Search results for ‘Subject term:"mental health problems"’ Sort:
Results 1 - 6 of 6
Adults’ perceptions about whether children should disclose their mental illness
- Authors:
- CORRIGAN Patrick, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Public Mental Health, 15(4), 2016, pp.200-208.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: Disclosure of mental illness is a key ingredient in contact-based public stigma change strategies. Adults who disclose their personal recovery story experience greater empowerment and heightened quality of life. Qualitative research suggests youth may similarly benefit, but also have unique benefits and costs associated with disclosure. The purpose of this paper is to examine adults’ perceived costs and benefits of mental illness disclosure for middle and high school students with a new measure, the Coming Out with Mental Illness Scale for Children (COMIS-Child). Design/methodology/approach: In total, 300 adult participants from Amazon’s MTurk completed the COMIS-Child, the Beliefs about Disclosure Scale (BDS), assessing perceptions about child disclosure, and the Attribution Questionnaire, assessing public stigma. Findings: Principal component analyses of the COMIS-Child yielded one factor representing disclosure costs and two factors for benefits (changing pubic stigma; person-defined benefits). Internal consistencies of the COMIS-Child factors were strong. Parents with children with mental illness endorsed more costs and fewer benefits from the changing public stigma factor than other respondents. Regression analyses showed decisions about youth disclosing mental illness from the BDS were associated with perceived costs, perceived benefits as personally defined, and public stigma. Disclosure beliefs were also inversely associated with public stigma. Social implications: Adults who identify more costs and fewer benefits were less likely to believe youth should disclose, favouring a more conservative approach to youth disclosure. This highlights the importance of participating in self-stigma interventions that guide an individual’s decision making about disclosure. Originality/value: To the author’s knowledge, this is the first study examining adults’ perceptions of youth disclosure of mental illness. (Publisher abstract)
Age Concern's response to the Department for Constitutional Affairs consultation on Court of Protection and Office of the Public Guardian fees
- Author:
- AGE CONCERN
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 received Royal Assent on 7 April 2005. The Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA), the Department of Health and the Welsh Assembly Government are working together to implement the Act in April 2007. The Act establishes a new specialist court, to be known as the Court of Protection, with a new jurisdiction to deal with decision-making for adults who lack mental capacity. The Act also establishes a new statutory office holder, the Public Guardian, with a range of statutory functions set out at Section 58 of the Act. From April 2007, he will be supported by the Office of the Public Guardian, an executive agency of the DCA, and the Public Guardianship Office will cease to exist. The new Court of Protection and the new statutory office of Public Guardian will have a different approach from their predecessors. This will have advantages for those who use their services. Judges will decide all new matters which come before the new Court from April 2007. Where the court orders that a deputy is appointed for a person who lacks capacity, a new approach to supervision is proposed. Customer service will be improved with a dedicated customer service team to answer queries and provide information about the new Court, the new Public Guardian and the new Act. The DCA has developed a new fee regime which will be simpler and more transparent to customers in terms of the fees that they will be charged. Fee exemptions and remissions will ensure that access to justice is protected for those who are unable to pay. This consultation paper seeks views on the proposals for this new fee regime. The paper looks at 4 areas of the proposed fees to be charged by the Court of Protection and Office of the Public Guardian in turn: registration of Enduring and Lasting Powers of attorney and register searches; the Court Reporting Service; fees in respect of the Court of Protection; and fees relating to deputies and their supervision.
Adult abuse and the law
- Author:
- CLEMENTS Luke
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 20.7.00, 2000, p.28.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
When it comes to protecting adults from abuse the law is weak, and social workers have little power to intervene. Explains how European legal bodies are changing things for the better.
A law for the 21st century: the adults with incapacity (Scotland) bill
- Author:
- CRAIGMYLE Liz
- Journal article citation:
- SCOLAG Journal, 270, April 2000, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- ScoLAG(Scottish Legal Action Group)
The author, Legal Adviser with Enable and member of the steering group for the Alliance for the Promotion of the Adults with Incapacity Bill considers how far the Scottish Parliament's first major piece of legislation meets the needs of those suffering some agree of incapacity.
Making the right moves: rights and protection for adults with incapacity; laid before Scottish Parliament by the Scottish Ministers, August 1999
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Statement setting out Scottish Executive plans to introduce comprehensive legislation in the Scottish Parliament to protect the rights and interests of adults who lack capacity because of mental health problems, learning difficulties, or dementia.
Training social problem-solving skill to reduce maladaptive behaviours in intellectual disability groups: the influence of individual difference factors
- Authors:
- LOUMIDIS Konstantinos S., HILL Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 10(3), 1997, pp.217-237.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes how a critical review of the literature relevant to social problem-solving skills training (SPSST) in individuals with intellectual disabilities concluded that although there is some evidence that training may be effective, the evidence is weak. It is suggested that little is known about factors which may moderate the effectiveness of training; in particular the impact of age, general intellectual ability and place of residence.