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Spread a lot of happiness
- Author:
- ELLIOT Maggie
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, June 2006, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The author talks to Margaret McCathie, Scotland's very own clown doctor. She also runs mental health awareness and laughter therapy workshops in hospitals, schools and workplaces.
Guardianship and intervention orders - making an application: a guide for carers
- Author:
- KILLEEN Jan
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
A guide for carers who are concerned that the person they care for is unable to take action or make some or all decisions in relation to their finances, personal welfare or health, due to a mental disability or severe communications difficulties, such as a stroke. The guide covers information on how the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 can help. It also explains the purpose of guardianship and intervention orders and outlines the considerations to make before taking forward an application for a guardianship or intervention order. The guide also describes how to make an application, the costs involved and what the carer should do once appointed.
Terminable terminology
- Authors:
- MORLEY Dinah, WALKER Steven
- Journal article citation:
- Young Minds Magazine, 85, November 2006, p.20.
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
The authors challenge the idea that disguising a mental health diagnosis benefits young people.
The determinants of mental health: a qualitative analysis of health policy documents
- Author:
- SOLIN Pia Crista Milana
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 8(2), May 2006, pp.3-11.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article reports on an exploratory analysis of the determinants of mental health in health policy documents from Finland, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, England and Portugal during 1985-2004. Similarities and differences in mental and somatic health were examined, using qualitative content analysis. The results of the analysis are compared with some frequently applied health determinant conceptualisations and with the conclusions of previous research. The article concludes by pointing out that the determinants of mentally and somatic health are constructed differently, which seems to affect the design of health promotion policy.
Refugee resettlement programmes as potential mental health promoting settings? A qualitative study of resettlement staff's constructions of refugees' mental health in everyday episodes
- Authors:
- LINDENCRONA Fredrik, EKBLAD Solvig
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Migration Health and Social Care, 2(1), March 2006, pp.48-62.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This study examines resettlement staff's constructions of refugees' health in everyday episodes within the resettlement programme. Individual and group interviews with 28 members of staff were carried out and analysed using grounded theory methodology. The constructions of health in these episodes focused on mental health, the latter understood as a concept stressing the dynamic fit between person, programme and external environment. It is concluded that if a comprehensive strategy focusing on creating mental health among refugees thought inter-sectoral co-ordination is developed, resettlement programmes can probably be developed into mental health-promoting settings.
An empirical typology of narcissism and mental health in late adolescence
- Authors:
- LAPSLEY Daniel K., AALSMA Matthew C.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adolescence, 29(1), February 2006, pp.53-71.
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
A two-step cluster analytic strategy was used in two studies to identify an empirically derived typology of narcissism in late adolescence. In Study 1, 204 late adolescents responded to the profile of narcissistic dispositions and measures of grandiosity (“superiority”) and idealization (“goal instability”) inspired by Kohut's theory, along with several College Adjustment Scales and a measure of pathology of separation-individuation. Cluster analysis revealed three clusters: 71 covert narcissists, 55 moderate narcissists and 74 overt narcissists. Moderate narcissists had significantly lower means scores on indices of anxiety, relationship problem, depression, esteem- and family problems and pathology of separation-individuation. The overt and covert clusters showed comparable levels of dysfunction on most indices of adjustment. This general pattern was replicated in Study 2, with 210 adolescents. Moderate narcissists showed a uniform profile of good adjustment, whereas covert and overt narcissist clusters showed a pervasive pattern of dysfunction. Results support the claim that narcissism has “two faces” and that a moderate degree of narcissism is associated with fewer adjustment problems or psychological symptoms. Directions for future research are discussed.
Review of national strategies for suicide prevention: summary
- Author:
- McCOLLAM Allyson
- Publisher:
- Choose Life
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 5p.
Scottish Executive’s Mental Health Research Team on behalf of the National Programme for Mental Health and Well Being commissioned a consortium of researchers to conduct an evaluation of Choose Life Choose Life1, the national strategy and action plan to prevent suicide in Scotland. This work is a component of that evaluation.
Improving the mental health of the population: a strategy for Europe
- Author:
- STANSFIELD Jude
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Public Mental Health, 5(1), March 2006, pp.11-17.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The European Commission green paper 'Improving the Mental Health of the Population', published in October 2005, is essentially a public mental health strategy for the European Union. The author outlines the main elements of the strategy and discusses its relevance and implications both for the European Union as a whole and for policy and practice in England and the other individual member states. The author comments that while the green paper is in many ways welcome in that it will raise the profile of public mental health at national and international government level, it has a number of flaws - not least its primary focus on mental illness and mental illness services.
Psychological disposition and self-reported health among the ‘oldest-old’ in China
- Authors:
- WU Zheng, SCHIMMELE Christoph M.
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 26(1), January 2006, pp.135-151.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This study contributes to the understanding of the ageing process by investigating whether particular psychological dispositions among older people are associated with healthy ageing. The study's objective is to further our knowledge about what constitutes ‘health’ for the ‘oldest-old’ (people aged 80 or more years) in China. It is recognised that apart from the absence of disease, good health is a subjective experience, and it is posited that self-reported health is associated with psychological disposition, or in other words, that an individual's personal attitudes, motivations, and beliefs condition their perception of health and illness. Using data from China's Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (1998 and 2000 waves), the authors examine whether psychological disposition in 1998 had an independent effect on self-reported health in 2000. The study is based on a stratified random sample of 4,366 people aged 80 or more years. After introducing controls for health status and socio-demographic variables, the multivariate, longitudinal results demonstrate that a robust psychological disposition was indeed associated with good short-term, self-reported health. The findings also illustrate that the effect differed by age, for the relationship was significant for octogenarians and nonagenarians but insignificant for centenarians. Data limitations prevented an empirical investigation of the processes that underlie the relationship between psychological disposition and self-reported health.
Breathing space
- Author:
- GILBERT Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.01.06, 2006, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
People with mental health problems often find that spirituality is important in their lives and can benefit their physical and mental health. This article reports on the spirituality and mental health project set up by the National Institute for Mental Health in England. The projects brief was to focus on the importance of the spiritual dimension in people's lives and to construct positive relations with faith communities and faith-based organisations.