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“Care just changes your life”: factors impacting upon the mental health of children and young people with experiences of care in Northern Ireland
- Authors:
- MULLAN Christine, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child Care in Practice, 13(4), October 2007, pp.417-434.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper represents one element of a research project carried out into the mental health needs of children and young people with experiences of care in Northern Ireland. Focusing exclusively on qualitative data collected from 51 young people in care and aftercare, it discusses in the first instance how the challenges and difficulties faced by young people can manifest themselves in feelings and behaviours that may exemplify poor mental well-being. In doing so it provides an understanding of mental health in the context of these young people's lives. Through offering a more detailed account of some of the specific issues that put these young people at increased risk, it highlights areas for further work and consideration as a means of protecting them against these risks. These include: dealing with experiences prior to care; easing and “normalising” the experience of living in care; and enhancing “safety nets” after care. A key objective of the research is to inform policy and practice through the accounts of children and young people. It is argued that more work needs to be done to find creative ways of enhancing the day-to-day experiences of young people while in care and when leaving care.
Mental health problems among child welfare clients living at home
- Author:
- IVERSON Anette Christine
- Journal article citation:
- Child Care in Practice, 13(4), October 2007, pp.387-399.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The great majority of children receiving intervention from child welfare and protection services (CWS) in Norway live at home. The purpose of this study was to assess mental health problems among these children. Data stem from a population-based study, the Bergen child study, conducted in 2006. Of a sample consisting of 4,162 children in the fifth to seventh grades, 82 children were CWS clients who lived at home. Compared with their peers, the CWS children had significantly higher scores on emotional problems, hyperactivity, conduct problems, peer problems, and total difficulties (child and parent reports on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire). The relationship between being a CWS client and total difficulties remained significant when socio-demographic variables were controlled for. Even though the results indicate that child welfare clients have more contact with child and adolescent mental health service than earlier assumed, the results emphasise the need for strong collaboration between CWS and mental health services and the need for CWS to include other types of interventions in addition to financial support.
Alison's story
- Author:
- TURNING POINT SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Turning Point Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
The story of 'Alison' is presented. Alison is a woman who first started to be supported by Turning Point Scotland in 2006, in order to find a service that would meet her needs. That service has now been identified. In May 2007 she attended the Recovery event held by Turning Point Scotland and during the last session which was based on solution circles, she agreed to write her story of recovery so far, paying particular attention to the recruitment process.
Arson: characteristics and predisposing factors in offenders with intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- DEVAPRIAM John, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Forensic Practice, 9(4), December 2007, pp.23-27.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This retrospective study focuses on examining the characteristics of offenders with intellectual disabilities (ID) and the range of identified reasons for the offence. The study population consisted of 1,100 patients with ID who were in contact with psychiatric services at the Leicestershire Frith Hospital. Fifteen patients were identified as having committed arson. The findings indicate a higher prevalence of arson in this population, along with the fact that the majority of people with ID who have committed arson tend to bypass the criminal justice system. A significant number are likely to repeat the behaviour and will also commit other offences. The most common reason for arson appears to be revenge, closely followed by suggestibility. The majority has an associated diagnosis of personality disorders along with Axis 1 psychiatric diagnosis. Other factors include large family size, history of childhood psychiatric disorders, abuse, homelessness, unemployment and relationship difficulties.
