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Variation in children's cognitive and behavioural adjustment between different types of place in the British National Child Development Study
- Author:
- MCCULLOCH Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Social Science and Medicine, 62(8), April 2006, pp.1865-1879.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Several recent studies suggest that there is a link between children's development and the types of neighbourhood in which they live. This paper examines the relationship of a classification of different types of neighbourhood to children's cognitive and behavioural outcomes using British data on children who have a parent who is a member of the 1958 Birth Cohort Study. Substantial variations in children's outcomes were observed between the neighbourhood types. Part of the variation between neighbourhood types was accounted for by various family risk factors but children living in neighbourhoods classified as Deprived City Areas continued to have higher levels of behaviour problems and lower cognitive test scores than average after adjustment for these factors. Significant adjusted associations were also found between living in neighbourhoods described as Middling Britain and lower cognitive test scores and neighbourhoods described as Prosperous Areas and better cognitive test scores. For children's cognitive outcomes, both the size and statistical significance of coefficients on the neighbourhood categories were smaller than those of family-level measures. In contrast, residence in a Deprived City Area was as significant as the family factors in predicting higher levels of behaviour problems. The association between behaviour problems and family risk factors was mediated by the home environment and cohort member parent's psychological health. Mediated effects were stronger for the family risk factors behavioural problems association than for the neighbourhood classification.
Stress the positive
- Author:
- MCCULLOCH Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 10.7.03, 2003, pp.42-43.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Offers some practical tips to reduce stress in the workplace.
Where have all the nurses gone
- Author:
- MCCULLOCH Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 3(12), August 2000, pp.392-394.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Argues that resolving staffing difficulties would solve many of the problems holding back NHS mental health services.
Into the future
- Author:
- MCCULLOCH Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.11.97, 1997, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Speculates about the future of services for people with mental health problems.
Differences in treatment approach between ethnic groups
- Authors:
- SIZMUR Steve, MCCULLOCH Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review Journal, 21(2), 2016, pp.73-84.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The mental health experience of people from ethnic minorities differs from that of the majority, including differential access to services and treatments. The 2014 National Health Service (NHS) Community Mental Health survey gathered data from 13,787 individuals in 57 NHS trusts in England, providing one means of monitoring such experience. The purpose of this paper is to analyse survey variables describing treatments offered to respondents for evidence of differential access or treatment experiences associated with ethnicity. Design/methodology/approach: Secondary analysis of survey data. Proportions for target variables were modelled using multilevel logit models. Ethnic background, age and gender were entered as independent variables. Findings: Respondents in most minority groups were more likely to be on the care programme approach (CPA) to provision than white British respondents and less likely to report receiving psychological treatments. Unmet need for psychological treatment was relatively high in certain Asian groups. Medication use was consistently high across respondents, but differences by ethnic background were evident. Research limitations/implications: The study was dependent on existing survey data of a relatively limited nature, and potentially subject to non-response bias. The survey excludes users of certain types of service, giving an incomplete cross-section. Originality/value: This represents a novel use of the data from the Community Mental Health survey, and complements evidence from a range of other sources. The findings mostly concur with other evidence but provide important new data in relation to medication, unmet needs in psychotherapy and use of the CPA. They remain suggestive of the complex nature of discrimination and/or unequal access and treatment in mental health services. (Publisher abstract)
The Mental Health Declaration for Europe: implications for the UK
- Authors:
- MCCULLOCH Andrew, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 10(4), December 2005, pp.39-42.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
The Mental Health Declaration for Europe (World Health Organisation) is a landmark in the development of a public mental health agenda at a European level and an opportunity to develop understandings across the region. This article examinees the broader implications of the declaration for the UK and considers in which areas the UK needs to make the most progress.
Has the medical model a future?
- Authors:
- MCCULLOCH Andrew, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 10(1), March 2005, pp.7-15.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Provides an overview of the current and future role of the 'medical model' within mental health care, seeking to locate it within the panoply of models available to explain mental health and illness and assess its merits. It considers its future role and proposes a way forward through synthesis and integration. The implications of this analysis for policy and services are assessed, concluding that we have only just started to think through the process of modernising mental health care using an integrative model.
Mental health information strategy
- Authors:
- McCARTHY Tom, MCCULLOCH Andrew
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 52p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Considers the information strategy in relation to mental health and describes the problems and challenges to be faced. Provides examples of current practice that show how the strategy is being realised.
Meet and drink
- Authors:
- MCCULLOCH Andrew, HUNTER Tony
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 31.10.02, 2002, pp.40-41.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Offers social care managers some tips to run meetings more effectively.
Internalising and externalising children's behaviour problems in Britain and the US: relationships to family resources
- Authors:
- MCCULLOCH Andrew, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 14(5), November 2000, pp.368-383.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
A large sample of British children of varying ages (7-18 years) and a large sample of American children of varying ages (7-16 years) were rated by their mothers using respectively the Rutter Child Scale A and the Behaviour Problems Index both of which cover a variety of behavioural problems. Researchers examined whether children's experiences of family change, cognitive ability and family adversity including economic deprivation were associated with differences in the prevalence of the behavioural dimensions. The study documents some of the background factors which affect children's behavioural and cognitive outcomes. Unlike children's family structure economic deprivation can be influenced through policy intervention, and the analysis supports the view that relieving economic deprivation would help improve children's behavioural outcomes.