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Understanding our bodies, understanding ourselves: the menstrual cycle, mental health and women with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- DITCHFIELD Hedy, BURNS Jan
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 9(4), October 2004, pp.24-32.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Reviews the evidence for vulnerability in women with learning disabilities to a range of physical and mental health problems, with special emphasis on menstruation. Describes a qualitative research project on the experience of learning-disabled women in relation to menstruation, concluding by emphasising the need for services to communicate information on this subject in more sensitive and appropriate ways.
Mental health needs of women with learning disabilities: services can be organised to meet the challenge
- Author:
- KOHEN Dora
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 9(4), October 2004, pp.12-19.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Women with learning disabilities have many social, personal and psychological problems stemming from neglect, as well as being doubly disadvantaged by gender and learning disability. Most such psychosocial problems are not addressed as they arise, leading to psychiatric diagnosis and medicalisation of non-medical issues. It is important to recognise parenting in women with learning disabilities, as well as concerns such as sexual and emotional abuse and violence, and address them by appropriate agencies. Research suggests trained mental health staff with good understanding of gender as well as of disabilities would be able to address needs before they turn into crises. International and national surveys give good understanding of where needs lie and how services could be structured most effectively. Recognition of problems, a robust gender-sensitive approach and management skills at community level seem most important in dealing with women with learning disabilities. Most need local, generic, gender-sensitive non-stigmatising services. Only a very small minority of women with behavioural problems will need the highly specialised psychiatric learning disabilities team.
Mental health needs of women with learning disabilities: services can be organised to meet the challenge
- Author:
- O'HARA Jean
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 9(4), October 2004, pp.20-23.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The Department of Health recognises there are differences in the family and social context of women's and men's lives with consequences for how mental ill-health presents and is treated. Discusses what it means to be a woman with learning disabilities and mental health needs. asking if she will be able to access services sensitive to her situation, life experiences, aspirations and uniqueness as a woman and if systems in place to plan, deliver and monitor services take account of her and her individual needs.
Mental health and domestic violence: ‘I call it symptoms of abuse’
- Authors:
- HUMPHREYS Cathy, THIARA Ravi
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 33(2), March 2003, pp.209-226.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Research evidence shows a direct link between women's experiences of domestic violence and heightened rates of depression, trauma symptoms, and selfharm. A research project based in Women's Aid outreach services provides further evidence of women's experiences of severe emotional distress. However, their experiences of mental health services were often found to be negative. A number of practices within the medical model of mental health were unhelpful including: the lack of recognition of trauma or provision of trauma services; making the abuser invisible through focusing on the woman's mental health reified from her experiences of abuse; blaming the victim; offering medication rather than counselling support; the negative, consequent effects on child contact and child protection proceedings if the woman is labelled with mental health problems.
Community care: a reader
- Editors:
- BORNAT Joanna, et al
- Publisher:
- Macmillan in association with the Open University
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 346p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains extracts from classic writings on the nature of community, together with new material on topics such as familial obligations, social markets, and case management. In 4 sections: community; care; policy; and practice. Includes papers written from the perspective of: sociology; psychology; social policy; social work; and community activism.
Tackling violence against disabled women and girls: a toolkit for social care, housing, mental health and safeguarding services 2019
- Authors:
- BALDERSTON Susie, et al
- Publisher:
- Disability Rights UK
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 105
- Place of publication:
- London
This toolkit aims to help social workers, mental health and housing professionals to make their services more accessible and relevant for disabled/Deaf women and girls who have experienced violence or abuse. It is based on the findings of use-led research led by Vision Sense and co-produced with Against Violence and Abuse (AVA) and the Centre for Disability Research (CeDR) at Lancaster University. The report provides the results of a literature review on longer term interventions; a review of learning from Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs), Domestic Homicide Reviews and Preventable Death Reports to identify learning from service providers; and the results of interviews with disabled/Deaf women and girls who has experienced violence on what they want from services to help them stay safe in the medium and longer term. The research identified severe barriers to equality of outcome for disabled or Deaf women who are survivors of violence, particularly at the intersection of gender, disability, ethnicity, poverty and multiple disadvantage. It concludes that the co-production of solutions with disabled survivors who have a lived experience of violence can help to achieve quality of outcome and improve life chances. The research also found that much regulation in safeguarding, inspection, commissioning and for-profit or charity provision is failing disabled people. The report includes checklists and recommendations for all services and specific recommendations for individual services, including Safeguarding Board; health and social care services; and housing services. The project was funded by Big Lottery Fund through DRILL (Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning) Fast Track. (Edited publisher abstract)
Women in context: good practice in mental health services for women
- Editors:
- PERKINS Rachel, et al
- Publisher:
- Good Practices in Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 146p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Collection of papers aiming to contribute to a better understanding of women's needs and the development of appropriate mental health services and initiatives that validate women's experiences. Includes chapters on: the survivor perspective; women as carers; women as mental health workers; African women in the diaspora; Asian women; Chinese women; Irish women in Britain; Jewish women; refugee women; lesbians; older women; women with children; women living in rural areas; sexual abuse in childhood; serious long term mental health problems; mental health issues and learning disabilities; problems around food; self injury; secure provision and the special hospitals; sexual harassment and assault in psychiatric services; and key issues in services for all women.