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Spiritual healing: scientific and religious perspectives
- Author:
- (ed.)
- Editor:
- WATTS Fraser
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 207p.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Recently, there has been much interest in the relationship between science and religion, and how they combine to provide a dual perspective. One important phenomenon which has been neglected in recent work is the concept of spiritual healing. This book explores a variety of approaches to spiritual healing from different religious points of view, identifying both what it is and how it works. The authors also explore the biological and psychological processes, open to scientific enquiry, through which healing may be mediated. As such, this book indicates the central proposition that religious and scientific perspectives answer different questions about healing, and there is not necessarily any conflict between them. Chapters include: conceptual issues in spiritual healing; Jesus miracles in psychosocial context; the theology of spiritual healing; mystical Judaism religious texts and medicine; Christian and secular; the psychodynamics of spiritual healing and the power of mother kissing it better; a biopsychosocial approach; modelling the biomedical role of spirituality through breast cancer research; assessing the evidence; and some critical reflections.
Poverty, economic inequality and mental health
- Author:
- DAVIE Ed
- Publisher:
- Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 18
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing explores evidence about the links between poverty, deprivation, and economic inequality and mental health, showing that living in poverty increases people's risk of mental health difficulties, and that more unequal societies have higher overall levels of mental ill health. Rates of depression, serious mental illness, and suicide (not to mention nearly every physical illness and injury) worsen with increased poverty and deprivation in a very clear dose-response relationship - the more the exposure, the worse the outcomes. The most unequal developed economies, including the UK and the US, experience higher levels of stress, social problems, and instability than more equal ones such as those in Scandinavia, New Zealand and Japan (Wilkinson and Pickett, 2010). Michael Marmot calls this phenomenon 'status syndrome', with a gradient of worsening mental and physical health correlating with one's economic and social position in society (Marmot, 2004). The briefing also demonstrates that poverty and economic inequality intersect with structural racism to undermine the mental health of racialised and marginalised groups in society. In the UK, poverty, deprivation and inequality are getting worse, with high inflation overlapping with the Covid-19 pandemic and compounding the economic harm of Brexit (Office for Budget Responsibility, 2022) and the austerity which followed the global financial crash of 2007. If the current trajectory of deepening poverty and deprivation, widening economic inequality and worsening health continues, millions of people will suffer preventable harm and health and social care services will be overwhelmed by demand. The briefing calls for concerted and concrete actions to improve mental health by increasing the incomes and reducing the costs of the poorest people in society. These include increasing benefits and paying the Living Wage, help with housing and childcare costs for the least well-off, and improving access to vital services in the most deprived areas. (Edited publisher abstract)
Better together: a public health model for mentally healthier integrated care systems
- Author:
- DAVIE Ed
- Publisher:
- Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing focuses on how integrated care systems can adopt a public health model to use their budgets, powers and influence to support better mental health outcomes. Covering the whole of England, 42 integrated care systems bring together all NHS organisations and upper tier local authorities in a geographical area to plan health and care. From April 2022 these integrated care systems will become statutory organisations with duties set out in the Health and Care Bill currently progressing through parliament. The briefing highlights three equally important aspects to a public health model of preventing mental ill health: primary prevention – supporting whole population mental health, for example by getting Living Wage Foundation accreditation and reducing air pollution; secondary prevention – supporting people with higher risk factors for mental illness, for instance by tackling discrimination and screening for social needs; tertiary prevention – supporting people with mental health difficulties, for example by delivering parity between mental and physical health and ensuring continuity of care for those leaving prison. (Edited publisher abstract)
Potential impact of COVID-19: government policy on the adult social care workforce
- Author:
- GRIFFIN Ed
- Publisher:
- Institute for Employment Studies
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 31
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
This report is the output of a research project to identify how government COVID-19 related policy may have impacted upon the adult social care workforce in England. The project had a particular focus on Test and Trace, and the ways in which policy changes may have enabled and incentivised the necessary behaviours of care workers. The working hypothesis has been that care workers’ behaviours are likely to be driven by a combination of commitment to those they care for, risks to themselves and their families from COVID-19 and impacts on incomes. Government policy changes were identified based on the assumed likelihood to impact on these factors. The key findings and observations include: the fragmented nature of the sector is likely to make it challenging to get information and support to the people that need it, and therefore ensure that the desired behaviour changes are happening; government guidance and measures appear to have been rushed, heavily focused on care homes and their workers, and impossible to find in one place on the internet; testing has been hard to access – this has been a disincentive to get tested, as is the fear of being unable to work if testing positive; a major concern for individuals is loss of income if having to rely on Statutory Sick Pay. The report makes recommendations for further research into the actual impact of policy on the workforce and suggestions for improving policy development, communication and implementation. (Edited publisher abstract)
