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Supporting mental health service users back to work
- Author:
- SECKER Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Public Mental Health, 8(3), September 2009, pp.38-45.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Evidence accumulated over many years illustrates the benefits of work for mental health, including that of mental health service users. Despite strong evidence of the effectiveness of the individual placement and support (IPS) approach in enabling this group to find and keep paid employment, employment rates among mental health service users remain low, and IPS is not widely implemented in the UK. This paper reviews recent evidence for IPS, describes the key features of the approach and compares these with service users' accounts of the kind of support that they find helpful. The current situation regarding implementation of IPS is then considered, together with the barriers hindering implementation. It is clear that the barriers are multifaceted, and action will be required at a number of levels if mental health service users are to be enabled to achieve their employment goals.
Mental health first aid: rolling out across the UK
- Author:
- TERRY Julia
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Public Mental Health, 8(3), September 2009, pp.33-37.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
It has been identified that mental health literacy among the public is poor, with stigmatising attitudes persisting. The public frequently encounter people experiencing mental distress in the workplace, in their families and communities, and may be ill-equipped to provide appropriate support. Mental Health First Aid is a 12-hour mental health awareness programme that seeks to address this. The course aims to train the wider public, and staff in both statutory and nonstatutory sectors, in the knowledge and skills needed to engage with someone experiencing mental health problems. ‘Mental Health First Aid’, first developed in Australia, has now become an international training programme, and is currently being rolled out across the UK. This paper summarises the development and existing research of the programme, and its present position in the four UK regions
Ageing cities: public health approaches to creating a mentally healthy London for older citizens
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Public Mental Health, 8(3), September 2009, pp.20-27.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
At a time of increasing interest in mental health in later life, the role of public health approaches is potentially heightened. This paper draws on interview data with older people living in London to consider the interplay between personal and public approaches to health and well-being. The interviews were under taken as part of the midpoint review of the UK government's 10-year strategy for older people (Healthcare Commission et al, 2006) and the social characteristics of London are considered.
Specialist mental healthcare for children with epilepsy: child and adolescent mental health service liaison with neuroscience
- Authors:
- JOHNSTONE Ross J., MORTON Michael J. S.
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 33(10), October 2009, pp.384-386.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
This paper presents a liaison model for the management of children with more complex epilepsy and psychiatric disorders. Services used by children with epilepsy were seen by a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) liaison psychiatry team in the West of Scotland. Case notes of patients with epilepsy were reviewed to determine service involvement. The majority of patients attended joint psychiatry and neurology clinics. Recommendation made by the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) for the psychological management of children were found to have been met. Most patients had been assessed by a clinical psychologist and received educational psychology input and family treatment approaches, while half had social work involvement.
Psychopathological features in patients with Parkinson's disease and related caregivers’ burden
- Authors:
- STELLA Florindo, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 24(10), October 2009, pp.1158-1165.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study aimed to identify the profile of psychopathological symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and the impact of this condition on the carer’s burden. Fifty patients with PD were divided into groups according to the respective psychiatric diagnosis, and caregivers were divided into groups according to the mental condition of their patients. To assess the mental condition of patients and caregivers’ burden, and to correlate psychopathological features found with clinical features of PD, the Neuropsychiatric Inventory was applied. The conclusion was that patients with dementia presented more severe motor impairments and lower functionality, followed by patients with depression and those non-demented, non-depressed. Psychotic symptoms, agitation, aberrant motor behaviours and sleep disturbances were higher in the dementia group. Neuropsychiatric disturbances from both the dementia and depression groups represented a significant burden for their respective carers, which was highest for patients with dementia.
Mental health officers survey, Scotland, 2008-09
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Government National Statistics
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government National Statistics
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This Statistics Release presents for the first time, information in regard to Mental Health Officers (MHOs) in Scotland as official statistics. The survey data used in this report has been collected since annually since 2005, at Local Authority level. The survey has been developed each year with new questions being added when a need for further information has been identified There was a substantial under count of staffing in 2005, due to managers working as MHOs not being included, this report will present data from the 2006 survey onwards. The aim of the survey is to collect information about the number of qualified MHOs who are practising within Scotland on the 31 March for a given year. Practising is defined as using legislation directly in relation to working with clients, or potentially using legislation directly in relation to clients e.g. serving on rotas, during the previous 12 months.
Untreated depression in the community
- Authors:
- ANDREWS Gavin, TITOV Nickolai, SCHWENCKE Genevieve
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 33(11), November 2009, pp.407-408.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
There is a concern that, at a time of scarce resources, people will present with trivial disorders, and use resources needed for those with more disabling conditions. This Australian study recruited participants from the community for an internet-based treatment for social phobia. Applications were received from 789 people, and 205 were rejected because of severe depression or suicidal thoughts. Many were excluded because they had another disorder or were in treatment. Some dropped out, only 7 were subthreshold cases and 291 people with social phobia were treated. Despite easy access to clinicians, this study found a high level of unmet need for serious mental disorders.
Reactions to abortion and subsequent mental health
- Authors:
- FERGUSSON David M., HORWOOD L. John, BODEN Joseph M.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 195(5), November 2009, pp.420-426.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
In this study to document emotional reactions to abortion, and possible links to subsequent mental health outcomes data were gathered on the pregnancy and mental health history of a birth cohort of over 500 women from New Zealand studied to the age of 30. Abortion was associated with high rates of both positive and negative emotional reactions; however, nearly 90% of respondents believed that the abortion was the right decision. Analyses showed that the number of negative responses to the abortion was associated with increased levels of subsequent mental health disorders. Further analyses suggested that, after adjustment for confounding, those having an abortion and reporting negative reactions had rates of mental health disorders that were approximately 1.4–1.8 times higher than those not having an abortion. Abortion was associated with both positive and negative emotional reactions. The extent of negative emotional reactions appeared to modify the links between abortion and subsequent mental health problems.
It makes you think
- Author:
- WHITEHEAD Jo
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, October 2009, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Experience in Mind, a partnership between Hove YWCA and Mind in Brighton and Hove describe the process of developing a training resource pack about young people's mental health issues. The pack covers three areas of mental health that young people identified as important: communication with young people experiencing psychosis, working with various forms of self-harm, and dealing with depression and stress. Young people have been involved in delivering and developing the training.
Measuring mental distress of young people since 1987
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.11.09, 2009, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The findings of a study which looked at changes in young people's mental well-being over 19 years from 1987 to 2006 in Scotland are examined. Using the General Health Questionnaire, it compared Scottish 15-year-olds' psychological distress in 1987, 1999 and 2006. The findings showed worrying changes in the mental well-being of teenagers and backs reports on widespread unhappiness.