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Moving to inclusion
- Authors:
- BATES Peter, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, April 2006, pp.16-18.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
People who have mental health issues or learning difficulties tend to spend a lot of time in segregated places when, in general, services should be helping them move more into places used by everyone, and to get involved in activities open to everyone. The National Development Team had developed an 'inclusion traffic lights' system to help staff think about what they are doing now, and how they could support service users towards greater social inclusion. This article describes the model and then shows how it had been used by day services.
Cognitive therapy abilities in people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- SAMS Kathryn, COLLINS Suzanne, REYNOLDS Shirley
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 19(1), March 2006, pp.25-33.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article examines the performance of people with learning disabilities on two cognitive therapy tasks (emotion recognition and discrimination among thoughts, feelings and behaviours). It is hypothesized that cognitive therapy task performance would be significantly correlated with IQ and receptive vocabulary, and that providing a visual cue would improve performance. Fifty-nine people with learning disabilities were assessed on the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI), the British Picture Vocabulary Scale-II (BPVS-II), a test of emotion recognition and a task requiring participants to discriminate among thoughts, feelings and behaviours. In the discrimination task, participants were randomly assigned to a visual cue condition or a no-cue condition. There was considerable variability in performance. Emotion recognition was significantly associated with receptive vocabulary, and discriminating among thoughts, feelings and behaviours was significantly associated with vocabulary and IQ. There was no effect of the cue on the discrimination task. People with learning disabilities with higher IQs and good receptive vocabulary were more likely to be able to identify different emotions and to discriminate among thoughts, feelings and behaviours. This implies that they may more easily understand the cognitive model. Structured ways of simplifying the concepts used in cognitive therapy and methods of socialization and education in the cognitive model are required to aid participation of people with learning disabilities.
Lines in the sand: final report
- Authors:
- SIMONS Ken, RUSSELL Oliver
- Publisher:
- Norah Fry Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 129p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
A research project on the interface between mental health and learning disability services. The main objective of this research project, which was funded by the South West Regional NHS Research and Development Directorate, was to carry out an audit of ‘pressure points’ within services for people with learning disabilities and mental health needs in South West England. A retrospective two-year census of case files (n=348) was carried out, supplemented by in-depth interviews with key clinical staff (n=30), and semi-structured interviews with commissioners from Valuing People Partnership Boards (n =10) and Local Implementation Teams for the National Service Framework for Mental Health (n=9). The main outcome measures were descriptions of patterns of service use, along with the presence (or otherwise) of disputes and/or joint working, set in the context of the views of providers and commissioners.
Mental health research network: report of a scoping study
- Author:
- LLOYD Keith
- Publisher:
- University of Wales Swansea
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 55p.
- Place of publication:
- Swansea
Here is a report setting out the case for a Mental Health Research Network Cymru to provide an all Wales research infrastructure to support large scale, high quality research in mental health and social care which has implications for people, services and treatments. That network would work closely with the English Mental Health Research Network but also be responsive to Welsh issues. If a single mental health bid were to be funded the preferred option would be for that network to be inclusive of all client groups and disease areas. However, if other bids in, for example, learning disability and Alzheimers were funded, then we would seek to work closely with them. If there were only one mental health research network in Wales, there would be a need for a corresponding increase of funds to support activity in each area.
Mental Health Care
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
From 1999 this journal continued as Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care (1999 - 2001). From 2001 Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care continued as the title Mental Health Today (2001 - ).
New legislative proposals for women with learning disabilities and mental health problems
- Authors:
- McNAMARA Eileen, HALL Ian
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 9(4), October 2004, pp.36-40.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Several proposed changes to the law in England and Wales will particularly affect women with learning disabilities. The Sexual Offences Act 2003 and the draft Mental Health and Mental Incapacity Bills all highlight the tension between state paternalism and individual autonomy. Uses a fictional case scenario to consider the practical implications of the proposed legislation, and dilemmas that may arise.
Your guide to the Mental Capacity Bill
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 27.7.04, 2004, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Looks at the main areas of the Mental Capacity Bill, which covers England and Wales.
A guide to the Mental Incapacity/Capacity Bill 2003
- Authors:
- CURRAN Christopher, GRIMSHAW Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Openmind, 128, July 2004, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Provides an overview of the Mental Incapacity/Capacity Bill 2003.
Access to work blocked as disabled people remain unaware of initiative
- Author:
- TAYLOR Amy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.8.03, 2003, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how many employers and disabled people are still unaware of the government's Access to Work scheme. Highlights the lack of publicity given to the scheme
Way ahead
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, March 2003, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Looks at the work of Advance, a Housing Association providing supported accommodation for people with mental health problems and other special needs.