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Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Information about The Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000, which provides ways to manage the financial and welfare affairs of people who are unable to manage them for themselves. Suitable for professionals and lay people.
Admission patterns by psychiatric trainees: are women patients as likely as men to be admitted for major mental illness?
- Authors:
- SAJAHAN P.M., McINTOSH A.M., CAVANAGH J.T.
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 24(2), 2000, pp.59-61.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
The authors hypothesised that the increased admission rate for men with major mental illness may be the result of men being preferentially admitted by psychiatrists. A questionnaire survey was devised and sent to all psychiatric trainees on the South-East Scotland rotation. The questionnaire contained a series of psychiatric vignettes representing conditions varying in severity of risk. Seventy-eight per cent responded to the questionnaire. Trainees were more likely to admit patients representing a greater degree of risk irrespective of the gender of the patient. The authors conclude that the increasing admission rates for men with major mental illness is unlikely to be due to admission bias by trainees.
'Help me out, help me in': reprovisioning, resettlement and the scope for social inclusion in Scotland
- Author:
- SCOTTISH HOMES
- Publisher:
- Scottish Homes
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Study of resettlement in the community from long-stay hospitals, and the extent to which it has promoted inclusion
Draft national care standards: consultation document - first tranche
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 99p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The proposal to develop National Care Standards for a wide range of social care provision was set out in the White Paper: Aiming for Excellence (March_1999). The standards need to be in place for the proposed new Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care. (S.C.R.C.) This consultation document sets out the first 3 draft National Care Standards for care of - Older People, People with Mental Health Problems and, Children and Young People. This first tranche focuses on standards in care homes. Subsequent tranches will cover other groups and also domiciliary and day services
Draft National Care Standards: first tranche - a consultation paper
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 99p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This consultation document sets out the first three draft National Care Standards for care of older people, people with mental health problems, and children and young people. This first tranche focuses on standards in care homes.
Meeting the primary mental health care needs of elderly Chinese people in the UK: a case for specialist provision
- Author:
- FOONG Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 4(4), December 2000, pp.130-133.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Reports on the findings of a study into the knowledge and perceptions of primary mental health services among elderly Chinese people in Glasgow that found most were not satisfied with the services of which they were aware, and were unaware of other statutory and voluntary services that might help them. Proposes specialist regional centres to meet this populations cultural needs as a possible solution.
Social relationships and health: the meaning of social 'connectedness' and how it relates to health concerns for rural Scottish adolescents
- Authors:
- HENDRY Leo B., REID Marylou
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adolescence, 23(6), December 2000, pp.705-719.
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
Adolescence has been posited as an important period for the onset of mental health problems and for the need to adapt successfully too many psychosocial changes. The assumption has been made that social belongings is both a health-related goal and an antidote for other sorts of emotional crises. This qualitative study examines how social connectedness represents both a content and process variable in northern Scottish young people's discussion of their health concerns, that is, it was both a source of distress and implicated as a helpful or harmful factor in relation to other health concerns. Suggestions are given for building new approaches for conceptualising rural young people's health problems and helping them cope with the social contexts involved within and around them.
Mental incapacity and consent to treatment: the Scottish experience
- Author:
- CRICHTON John
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, 11(2), September 2000, pp.457-464.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
The paper describes the current state of the law in Scotland relating to the management of adults who do not have the ability to consent to treatment. There are important differences in the nature and content of the common law relating to this subject between Scotland and England, which are described. This is a confusing area of law, which is acknowledged to be in need of reform. The Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 addresses the issue. Briefly describes and discusses the Act.
Complexity and collaboration in routine practice of CBT: what doesn't work with whom and how might it work better
- Authors:
- DURHAM Robert C., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 9(4), August 2000, pp.429-444.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
There is compelling evidence from specialist research centres for the efficacy of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) with a variety of psychiatric disorders, but effectiveness in routine clinical practice has yet to be established. The complex tasks confronting those generalist practitioners who see a broad range of referrals are analysed in terms of the breadth of treatable disorders, the variable nature of patient characteristics and the pressure of work. This analysis suggests that effectiveness and efficiency in routine practice of CBT will be compromised unless therapists work in small teams and adopt some of the rigours and objectivity of the research context. In particular, it suggested that clinical practice should include routine assessment of complexity and severity of problems at a screening interview and quality of collaboration after a trial period of treatment. Therapy for those cases with high complexity and poor collaboration should incorporate peer-aided clinical supervision and periodic review.
A law for the 21st century: the adults with incapacity (Scotland) bill
- Author:
- CRAIGMYLE Liz
- Journal article citation:
- SCOLAG Journal, 270, April 2000, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- ScoLAG(Scottish Legal Action Group)
The author, Legal Adviser with Enable and member of the steering group for the Alliance for the Promotion of the Adults with Incapacity Bill considers how far the Scottish Parliament's first major piece of legislation meets the needs of those suffering some agree of incapacity.