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The therapeutic importance of creativity in mental health care
- Author:
- KOZLOWSKI Roman
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Critical Psychology Counselling and Psychotherapy, 6(2), Summer 2006, pp.75-83.
This article discusses the therapeutic importance of creativity in mental health care and shows how the process of creative thinking and its expression can be a powerful force for positive change and reintegration of a person's sense of self. The author argues that all related mental health professionals involved in the field of mental health care should be made aware of the importance of incorporating creativity in their work routines.
Norse know-how
- Author:
- VALOIS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.05.06, 2006, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A social worker describes her visit to two Danish centres for traumatised refugees.
La belle indifférence in conversion symptoms and hysteria: systematic review
- Authors:
- STONE Jon, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 188(3), March 2006, pp.204-209.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
La belle indifférence refers to an apparent lack of concern shown by some patients towards their symptoms. It is often regarded as typical of conversion symptoms/hysteria. This review aims to determine the frequency of la belle indifférence in studies of patients with conversion symptoms/hysteria and to determine whether it discriminates between conversion symptoms and symptoms attributable to organic disease. A systematic review of all studies published since 1965 that have reported rates of la belle indifférence in patients with conversion symptoms and/or patients with organic disease. A total of 11 studies were eligible for inclusion. The median frequency of la belle indifférence was 21% in 356 patients with conversion symptoms, and 29% in 157 patients with organic disease. The available evidence does not support the use of la belle indifférence to discriminate between conversion symptoms and symptoms of organic disease. The quality of the published studies is poor, with a lack of operational definitions and masked ratings. La belle indifférence should be abandoned as a clinical sign until both its definition and its utility have been clarified.
Some things you should know about user/survivor action
- Author:
- CAMPBELL Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Openmind, 141, September/October 2006, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- MIND
This article looks at the service user/survivor movement, what activists have been fighting for and what the movement has achieved.
The Open Door Project: helping individuals to help themselves and others
- Author:
- HARROWER Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 9(4), December 2006, pp.35-38.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Involvement of people with mental problems in volunteering is seen as a way to build life skills and confidence. This article looks at the Open Door Project, run by the Volunteer Centre Stirling, which provides supported volunteering specifically for individuals with mental health problems and offers pre-volunteer training and buddy support. This is a reprint of the article by Alison Harrower (2007) entitled 'The Open Door Project: helping individuals to help themselves and others' from The Mental Health Review 12(1), pp.41-44.
Positive steps
- Author:
- AMETEWEE Lynette
- Journal article citation:
- CDX News, 49, Winter 2006, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Community Development Exchange
- Place of publication:
- Sheffield
The author describes the work of community development workers in Black and minority ethnic mental health care.
The compulsion to repeat
- Author:
- RUSSELL Paul Libbey
- Journal article citation:
- Smith College Studies in Social Work, 76(1/2), 2006, pp.33-49.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article focuses on the compulsion to repeat in psychotherapy. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
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.
When equality is not really equal: affirmative action and consumer participation
- Authors:
- HAPPELL Brenda, ROPER Cath
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Public Mental Health, 5(3), September 2006, pp.6-11.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Consumer participation in mental health service planning and delivery is now authorised through Australian government policy. While strategies have been implemented to foster opportunities for participation, they have rarely been evaluated for their effectiveness. Furthermore, the inadequacy of these strategies to support policy implementation has been criticised in the literature and identified as a major obstacle to genuine and effective consumer participation in mental health care. This paper argues that there is an urgent need for affirmative action in order to overcome the current and historical discrimination that prevents consumers from active participation.