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Lack of care
- Author:
- PARSONS Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 4(12), August 2001, p.416.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
A psychiatric patient known to be at high risk commits suicide. Can the trust be held responsible in law? Uses two case examples to provide an illustration of the circumstances that can potentially constitute a lack of care in the eye of the law.
A comment on Stroud and Pritchard: child homicide, psychiatric disorder and dangerousness: a review and an empirical approach
- Author:
- BARNES Helen
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 31(3), June 2001, pp.481-492.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
On the basis of a review of research on child and adult homicide and mental disorder, along with an original study of these connections, Stroud and Pritchard suggest that diagnoses of mental disorder and other 'psychopathologies' can be useful in identifying adults at risk of community child homicide, and thus advocate that social work practice should focus attention on these issues in seeking to prevent child homicide. Issues contained in the paper, however, appear to present a number of concerns with considerable implications for social work practice. These concerns relate to the following: the conclusions drawn in the paper about the prevalence of mental disorder amongst people committing child homicide, the implications of the paper's findings and conclusions for the knowledge base and strategies social workers should be employing in identifying and managing risk of child homicide, and the implications of the paper for social work values.
Developing inclusive mental health services for older people
- Author:
- BOWERS Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 6(2), June 2001, pp.6-13.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Discusses the need for specific mental health services for older people, and the obstacles to the recognition of mental health problems in older people. Also looks at recent policy developments, including the National Service Framework for Older people. Finally, provides an overview of the current issues and challenges.
The Wessex Recent In-Patient Suicide Study 1: case-control study of 234 recently discharged psychiatric patient suicides
- Authors:
- KING Elizabeth A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 178, June 2001, pp.531-536.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Psychiatric patients have a higher suicide risk following hospital discharge. Article aims to identify social, clinical and health-care delivery factors in recently discharged patients. Found that independent increased-risk factors were: not being White; living alone; history of deliberate self-harm (DSH); suicidal ideation precipitating admission; hopelessness; admission under different consultant; onset of relationship difficulties; loss of job; in-patient DSH; unplanned discharge; significant care professional leaving/on leave. Reduced-risk factors were: shared accommodation; delusions at admission; misuse of non-prescribed substances; and continuity of contact. Concludes that continuity of contact may reduce suicide risk. Discontinuity of care from a significant professional is associated with increased risk of suicide.
Supported housing
- Author:
- BOLTON Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 4(9), May 2001, p.315.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Looks at the funding of supported housing for people with mental health problems or learning disabilities which is about to change radically.
Factors that influence the cost of caring for patients with severe psychotic illness: report from the UK700 trial
- Authors:
- BYFORD Sarah, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 178, May 2001, pp.441-447.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Investigate factors that influence the cost of caring for patients with severe psychotic illness. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to examine associations between baseline characteristics and subsequent 2-year total direct costs in 667 patients from the UK 700 case management trial. Finds that significantly more money was spent on younger patients, those with longer duration of illness, those who had spent less time living independently and those who had spent longer in hospital for psychiatric reasons. Concludes that total costs of caring for patients with severe psychotic illness appear to be influenced to a large extent by age, duration of illness and past levels of dependence on statutory services. The strength of these relationships is greater than the impact of illness severity.
Social workers dis-approved?
- Author:
- GLOVER-WRIGHT David
- Journal article citation:
- Openmind, 109, May 2001, p.21.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Looks at the role of approved social workers in mental health assessment, and the proposed changes outlined in the White Paper on reforming the Mental Health Act.
Longitudinal study assessing the joint effects of socio-economic status and birth risks on adult emotional and nervous conditions
- Authors:
- FAN Angela P., EATON William W.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 178(Supplement 40), April 2001, pp.78-83.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This article aims to assess the long-range impact of socio-economic status (SES) and birth risks on the development of emotional and nervous conditions through adulthood. The Johns Hopkins Pathways Study interviewed 1824 subjects born between 1960 and 1965, was divided the cohort into high and low income categories. Differences in life time prevalence of emotional and nervous conditions through adulthood between the two income groups were identified. Children in the lower income group were more likely to report or nervous condition as adults. The risks of difficult birth for adult mental disturbance were accentuated in the low-income group.
Separating the personal from the professional
- Author:
- BHADURI Reba
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, March 2001, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
The author had a shock when she visited her mother in India and discovered the realities of caring for a person with mental health problems. Here she describes the difficulties that many carers cope with on a daily basis.
Eye for an eye
- Authors:
- BOWLES Nick, DODDS Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Openmind, 108, March 2001, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Describes the effect of significantly reducing 'formal observations' on an acute ward.