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Where next?: new directions in in-patient mental health services for young people; report 2
- Authors:
- SVANBERG Jenny, STREET Cathy
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Views from young people, parents and staff as much as possible quotes from those who were interviewed for the study are used to illustrate the issues raised by the research. The issues are clustered into four main phases of contact with in-patient CAMHS: issues before admission; the admission process; issues during stay and discharge and after. Throughout the report, checklists are presented that will be of value to practitioners working with young people who require in-patient care and treatment. These include what young people want to know on admission, the views of older adolescents towards their involvement in their care and what young people identified as helpful aspects of care. One chapter also draws together all the things identified by young people that can help to make the experience of admission to an in-patient unit more positive.
Perceptions of problems and needs for service Among Middle-Aged and Elderly Outpatients with schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders
- Authors:
- AUSLANDER Lisa A., JESTE Dilip V.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 38(5), 2002, pp.391-402.
- Publisher:
- Springer
In this article the authors examined the perceived problems and needs for services among 72 middle-aged and elderly outpatients with schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders. The survey questionnaire included 50 Likert scaled items involving everyday functioning skills, health, clinical symptoms, and social skills. Subjects assigned the highest priority to physical health and memory. Other areas of high priority were: social functioning, education about their own mental illness, and improvements in sleep and mood. Reducing frequency of psychiatric hospitalization, and drug or alcohol rehabilitation received low priority. Focused interventions targeting health-related and social issues are needed in older patients with schizophrenia.
Users perceptions of an African and Caribbean mental health resource centre
- Authors:
- SECKER Jenny, HARDING Caroline
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 10(4), July 2002, pp.270-276.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
In 1997, an African and Caribbean mental health resource centre was established in the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea with the aim of ensuring that the needs of this group were better met. As part of an evaluation of the study, interviews were carried out with 26 clients of the resource centre. This article presents their perceptions of the service provided and its impact on their lives. Clients accounts indicate that the resource centre provided a valued service that was successful in reducing their sense of social isolation, enabling them to address issues of identity and self-worth associated with racism and working with other service providers to better meet their needs.