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Mental health in Scotland: fundamental facts 2016
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 22
- Place of publication:
- London
An overview of key facts and statistics on mental health in Scotland, covering mental health across the lifespan. Facts and statistics cover: wellbeing, depression and anxiety, suicide, the relationship of social inequalities to mental health, services use and provision, and the cost of mental health care and treatment. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental health in Wales: fundamental facts 2016
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 20
- Place of publication:
- London
An overview of key facts and statistics of mental health in Wales. Areas covered include: prenatal and postnatal mental health services; child and adolescent mental health; mental health in the prison population; carers; self-harm; suicide; and the impact of poverty on mental health. The document also identifies key areas of data on mental health that are missing, specifically relating to Wales. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental health in Northern Ireland: fundamental facts 2016
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 29
- Place of publication:
- London
An overview of key facts and statistics of mental health in Northern Ireland. Brief facts and statistics cover: costs and expenditure of mental health care; mental health problems across the life course; mental health of minority groups, including Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community and Black and minority ethnic groups; suicide and self-harm; and the social determinants of mental health, including poverty an employment. The document also identifies key areas of data on mental health that are missing, specifically relating to Wales. (Edited publisher abstract)
Fundamental facts about mental health 2015
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 93
- Place of publication:
- London
A comprehensive summary of mental health research, providing a handbook of key facts and figures, covering all key areas of mental health. The document shows that in the UK mental health problems are responsible for the largest burden of disease – 28 per cent of the total burden, while mental health research receives only 5.5 per cent (£115 million) of total UK health research spending. One in four people experience a mental health problem in any given year and ten per cent of children and young people (aged 5-16 years) have a clinically diagnosable mental problem. Common mental health problems such as depression and anxiety are distributed according to a gradient of economic disadvantage across society with the poorer and more disadvantaged disproportionately affected from common mental health problems and their adverse consequences. (Edited publisher abstract)
Smoking and mental health: why people smoke and how to quit
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The biological factors involved in smoking relate to how the brain responds to nicotine. When a person smokes, a dose of nicotine reaches the brain within about 10 seconds. At first, nicotine improves mood and concentration, decreases anger and stress, relaxes muscles and reduces appetite. Regular doses of nicotine lead to changes in the brain, which then lead to nicotine withdrawal symptoms when the supply of nicotine decreases. Smoking temporarily reduces these withdrawal symptoms and can therefore reinforce the habit. This cycle is how most smokers become nicotine dependent. Social and psychological factors also play a part in keeping smokers smoking. Although many young people experiment with cigarettes, other factors influence whether someone will go on to become a regular smoker. These include having friends or relatives who smoke and their parents’ attitude to smoking. As young people become adults, they are more likely to smoke if they misuse alcohol or drugs or live in poverty. These factors make it more likely that someone will encounter stress. Most adults say that they smoke because of habit or routine and/or because it helps them relax and cope with stress.
Your way: an evaluation of a model of community mental health support developed by Together for Mental Wellbeing
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 35
- Place of publication:
- London
This report is the result of a three-year independent evaluation of the impact of Together for Mental Wellbeing’s personalised, community-based mental health services. The project was funded by the Department of Health. This new approach is called Your Way and has five essential elements: meaningful personalisation; open-minded approach and high-quality service; peer support; healthy living in the community; and service-user leadership. People can access support from the service via referrals from community mental health teams (or in some cases through Supporting People panels), their GP or through self-referral. Those with a personal budget can use this to purchase support from the service. This evaluation highlights the important findings in relation to improvements in wellbeing, health-promoting lifestyles and goal attainment. There were statistically significant increases in wellbeing in the first three months of service use for people who enrolled on the evaluation within a month of accessing support from Your Way. Significant improvements were also noticed in relation to social life and relationships, a sense of meaning, dealing with health professionals, and health-promoting lifestyle activity. Cost comparisons between Your Way and other services appear to suggest some cost benefits if Your Way works on a large-scale basis or is provided as part of a broader range of services rather than in isolation. (Edited publisher abstract)
Self-directed support in mental health: capacity building for third sector providers: summary findings
- Authors:
- O'SULLIVAN Chris, MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 34
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The Mental Health Foundation and the Scottish Mental Health Cooperative have been jointly funded under the Scottish Government Self-Directed Support Strategy Provider Capacity Strand to support local third sector service providers to prepare for and engage with self-directed support. The Provider Capacity Building strand is part of the ten-year Self-Directed Support Strategy which the Scottish Government launched in 2010. Another factor is that the Social Care (Self-Directed Support) Act 2012 was passed during the course of the first year of the project. This report summarises the scoping stage of the Self-Directed Support project, which has included regional events involving providers and service users, to gauge their awareness and knowledge of self-directed support. The report outlines some of the key challenges and opportunities presented by the introduction of self-directed support for those with mental health problems. (Edited publisher abstract)
How to commission better health and wellbeing services for young people
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide is aimed at those with a responsibility for commissioning mental health and wellbeing services for young people aged 16–25. It is one of a series of guides designed to bring together learning from the five-year Right Here programme, which aimed to develop effective new approaches to supporting mental health and wellbeing of young people, focusing on early intervention and on tackling the stigma associated with mental health problems that often prevents people seeking help. The guide sets out what should be done and the things that need to be avoided in the four stages of the commissioning process, focusing on: identifying needs, planning, tendering and procurement, and monitor and evaluation. (Edited publisher abstract)
Building resilient communities: making every contact count for public health
- Authors:
- MIND, MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publishers:
- MIND, Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 52
- Place of publication:
- London
Resilience is the capacity of people to confront and cope with life’s challenges; to maintain their wellbeing in the face of adversity; it should be central to any public mental health strategy. This report is one of a series produced on behalf of the Mental Health Strategic Partnership with funding from the Department of Health. It brings together the experiences of people who commission, deliver and use services and resources which influence wellbeing at a local level throughout England, and thereby support resilient communities and help people to ‘feel good and function well’. From the literature and the personal experiences of focus groups and interviewees, three key factors that affect resilience are identified: activities that promote wellbeing; building social capital; and developing psychological coping strategies. The report includes case studies and recommendations for those involved in mental health service provision. (Original abstract)
Building resilient communities: a practical guide for community groups and service providers
- Authors:
- MIND, MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publishers:
- MIND, Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 9
- Place of publication:
- London
Resilience is the capacity of people to confront and cope with life’s challenges; to maintain their wellbeing in the face of adversity; it should be central to any public mental health strategy. This booklet is part of a series produced on behalf of the Mental Health Strategic Partnership with funding from the Department of Health. It focuses on mental wellbeing; the risk factors for low wellbeing, poor resilience and mental health problems; ways we can improve our levels of resilience and wellbeing; recognising mental health problems; and helping people get the right support. It also suggests how individuals and organisations involved in mental health services or activities can raise awareness of mental health, wellbeing and resilience in their own communities. (Original abstract)