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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.
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.
Meeting Chinese mental health needs
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Diverse Minds Magazine, 7, November 2000, pp.4-5.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Looks at the work of the Chinese Mental Health Association.
Adolescents' help-seeking behaviour: the difference between self- and other referral
- Authors:
- RAVIV Amiram, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adolescence, 23(6), December 2000, pp.721-740.
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
This Israeli study examines the difference between adolescents' willingness to seek help for themselves and their willingness to refer others for help. Results found adolescents were more willing to refer another person than themselves to most of the sources of support. Differences were more pronounced for severe problems and referrals to psychologists, school counsellor and teachers. Girls were more willing than boys to seek help from their parents and friends. Actual help-seeking behaviour was positively related to willingness to seek help from various sources of support. The results are discussed with reference to the threat to self mechanism and other costs.
Children involved in bullying at elementary school age: their psychiatric symptoms and deviance in adolescence: an epidemilogical sample
- Authors:
- KAMPULAINEN Kirsti, RASANEN Eila
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 24(12), December 2000, pp.1567-1577.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This study investigated psychiatric symptoms and deviance at the age of 15 years among children involved in bullying at the age of 8 years or at the age of 12 years. Furthermore, the relationships between involvement in bullying at the age of 8 years, concurrent psychiatric deviance, and later psychiatric deviance were studied. Questionnaires filled in by the parents, teachers and children themselves were used to reveal psychiatric symptoms and deviance. Concludes that bullying experiences are connected not only to concurrent psychiatric symptoms but also to future psychiatric symptoms., Furthermore, the probability of being deviant in adolescence is increased if the child has been involved in bullying at elementary school age.
Talent down the drain
- Author:
- SOUTHORN Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Openmind, 106, November 2000, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Outlines how and why employers need to make adjustments to support employees with mental health problems.
Implications of current mental health policy for the practice and education of the mental health workforce
- Authors:
- WARNE Tony, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 4(2), October 2000, pp.48-52.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Labour's agenda for modernising mental health care promises an integrated, multi-disciplinary service that prioritises the needs of those with severe mental health problems. The mantras are access, continuity and availability. But in an NHS that is to be lead by the primary sector, can mental health care transcend the barriers between health and social care providers, between primary and secondary care and between the multiplicity of professionals involved? And what of the needs of users, and the preparation of practitioners to meet those needs?
Learning and mental health
- Author:
- WATERS Barbara
- Journal article citation:
- Adults Learning, October 2000, pp.9-10.
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Adult Continuing Education
Discusses the growing interest in the relationship between learners with mental health problems and education institutions.
A reassuring kind of verdict
- Author:
- BATEMAN Neil
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.10.00, 2000, p.32.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Explains how a commissioner's decision has made it easier for people with mental health problems to gain disability living allowance if they need frequent reassurance to complete daily tasks.
Making a difference for Murray
- Authors:
- WELLS Philippa, SMITH Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Now: the Practice Journal of Child, Youth and Family, 16, August 2000, pp.19-26.
- Publisher:
- Child, Youth and Family (Department of Child, Youth and Family Services, Te Tari Awhina I te Tamaiti, te Rangatahi, tae atu ki te Whanau)
Describes the finding of high levels of serious mental disorder among New Zealand youth services clients, and a new form of support, giving the example of a seriously disturbed boy, then 14, called Murray. Discusses raising a mentally disordered child and mental health problems among clients. Describes results from a mental health database and practice implications. Concludes by listing behaviours considered to have the most urgent needs and the components of services packages.