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Community care in Scotland: mental illness specific grant conference: March 1993
- Author:
- PETCH Alison
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Scottish Office
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Mental health problems in old age
- Author:
- PETCH Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.09.07, 2007, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author examines the findings of an inquiry into older people's mental health problems and the available support and services. The report 'Improving services and support for older people with mental health problems' is the second report from the UK Inquiry co-ordinated by Age Concern into Mental Health and Well-Being in Later Life.
At home in the community: an evaluation of supported accommodation for people with mental health problems
- Author:
- PETCH Alison
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 229p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Reports on an evaluation of 11 supported accommodation provisions and attempts to illustrate the patterns that emerge amongst projects which in the main are seeking to provide models of good practice.
Mental health recovery
- Author:
- PETCH Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.2.08, 2008, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author summarises findings of research into the recovery of people with mental health problems conducted by the Scottish Recovery Network. Sixty-four people completed structural questionnaire and then took part in a semi-structured narrative interview exploring their recovery journey. These personal narratives then helped clarify understanding of the individuals journey after a mental health issue.
Dedicated resources: dedicated responses evaluation of the mental illness specific grant
- Authors:
- LAFETY Bernadette, PETCH Alison
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Scottish Office Central Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The Mental Illness Specific Grant (MISG) was introduced under the NHS and Community Care Act 1990, providing from April 1991 revenue grant for the development of social care services for individual with mental health problems. This study was undertaken to review those projects funded under the MISG during the first three years of the grant. A two stage evaluation was conducted. The first stage, conducted in the spring of 1995, involved an initial mapping exercise of the projects which had been funded. The second stage involved a more detailed study of 40 MISG projects. The fieldwork for this main stage was conducted between autumn 1995 and summer 1996.
Heaven compared to a hospital ward: an evaluation of eleven supported accommodation projects for those with mental health problems
- Author:
- PETCH Alison
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Social Work Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 32p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
Brief summary of main findings.
Service user vocations
- Author:
- PETCH Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.6.07, 2007, p.38, 40.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author reviews research partly led by service users to discover what mental health clients want in terms of education, training and employment. The survey undertaken for the research comprised of face-to-face interviews with 82 people on the enhanced care programme approach and a postal questionnaire returned by a further 159 individuals. The research was conducted to inform the development of vocation services in South Essex.
Managing transitions: support for individuals at key points of change
- Editors:
- PETCH Alison, (ed.)
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 170p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Highlights the issues common to all when experiencing transitions as well as the dilemmas specific to particular situations: how transition is experienced by young people leaving care, and by those with learning disabilities or mental health problems. For young asylum seekers there are multiple transitions. Other topics covered are the current transition from service provision to self-directed support, the transition for older people who move to supported living and the challenges that attend the transition from hospital to community.
Prevalence and experience of harassment of people with mental health problems living in the community
- Authors:
- BERZINS Kathyrn M., PETCH Alison, ATKINSON Jacqueline
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 183(12), December 2003, pp.526-533.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The levels and experiences of harassment of people with mental health problems in the community compared with those of the general population have not been explored. The aim was to measure the levels and experience of harassment experienced by people with mental health problems in the community in Scotland and compare them with the general population. Experiences of harassment were collected by interviewing 165 individuals with mental health problems and a control group of 165 people from the general population. Harassment in the community was found to be twice as common for individuals with mental health problems (41%) than for those in the general population (15%). The harassment commonly involved verbal abuse referring to the individual's mental health problems and was committed primarily by teenagers and neighbours. Harassment has a significantly higher prevalence among individuals with mental health problems living in the community and is believed to have a detrimental effect on mental health.
Dedicated resources, dedicated responses: evaluation of the Mental Illness Specific Grant
- Authors:
- LAFFEY Bernadette, PETCH Alison
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 139p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Report of a two stage evaluation of the operation of the Mental Illness Specific Grant as a ring fenced source of funding for the implementation of community care.