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A safe haven
- Author:
- NEUSTATTER Angela
- Journal article citation:
- Young Minds Magazine, 83, July 2006, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
The author visits Collingham Gardens, the largest children's psychiatric in-patient unit in the country, and looks at the work it does with highly disturbed children.
A place to heal young minds
- Author:
- de CASTELLA Tom
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Young People Now, 30.3.10, 2010, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket Business Publications Ltd
Revised legislation that comes into effect on 1 April makes it a requirement for primary care trusts to provide age-appropriate care for young people under 18 with mental health problems. The author visits east London's Coborn Centre for Adolescent Mental Health, a state of the art centre, to look at what this could mean. The centre provides psychiatric intensive care, acute care and a day service.
Developing a dual diagnosis
- Authors:
- SWINDEN Donna, BARRETT Mandy
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 13.5.08, 2008, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
This article describes the development of a dual diagnosis intervention worker role to work with people with coexisting mental health and substance misuse needs in North Durham. It describes the role, how it interacts with other structures, and outcomes for service users. It also outlines some innovative initiatives that have developed as a result of introducing this role.
Acute solutions and beyond: lessons on service users involvement
- Author:
- LEA Laura
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health Workforce Development, 1(2), 2006, pp.34-37.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
This article describes how service user involvement at all levels can offer a different route for the provision of good quality care for people experiencing mental distress. Taking examples of service users involvement in the acute solutions project, from the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, the paper demonstrates how effective involvement can bring about measurable change in service provision and patient satisfaction. Examining the benefits, barriers to, and practicalities of service users involvement, it is argued that placing involvement at the centre offers solutions to the persistent problems found in mental health services. Workers who value and facilitate effective service user involvement enable social inclusion, change service users' status and enrich their own lives and practice.
Contemporary advocacy: providing advocacy for young people using mental health services
- Authors:
- BOYLAN Jane, DALRYMPLE Jane, ROBERSON Joe
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 224, March 2006, pp.28-30.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
Looks at advocacy for young people experiencing mental health difficulties. Describes the work of the Somerset Young Persons Advocacy Service. Outlines the background to the establishment of the service, the issues addressed by the advocacy service, young people's involvement in the service, and the main achievements. Explains the development of the Headspace Toolkit which aims to provide information and tools to help young people obtain information and advice. Includes a case study describing the experiences of a young person admitted to mental health unit, and the role of the advocate in care planning.
Investigation into matters arising from care on Rowan ward, Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust
- Author:
- COMMISSION FOR HEALTH INSPECTION
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 65p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Older people with mental health problems are the most vulnerable of all the groups we are charged with providing care for. What happened on Rowan Ward should never have happened. This report followed allegations in August 2002 of physical and emotional abuse of patients by care staff on Rowan ward, an isolated facility housing older people with mental health problems. The comprehensive review of in-patient services and the advice and recommendations that came from it, and which is set out in this pamphlet, should go some way to making sure that events such as happened on Rowan Ward cannot happen again
Spice boys: an exploratory study around novel psychoactive substance use on a male acute ward
- Authors:
- PLACE Charlie, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Dual Diagnosis, 10(3), 2017, pp.97-104.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: Novel psychoactive substances (NPS) – often known as “legal highs” – are a varied group of substances that are causing concern due to their possible effects on mental health. Particular concerns have been raised about synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists often known as “Spice”. The purpose of this paper is to identify the prevalence of NPS use and explore any association with acute psychological disturbance. Design/methodology/approach: The authors reviewed the case notes for 153 admissions to a male acute inpatient ward. Prevalence of reported NPS use and admissions to psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) were recorded. Findings: In total, 18.9 per cent of individuals admitted to acute inpatient care were reported to have used NPS. NPS users were almost ten times as likely as their non-NPS using peers to require care in PICU. This result was statistically significant (Fisher exact test: p<0.001). Although caution is required given the limitations of this study, the data and clinical experience suggest that synthetic cannabinoids may be the specific type of NPS that is being used by this group. Practical implications: Mental health professionals can expect to care for people using NPS in acute inpatient environments, and so they need to understand the nature and effects of these substances. It is possible that NPS use may be associated with sustained acute psychological disturbance. Originality/value: There have been few studies on the prevalence of NPS use in inpatient environments and none of them have published that explore the association with PICU admission. Despite the limitations of this study, it has significant value by identifying an urgent need for comprehensive research in this area. (Publisher abstract)
Carers included
- Author:
- SYMINGTON Jim
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, September 2010, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The Triangle of Care: Best Practice Guide on Acute Mental Health Care, which promotes the essential three-way relationship between professionals, service users, their carers and families is briefly discussed. The approach was developed by carers and staff who wanted to improve carer engagement in acute inpatient and home treatment services. It emphasises the need for better local strategic involvement of carers and families in the care, planning, and treatment of people experiencing mental ill health and calls for better partnership working between service users, their carers and organisations in order to achieve the best possible outcomes. Adopting the Triangle of Care will ensure the views of carers are heard. The guide offers key principles, resources and examples of best practice to influence services and other people working with carers to be more effective in involving them within acute care and recognises that this will greatly benefit staff, service users and carers themselves. The case of a 65 year old male who first cared for his wife and who is now caring for his daughter is given as an example of how carers have been excluded in the past.
Peer support workers’ experience of an intentional peer support scheme on an acute ward
- Authors:
- STONE Nicola, WARREN Fiona, NAPIER Clare
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 7(1), Spring 2010, pp.93-102.
- Publisher:
- South West Yorkshire Mental Health NHS Trust and University of Huddersfield
Peer support has been identified as one approach to enhancing service-user recovery. Peer support relationships can allow people to benefit from the inspiration and support of other who have faced similar challenges. This paper reports on a study which formed part of a multi-perspective evaluation of an Intentional Peer Support scheme within an adult acute psychiatric inpatient setting. The objectives of the evaluation were twofold. Firstly, to explore the experience of Peer Support Workers (PSW) in their new role and, secondly, to examine the extent to which peer support may contribute towards recovery-based practice within the context of the NHS. The Intentional Peer Support Worker scheme was a joint initiative between South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust and Sutton Mental Health Foundation, a mental health charity. PSWs were recruited, trained and employed to work in an acute psychiatric ward. The study employed a qualitative methodology, with 2 focus groups conducted with PSWs 3 months apart. The findings highlighted that the participants described both positive aspects, such as personal growth and adaptation, and challenges in relation to their new role as PSW. Initial challenges, particularly around working relationships with staff, were subsequently overcome during the study period.
Critical friends
- Author:
- JACKSON Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Openmind, 161, January 2010, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- MIND
The principles of intentional peer support, a formal model of peer support developed in the US, are briefly summarised. The peer support project operated by Sutton Mental Health Foundation is then described. As well as providing training for peer support they provide intentional peer support on acute psychiatric wards for South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.