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What is mental health?
- Author:
- PHELAN Michael
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Factfile setting out the types and causes of mental health problems, who is most at risk, and the consequences.
Risks and possibilities: the future for CPNs
- Author:
- GORMAN Janet
- Journal article citation:
- Open Mind, 72, December 1995, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Asks whether the opportunity for community psychiatric nurses to work more creatively is overshadowed by the risk of being blamed for the failures of a system that is under-resourced.
Evidence for specific effects of childhood sexual abuse on mental well-being and physical self-esteem
- Authors:
- BRAYDEN Robert M., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 19(10), October 1995, pp.1255-1262.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Women who are sexually abused are at increased risk for having mental health problems long after the abuse. Other nonexploitive experiences can also be psychologically detrimental, may coexist with sexual abuse, and may explain some portion of subsequent mental health problems. Addresses the association between childhood sexual abuse and a woman's psychological functioning, independent of the quality of parental nurturance received during childhood and other variables which may influence mental health.
Out in the open
- Author:
- CORDREY Tanya
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.9.95, 1995, p.25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Female clients in mental health settings are often sexually harassed. Reports on a group in Islington, London which has produced a video to help workers tackle the problem.
Guardianship
- Author:
- GRIMSHAW Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Open Mind, 76, August 1995, p.17.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Explores how a seldom-used provision of the 1983 Mental Health Act can sometimes be of particular benefit.
Accepting the inner voices
- Author:
- BAKER Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 2.8.95, 1995, pp.59-61.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Hearing internal voices is relatively common, and many people not considered to have mental health problems have experienced them.
Lessons in responsibility
- Author:
- SONE Kendra
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.6.95, 1995, p.21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on the Lambeth High Street project which aims to prepare homeless people with mental health problems for resettlement.
Psychiatric services for people with learning disabilities - specialist knowledge and services are needed
- Author:
- REID Andrew H.
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 17.6.95, 1995, pp.1549-1550.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Brief notes on the need for a comprehensive psychiatric service for people with learning disabilities.
Scandinavian style of care
- Author:
- PELTONEN-HEIKINENEN Riita
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 17.5.95, 1995, pp.40-41.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Reports from Finland on comparisons which can be made with mental health services in the UK.
The battle for Hastings
- Authors:
- COOKE Anna, PARTINGTON Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 4.5.95, 1995, p.29.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Describes a public awareness campaign run in Hastings which tried to challenge myths about mentally ill people.