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The pain and the possibility: the family recovery process
- Author:
- SPANIOL LeRoy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 46(1), February 2010, pp.482-485.
- Publisher:
- Springer
The onset of a mental illness is a traumatic experience for all the members of a family. While the mental illness in their family member may be life long, family members can experience their own recovery from the trauma, just as their family member with a mental illness can experience recovery. This article will describe the family recovery process.
Transforming mental health care for older veterans in the Veterans Health Administration
- Authors:
- KARLIN Bradley E., ZEISS Antonette M.
- Journal article citation:
- Generations, 34(2), Summer 2010, pp.74-83. Published online.
- Publisher:
- American Society on Aging
Older adults often lack familiarity with mental health symptoms and services and may hold negative beliefs about mental health care that can prevent them from seeking treatment. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) operates the largest and one of the most elaborate mental health care systems in the nation and perhaps the world. The recent history of the system is described. One successful new model for providing mental health care to older veterans that has been nationally implemented in the VHA is the integration of a full-time mental health provider on each of the more than 130 VA home-based primary care (HBPC) teams. Another major psychogeriatrics initiative involves the integration of a full-time mental health provider in VA community living centers (CLC), formerly designated as nursing home care units. It is critical that increasing national attention be devoted to the mental health needs of older Americans and that policies and processes be developed to extend the reach and potential impact of mental health care for older adults.
A cross-cultural East-West appraisal of mental health curricula: harmony or hegemony?
- Authors:
- SZTO Peter, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning, 10(3), 2010, pp.59-81.
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
A project funded by the International Association of Schools of Social Work compared mental health curricula across 3 schools of social work in China (Shanghai and Hong Kong) and the US (Omaha). This article describes the study. It considers the context of the 3 schools of social work, mental health in social work literature (including Chinese philosophies and belief systems relating to mental illness and well-being), and the influence of dominant discourses informing professional practice and the development of indigenous social work practice. The study included analysis of mental health syllabi and semi-structured interviews with academics teaching on the courses gathering their views about how mental health is defined, pedagogical strategies used to teach mental health, and how historical and cultural conceptualisations of health and mental health are included in courses. The article presents and discusses the findings. It notes the predominance of American texts in the teaching of mental health at the Chinese universities, and that these courses appear to balance pedagogical approaches towards providing students with up-to-date knowledge on psychopathology and psychiatric social work while offering significant weighting to traditional philosophies and belief systems.
Mothers with mental health problems: a systematic review
- Authors:
- BLEGEN Nina E., HUMMELVOLL Jan K., SEVERINSSON Elisabeth
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing and Health Sciences, 12(4), December 2010, pp.519-528.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Three major themes were examined in the 19 studies included in the review: the vulnerability of mothers with mental health problems, fears of not being considered a good enough mother, and concern that the children might develop mental health problems. The tendency to view the mothers in medical terms rather than as women with their own voices is identified as a barrier to providing help and support to mothers with mental health problems. The need for further research on lived experiences and existential concerns of the mothers is stressed.
Sail away
- Author:
- SHRUBB Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, December 2010, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The author explains how sailing can help improve service users' mental health. Two initiatives that use sailing to improve mental health are also briefly described. The youth organisation Fairbridge uses sailing to help with the personal development of inner city youth. Sea Sanctuary in Falmouth, Cornwall takes NHS-referred mental health service users on a large yacht for the day.
Client-centeredness in supported employment: specialist and supervisor perspectives
- Authors:
- KOSTICK Kristin M., WHITLEY Rob, BUSH Philip W.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 19(6), December 2010, pp.523-531.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
This article examines the notion of client-centredness from the perspective of supported employment specialists and supervisors, identifying barriers and facilitators to effective implementation. The article also addresses how, although client-centred practices give precedence to client’s wishes, in a realistic setting they are adapted to account for negotiations among clients, specialists, employers, and mental health service agencies. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 22 employment specialists and supervisors to elicit facilitators and barriers to successful supported employment outcomes. Data were analysed inductively using ATLAS.ti 5.0 software. The principal factors that emerged influencing implementation of client-centredness include: clients' anxieties about their interests and abilities; difficulties interpreting and negotiating clients' preferences in realistic contexts; quality of supervision and guidance in implementing client-centred practices and upholding morale when facing challenges in the field; and managing discrepancies across resource-sharing agencies in what it means to be ‘client-centred’. These factors suggest the need for focused training among employment specialists to better understand and negotiate clients' wishes, more integration and communication between members of the treatment team, hiring supervisors with first-hand supported employment experience, and spreading awareness of the individual placement and support (IPS) model of supported employment across resource-sharing agencies.
Making drama out of a crisis
- Author:
- WESTHEAD Robert
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, December 2010, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Shift, a Department of Heath funded programme, is working to tackle the discrimination associated mental health. As part of their work, Shift conducted a content analysis of 74 episodes from 34 different TV programmes containing mental illness storylines. Programmes contained a mixture of sympathetic and unsympathetic storylines. The BBC then hosted an event attended by drama executives, scriptwriters, programme commissioners across the media to explore new ways of portraying mental illness. Both the BBC and ITV have committed to holding meetings with their drama writers to discuss creating more authentic storylines about mental illness.
Brief report: excessive alcohol use negatively affects the course of adolescent depression: one year naturalistic follow-up study
- Authors:
- MERIRINNE Esa, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adolescence, 33(1), February 2010, pp.221-226.
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
In this study, the researchers aimed to clarify the impact of the core alcohol use phenomenon of drunkenness-oriented drinking, in terms of weekly drunkenness, on the course of adolescent unipolar depression and psychosocial functioning, in a 1 year follow-up study of depressed adolescent patients referred from schools, health care centres and social and family counselling services to adolescent psychiatric outpatient clinics in Finland. The authors conclude that excessive alcohol use (defined as weekly drunkenness) seems to negatively affect the course of depressive symptoms and, even after a year, psychosocial functioning, and that treatments designed to reduce alcohol use seem to be justified along with depression treatment, but that intervention studies are needed to evaluate the best approach.
An exploration of the working alliance in mental health case management
- Authors:
- KONDRAT David C., EARLY Theresa J.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Research, 34(4), December 2010, pp.201-211.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The working alliance between clients and helpers has been identified as an important ingredient in effective treatment. This study explored the working alliance between mental health case managers and consumers within community mental health case management, looking at the extent to which the case manager and consumers' perceived mental illness stigma are related to consumer perceptions of working alliance. Data for the project were collected from 160 people at a community health centre in Columbus, Ohio. The study found that case managers accounted for about 11% of ratings of consumers' perceptions of working alliance, perceived stigma approached a statistically significant relationship with working alliance, and the interaction between case managers and stigma was significantly related to working alliance.
Patterns of exclusion of carers for people with mental health problems - the perspectives of professionals
- Authors:
- GRAY Benjamin, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Practice, 24(4), December 2010, pp.475-492.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The UK government 10 year strategy for carers (Carers at the Heart of 21st Century Families and Communities, 2008) outlines commitment to support for carers, to enable them to be included within service provision and to have a 'life of their own' including income, employment and well-being, helping to prevent social exclusion. In this study, 65 strategic staff in mental health care delivery from a range of settings and sectors were interviewed and invited to comment on the social exclusion of carers. The findings highlight four main types of exclusion: personal exclusions (including stigma and keeping mental health problems a secret), social exclusions (including isolation, commitments and restrictions and young carers), service exclusions (including needs not being addressed and difficulties with access), and financial exclusions (including paying for care). The author discusses the patterns of exclusion and considers the ways in which professionals and services can promote the social inclusion of carers for people with mental health problems in future.