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Tools for change: to help teams plan
- Authors:
- IN CONTROL, MENCAP
- Publisher:
- In Control
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 70p., CD ROM, 4 posters
- Place of publication:
- London
Tools for Change is a resource pack to help teams plan. It is especially useful to help teams plan for change who work in social care. As well as the planning processes, there are sections on getting to know your team better, understanding other people, and inclusion. The pack includes a written guide, and posters to help with the planning processes.
Scotland’s national programme for improving mental health and well-being small research projects initiative 2005-06: implementing a recovery approach in policy and practice: a review of the literature
- Author:
- BERZINS Kathryn M.
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 47p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
This literature review examines some of the international literature to date that looks at implementing recovery-orientated policy and practice through evaluation of service delivery. It highlights both the policy and practice contexts of initiatives, and their relevance to the Scottish context. It identifies lessons that may be learnt from the international evidence and makes recommendations about where this evidence may be used as a basis for Scottish policy and service development. This review has been carried out in liaison with the Scottish Recovery Network in line with their research agenda.
Edinburgh Connect evaluation: final report
- Authors:
- McCOLLAM Allyson, WOODHOUSE Amy
- Publisher:
- Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 64p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Edinburgh Connect is a mental health service for looked after and accommodated children which aims to promote and enhance the mental health of this group. In mid 2003, the Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health (SDC) was commissioned through the Changing Children’s Services Fund to undertake the evaluation of Edinburgh Connect (EC). The evaluation had four key aims: to track progress in relation to the identified strategic and operational objectives, to inform the continuing development of the Edinburgh Connect service , to examine, from the perspectives of a range of stakeholders, the factors that facilitated and inhibited the effectiveness of the team, and to identify key learning points and recommendations for the longer term development of local service responses to meet the mental health needs of looked after and accommodated children and young people.
The impact of spirituality on mental health: a review of the literature
- Author:
- CORNAH Deborah
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 37p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A report written by Dr Deborah Cornah on behalf of the Mental Health Foundation looking at the impact of spirituality on mental health. The report aims to ‘explore the outcomes and consequences of spiritual belief or activity for mental health’. Quantitative and qualitative evidence is identified and explored in relation to a number of mental health problems. The report looks at the consequences of spiritual activity for mental health, factors mediating the relationship between spirituality and mental health, limitations of the research and provides guidance and recommendations for health professionals.
Side effects: mental health service users’ experiences of the side effects of anti-psychotic medication
- Author:
- RETHINK
- Publisher:
- Rethink
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report based on the real-life experiences of mentally ill people taking medicines, highlights the need for three points of action – first, a recognition that side-effects are very important, their impacts are significant to individuals; secondly more choice over medicines and appropriate information sharing; thirdly more investment in the search for a third generation of medicines that are more effective in controlling symptoms and have even fewer and less severe side effects.
Building solutions: environments for better mental health: improving office environments
- Author:
- MIND
- Publisher:
- MIND
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 12p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
'Building solutions: environments for better mental health' campaign focuses on two areas - mental healthcare environments and offices. While many offices and healthcare environments have a positive impact on our mental health, some are still falling short of the mark. The report seeks to raise the profile of the importance of the built environment and make sure that they reflect the positive way we want to feel about ourselves.
Recovering mental health in Scotland: report on narrative investigation of mental health recovery
- Authors:
- BROWN Wendy, KANDIRIKIRIRA Niki
- Publisher:
- Scottish Recovery Network
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
The aim of this research is to better understand what factors help and hinder recovery from long term mental health problems. Narrative accounts of recovery from mental health problems from 64 people across Scotland were collected use a semi-structured interview schedule. Narrators were asked to reflect upon factors that had helped or empowered them on or that had been detrimental to their recovery journey, discuss what factors have helped them sustain their well-being, and what recovery felt like for them. Findings from the research will be released in thematic chapters.
Supporting people's mental health and well-being: action points for people who use services and for people who provide services
- Author:
- Connor Anne
- Publisher:
- Outside the Box Development Support
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
Action points from a research project, funded by the Scottish Executive National Programme for Improving Mental Health and Well-being and run by a partnership between the Dumbarton and District Mental Health Forum and Outside the Box Development Support from summer 2005 to early 2006, are presented. The researchers wanted to find out what helped people keep well, and they also looked at what health and social care services and ordinary community resources can do to help people be well and support people in their recovery from a mental health problem.
Ethnic variation of self-reported psychopathology among incarcerated youth
- Authors:
- KARNIK Niranjan S., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 42(5), October 2006, pp.477-486.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Research on ethnic minority populations has shown them to be under-treated, under-diagnosed and perceived as more psychopathological in comparison to the Caucasian population. This American study aimed to assess ethnic variation of self-perceived psychopathology in a population of incarcerated youths. The Youth Self-Report (YSR) was completed by 5964 incarcerated adolescents (95% male; mean age = 16.5) in the California Youth Authority (CYA) system. Overall, ethnic minorities (African-Americans and Hispanics) self-report lower levels of psychiatric problems than Caucasians. These differences were more pronounced in males than females.
Smoke-free legislation and mental health units: the challenges ahead
- Author:
- JOCHELSON Karen
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 189(6), December 2006, pp.479-480.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Under the proposed English Health Act regulations most mental health units will have to be smoke-free, although patients will be able to smoke outside. Implementing the regulations will be challenging but may also be an opportunity for a more holistic approach focusing on the physical and psychological health of patients.