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Volunteering in Kensington and Chelsea
- Author:
- SCHOFIELD Hazel
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 7(2), May 2003, pp.19-22.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Looks at the Supported Needs Project at Kensington and Chelsea Volunteer Bureau. The project recruits and supports volunteers with disabilities or support needs into volunteer placements, and aims to help people develop their skills in a safe environment, whilst promoting integration and social inclusion. The article focuses on how the project has helped people with mental health needs.
Formal support, mental disorders and personal characteristics: a 25-year follow-up study of a total cohort of older people
- Authors:
- SAMUELSSON G., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 11(2), March 2003, pp.95-102.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study was designed to describe the pattern of long-term formal support received by people with mental disorders and to investigate the relationship between the medical, psychological and social characteristics of the participants and types of formal support, based on a cohort of 192 people born in 1902 and 1903 in a community in Southern Sweden. They were assessed using interviews, psychological tests and medical examinations. Information was collected about the use of primary healthcare and social services. The first assessment took place when the cohort was aged 67 and on 8 further occasions until they were 92. Participation ranged from 72% to 100%. During the observation period of 25 years, 53% of people with dementia eventually received both home help and institutional care compared to 34% with other psychiatric diagnoses and 12% with good mental health. The last group all had physical health problems and/or problems with activities of daily living. However, 35% of the dementia group, 46% with other psychiatric diagnoses and 52% with good mental health received no formal support. Males and self-employed people were significantly less likely to use formal support. The institutionalised group reported loneliness significantly more often than the other 2. In a logistic regression analysis, loneliness, low social class, high blood pressure and low problem-solving ability were predictors of formal support use. People with mental disorder, including dementia, were significantly more likely to use formal support compared with people with good mental health. Social factors were the main factors predicting formal support.
Research into practice
- Author:
- THOMPSON Neil
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.9.02, 2002, p.54.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Briefly reports on research looking at the relationship between mental ill-health and violence.
Lifesavers
- Authors:
- JOHNYS Hilary, ROBERTS Anita
- Journal article citation:
- Openmind, 113, January 2002, p.113.
- Publisher:
- MIND
The first author reports on the work of the Quest Employment Support Team (QEST) in Cambridge and the second author explains how QEST helped her.
Seasonal affective disorder among primary care attenders and a community sample in Aberdeen
- Authors:
- EAGLES J. M., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 175, November 1999, pp.472-475.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Patients aged 16-64 consulting their GPs in Aberdeen during January were screened with the Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire (SPAQ). SPAQs were also mailed to 600 matched patients, who had not consulted their GP during January. Surgery attenders who fulfilled SPAQ criteria for SAD were invited for interview to determine whether they met criteria for SAD in DSM-IV and the Structured Interview Guide for the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression--Seasonal Affective Disorder Version (SIGH-SAD). Of 6161 surgery attenders, 4557 (74%) completed a SPAQ; 442 (9.7%) were SPAQ cases of SAD. Rate of caseness on the SPAQ did not differ between surgery attenders and non-attenders. Of 223 interviewed SPAQ cases of SAD, 91 (41%) also fulfilled DSM-IV and SIGH-SAD criteria. It is concluded that there is a high prevalence of SAD among patients attending their GPs in January in Aberdeen; this is likely to reflect a similar rate in the community.
Subjective and objective dimensions of quality of life in psychiatric patients: a factor analytical approach: The South Verona Outcome Project 4
- Authors:
- RUGGERI Mirella, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 178, March 2001, pp.268-275.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Explores the role of subjective and objective Quality Of Life dimensions and their cross-sectional and longitudinal predictors. The relationship between QQL, as measured by the Lancashire Quality Of Life Profile (LQL), and demographic variables, diagnosis, psychopathology, disability, functioning, affect balance, self-esteem, service use and service satisfaction was investigated at two points in time, using factor analysis and multiple regression techniques. Concludes that subjective and objective data are distinct types of information. Objective measures may be more suitable in detecting treatment effects. Subjective information is necessary to complete the QQL picture and to enhance the interpretation of objective data.
Alive and well-but hard to find
- Author:
- HOPTON John
- Journal article citation:
- Openmind, 103, May 2000, p.9.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Looks at the status of therapeutic communities.
What's in a word
- Author:
- BOWERS Len
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 1(12), August 1998, p.418.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
The author, professor of psychiatric nursing at City University London, attempts to produce a definition of 'mental illness'.
Mental illness and human rights in Latvia
- Author:
- LEIMAINE Ieva
- Journal article citation:
- Breakthrough, 2(1), 1998, pp.27-33.
Discusses mental health care in Latvia, including human rights, the absence of legislation, and the need for rehabilitation and support groups for the mentally ill.
Information breakdown
- Author:
- HUXLEY Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 5.6.97, 1997, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Argues that current ways of deciding who is severely mentally ill are flawed. Reports on a project which aims to identify all patients who have severe mental illness.