Moving beyond collaboration: a model for enhancing social work's organizational empathy
- Author:
- SILVERMAN Ed
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work: A journal of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), 63(4), 2018, pp.297-304.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Many first-year field students and new practitioners enter the “fog of practice” seeking a strong mentor who will teach them to survive and thrive in the practice world. They are armed with much social work–related ideology but perhaps too little organisational knowledge and savvy. This challenge may be traced back to another historical professional debate: the imbalance between micro and macro social work education and training. This article addresses the challenge by introducing the overarching competency of organisational empathy, defined as an understanding of the practice environment one occupies. The major objective of this article is to help bridge an academe–practice knowledge gap, thereby giving the social work practitioner enhanced opportunities for broader organisational influence, collaboration, and leadership. (Edited publisher abstract)
Dealing with young people's alcohol and other drug misuse: a guide for parents and carers
- Author:
- SIPLER Ed
- Publisher:
- Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 31
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Practical information and guidance on how to support young people involved with alcohol and other drugs. This resource explains how parents and carers’ attitudes influence the way they interact with young people, what they can do to encourage positive changes, how to focus on strengths, and where to get help. (Edited publisher abstract)
Reforming care legislation in England and Wales: different legislative approaches to promoting integrated care
- Author:
- MITCHELL Ed
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 21(3), 2013, pp.64-170).
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose - This article identifies the different approaches to integrated care taken by separate proposed care services legislation for England and Wales with a view to informing debate on the legislation. Design/methodology/approach - Comparative analysis of the proposed legislation. Findings - While there is much common ground between the two pieces of legislation, in other respects the approach taken to integrated care legislation differs across England and Wales. Originality/value - This is the first published analysis of the different approaches to integrated care legislation reform proposed for England and Wales. (Publisher abstract)
Cross-organisational staff liabilities in integrated care settings: the first higher court decision
- Author:
- MITCHELL Ed
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 20(6), 2012, pp.367-370.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The purpose of this paper is to consider the implications for integrated care of a recent Court of Appeal judgement about legal obligations owed to staff working in integrated care by non-employing integrated care providers. It describes a case of violent assault which gave rise to a claim for compensation by a social worker, and discusses the concept of a "duty of care", and the findings in the court of first instance and the Court of Appeal. The author reports that integrated care partners may find themselves with more extensive legal obligations towards the employees of partner organisations than had been anticipated.
Managing suspected misuse of direct payments: messages for practice from the High Court
- Author:
- MITCHELL Ed
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 20(1), 2012, pp.35-38.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
A council has an ongoing relationship with the recipient of direct payments, a relationship which has both supportive and supervisory elements. It is supportive because many recipients need assistance to make a direct payments-purchased package of care service work. And it is supervisory because the council retains a responsibility to the public purse to ensure that direct payments are not misused. The High Court’s recent decision in R (G & H) v. North Somerset Council involved a case in which the balance altered very rapidly in favour of supervision. According to the claimants, it was too rapid and the council concerned acted unlawfully. This paper assesses the practical implications of the High Court ruling about the legality of the council’s response to concerns that direct payments were being misused. The author concluded that the High Court upheld a council’s unilateral response to its genuine concerns about misuse of direct payments but this was an extreme case. Normally, a far more inclusive approach to direct payments decision making is required.
Rising to the challenge: Implications for integrated care of the “community right to challenge” provisions of the Localism Act 2011
- Author:
- MITCHELL Ed
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 20(4), 2012, pp.241-245.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The article analyses the provisions of the Localism Act 2011 together with the provisions of secondary legislation which provide for its detailed operation. It considers the implications for integrated care in England of the “community right to challenge” provisions of the Act. The article explores secondary legislation made under that Act and a presents a review of the existing literature. Overall, the author suggests that the Localism Act 2011 community right to challenge provisions have the potential to lead to innovative ways of providing services but they also have the potential to undermine or inhibit integrated care arrangements. Implications for practice are discussed.