarrollo por los centros colaboradores de la O.M.S. de Trieste, Birmingham y Asturias y describimos la situacion actual.

Cuadernos De Psiquiatria Comunitaria, 2002

Información del artículo Proyecto de Salud Mental de la OMS en Kosovo.

International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2015

Background: Major gaps remainespecially in low-and middle-income countriesin the realization of c... more Background: Major gaps remainespecially in low-and middle-income countriesin the realization of comprehensive, community-based mental health care. One potentially important yet overlooked opportunity for accelerating mental health reform lies within emergency situations, such as armed conflicts or natural disasters. Despite their adverse impacts on affected populations' mental health and well being, emergencies also draw attention and resources to these issues and provide openings for mental health service development. Case description: Cases were considered if they represented a low-or middle-income country or territory affected by an emergency, were initiated between 2000 and 2010, succeeded in making changes to the mental health system, and were able to be documented by an expert involved directly with the case. Based on these criteria, 10 case examples from diverse emergency-affected settings were included: Afghanistan, Burundi, Indonesia (Aceh Province), Iraq, Jordan, Kosovo, occupied Palestinian territory, Somalia, Sri Lanka, and Timor-Leste.