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Shifting practices of recovery under community mental health reform: a street-level organizational ethnography
- Author:
- SPITZMUELLER Matthew C.
- Journal article citation:
- Qualitative Social Work, 13(1), 2014, pp.26-48.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article is part of a larger ethnographic study that seeks to understand how community mental health practice has changed over time in response to shifts in Medicaid management and financing. In this article, I examine the struggle that took place on the ground in one emblematic community mental health agency as frontline workers strived to realize their ‘recovery’ vision under emerging managerial arrangements of fee-for-service billing. This study finds that managerial reforms conflict with locally forged practices that emphasize self-determination and program responsiveness. By analyzing how street-level workers respond to formal policy in a real-time, situated context, this article gives greater transparency to policies that are otherwise uncertain, providing a fuller picture of how policy is produced in everyday life. (Publisher abstract)
Understanding Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) for mental health staff
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 5
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing describes the role of Independent Mental Health Advocacy, who is eligible, and what mental health staff can do to support people who use services to access IMHA support. Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) is a statutory right for people who have been detained under most sections of the Mental Health Act or who are on a community treatment order (CTO). This information will help to ensure people’s rights are respected when they are sectioned under the Mental Health Act. (Edited publisher abstract)
Primary care guidance on debt and mental health
- Authors:
- FITCH Chris, MAMO Emma, CAMPION Jonathan
- Publishers:
- Royal College of General Practitioners, Royal College of Physicians
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 2
- Place of publication:
- London
A factsheet for primary care practitioner which looks at the relationship between debt and mental health, and the ways practitioners can help patients to deal with their debt. It explains how debt problems increase the risk of mental health problems, and how mental illness increases the risk of debt problems. It highlights five ways in which general practitioners can make a difference: spotting problems, talking about debt, referring patients to debt advice services, providing medical evidence without charging, and look at ways primary care services can help prevent patient financial problems by working with debt advice services. Although this guidance is aimed at those working in primary care, it will be useful for those working across all areas of health and social care. (Edited publisher abstract)
Fit for life: a community exercise group for older people with a mental health condition
- Author:
- JOINT IMPROVEMENT TEAM
- Publisher:
- Joint Improvement Team
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
An outline of the Fit for Life programme, designed to help bridge the gap between NHS mental health services and main-stream community exercise groups with the aim of: increasing physical activity levels, reducing risk of falls and maintaining/improving mental health and well-being for older people with mental health conditions. The programme has evolved in the last four years to encompass the principles of recovery orientated practice whereby individuals are able to actively build a meaningful life while continuing to experience mental health problems or following a period of poor mental health. It consists of a 12 week community-based group, run three times a year. The format includes strengthening/balance exercises and Tai Chi. Case studies are included to illustrate impact and outcomes of the programme. (Edited publisher abstract)
Who can I talk to? Self-harm and seeking help among 16 year olds: changes between 2008 and 2013
- Author:
- McCANN Mark
- Publisher:
- ARK
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 47
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This briefing compares questionnaire results from the 2008 and 2013 Young Life and Times survey on self-harm and help seeking behaviour for young people in Northern Ireland, to identify any changes in young people's behaviours. The survey invites every 16-year old born in February and March of the survey year who receives Child Benefit Payments to take part. The numbers of 16 year olds responding to the survey was 941 in 2008 (23% response rate) and 1,367 in 2013 (35% response rate). Key findings include: a slight increase in the number of 16-year old's who said they self-harmed from 2008 to 2013; in both years, more females were more likely than males to say they thought about self-harm or did self-harm; a smaller percentage had talked to someone or tried to get help before self-harming; there was also a large drop in the number of young people who talked to friends before self-harming. However, the survey also found that most self-harming people do not use helplines for support. More work needs to be done to encourage young people to show young people where they can go for support. (Original abstract)
Mental health treatment requirements: guidance on supporting integrated delivery
- Author:
- NATIONAL OFFENDER MANAGEMENT SERVICE
- Publisher:
- National Offender Management Service
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 24
- Place of publication:
- London
This (non-statutory) guidance seeks to provide support to service commissioning and provider agencies so that appropriate mental health service provision and inter-agency partnerships enable MHTR delivery locally. The MHTR is intended for the sentencing of offenders convicted of an offence(s) which is below the threshold for a custodial sentence and who have a mental health problem which does not require secure in-patient treatment. The guidance reflects the changes to responsibility for probation services in England and Wales from 2014 resulting from the Government's Transforming Rehabilitation reforms and the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014. It outlines the legal framework and the challenges in delivering MHTR and sets out an integrated delivery model. This comprises: partnership, contributions and responsibilities; clerks of the court and sentencers; consent; health agencies; providers of probation services; and mental health assessments. (Edited publisher abstract)
Talk to me 2: suicide and self harm prevention strategy and action plan for Wales: consultation document
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Government
- Publisher:
- Welsh Government
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
A consultation document, seeking views on the national action plan to reduce suicide and self-harm in Wales. The plan sets out the strategic aims and objectives for the period 2014- 2019. It identifies priority people, places and actions and sets out how to deliver action nationally and locally. The consultation period ends on 5 March 2015. (Edited publisher abstract)
A sign that something is wrong?: young people talking about self-harm
- Author:
- CHANDLER Amy
- Publisher:
- University of Edinburgh. Centre for Research on Families and Relationships
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Research briefing which summarises the results of research into how self-harm was understood by a group of 122 young people, mostly aged 13-16 years. In the study 33 young people participated in 6 focus groups and a further 88 young people completed a qualitative online survey. The results look methods of self-harm reported; why people self-harm; and young people's views on self-harm as 'attention-seeking'; . The most common reasons for self harm were as a way of dealing with emotions and a way of communicating to others. There was some disagreement about the extent to which self-harm was related to mental illness and also about whether publicising self harm on the internet was for 'attention-seeking'. The research indicated that self-harm could have some positive meanings for some young people and so focusing on cessation can be counter productive. (Edited publisher abstract)
Language use and PTSD symptoms: content analyses of allegations of child sexual abuse
- Authors:
- MIRAGOLI Sarah, PROCACCIA Rossella, Di BLASIO Paola
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, 14(5), 2014, pp.355-382.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia
The objective of this article is to understand how traumatised children report traumatic narratives. This study aims to explore the mediating effects of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms on the relationship between child age and narrative characteristics in the allegations of child sexual abuse. Some characteristics of traumatic narratives were analysed in a group of 58 victims of sexual abuse (M = 10; SD = 3.5 years), including 29 children (50%) with all the symptoms of PTSD. Results were consistent with a model of PTSD symptoms as a mediator of the relationship between age and sensory impressions, emotional nodes, and cognitive distancing. (Publisher abstract)
Criminal narratives of mentally disordered offenders: an exploratory study
- Authors:
- SPRUIN Elizabeth, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, 14(5), 2014, pp.438-455.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia
The study explored the personal narratives of Mentally Disordered Offenders (MDOs) and the impact various mental disorders had on the structure of the offenders’ criminal narratives. Seventy adult male offenders who were sectioned under the United Kingdom’s Mental Health Act 2007 were recruited for the study. Participants were provided with a 36 item Criminal Narrative Role Questionnaire. Smallest Space Analysis found four criminal narrative themes (Victim, Revenger, Hero, Professional), which indicated clear distinctions in the narrative experience of MDOs. The major differences were found to be related to the vulnerability of the offender’s mental disorder. (Publisher abstract)