Linking youth internet and conventional problems: findings from a clinical perspective
- Authors:
- MITCHELL Kimberley J., FINKELHOR David, BECKER-BLEASE Kathryn A.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aggression Maltreatment and Trauma, 15(2), 2007, pp.39-58.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
A two-step cluster analysis of data from a sample of 512 young people is used to explore whether their problematic internet experiences are distinctly different from, or extensions of, the usual adolescent mental and behavioural problems encountered by clinicians. The analysis identified four mutually exclusive groups: 1) online victims (e.g. of sexual exploitation, harassment, unwanted pornography) who were mainly female and White; 2) those engaging in inappropriate sexual behaviour online (e.g. sexual exploitation, use of pornography) who were mainly male and White; 3) those isolated because of online use (e.g. excessive gaming or role playing) who were mainly male and White; and 4) those with both online and offline problems who were 53% male and 79% White (a lower proportion than in the other categories). The authors conclude that problematic internet experiences are often extensions of experiences and behaviours that clinicians encountered in pre-internet days, but that the internet is likely to be introducing something qualitatively or quantitatively new, such as increased severity or frequency. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Role of qualitative research to inform design of epidemiological studies: a cohort study of mental health of migrants from the former Yugoslavia
- Authors:
- DJURETIC Tamara, CRAWFORD Michael J., WEAVER Timothy D.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 16(6), December 2007, pp.743-755.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
While limited research has been conducted among displaced people in the UK it is clear that mental health problems in this group are more prevalent than among the general population. The aim was to develop a better understanding of pre and post migration factors that may affect mental health of forced and elective immigrants from the former Yugoslavia and to use data to inform the measures of exposures and outcomes in a subsequent epidemiological study. Focus groups and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 19 asylum seekers, refugees and migrants from the former Yugoslavia. Data were analyzed systematically using the Framework Analysis Method. Participants focussed on impaired social functioning rather than emotional or psychological problems when describing the impact of their experiences on their health. Concerns were raised about access of secondary care services and the treatment they received within primary care. Preliminary work enabled us to identify the terms people use to describe their experiences, and to generate additional hypotheses on service utilization that will be tested in a subsequent cohort study.
Resource paper for community health partnerships: promoting mental health: preventing common mental health problems
- Authors:
- McCOLLAM Allyson, MAXWELL Margaret
- Publisher:
- Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This paper is intended as a resource for Community Health Partnerships (CHPs) to enhance understanding of mental health promotion and prevention at primary care level; assist CHPs in developing a local mental health promotion and prevention agenda; and identify practical steps for CHPs to improve the mental health and wellbeing of their local populations. The paper also provides pointers for improving responses and supports for those with identified mental health problems / mental illness and their family members and carers.
Developing social prescribing and community referrals for mental health in Scotland
- Authors:
- FRIEDLI Lynne, et al
- Publisher:
- Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 97p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report was commissioned from the Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health (SDC) by the Scottish Government’s National Programme for Improving Mental Health and Wellbeing, to address the role and potential contribution of social prescribing or community referral in two principal areas of concern in mental health: effective identification and response to people with common mental health problems presenting in primary care, and the role of primary care in supporting people with long term mental health problems. The aim of this report is to provide information that could inform the future development, commissioning and design of social prescribing or community referral programmes in Scotland.
Mental health in later life, a neglected area of policy and research allocation: summary of the UK Inquiry into Mental Health in Later Life
- Authors:
- HURST Philip, MINTER Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 10(3), December 2007, pp.17-20.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article summarises the issues identified in the UK Inquiry report on Mental Health in Later Life. It looks at how the Inquiry undertook its work, how older people with mental health problems are often overlooked and what their views and experiences are of accessing services, what actions are proposed for the housing, health and care sectors, and key issues and recommendations.
Understanding treatment without consent: an analysis of the work of the Mental Health Act Commission
- Editors:
- SHAW Ian, MIDDLETON High, COHEN Jeffrey, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Ashgate
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 130p.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
The authors examine the work of the Mental Health Act Commission (MHAC), established to ensure the care and rights of people subjected to the various sections of the 1983 Mental Health Act. The book emerges from a Department of Health funded research project, which analysed the data held by the MHAC and informed the government's review of the Mental Health Act. The authors include that analysis and other issues that arose from the project in the pages of this text, but their aim is to go beyond that research project, and to offer a broader exploration of mental health provision in both historical and contemporary contexts, discussing whether mental health reforms have learned the lessons of history. The book is designed to complement earlier work on treatment without consent by Phil Fennell, by providing a more policy-oriented account of mental health law and regulation in the context of health service modernization, discussing contemporary issues facing the MHAC and looking at its future role and, in particular, its planned merger with the Health Care commission in 2008.