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From child care to adult care
- Author:
- DOW John
- Journal article citation:
- MCC Building Knowledge for Integrated Care, 10(1), February 2002, pp.32-34.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Looks at the division between child care and adult care services. It considers aspects of the legal framework which are different for adults and children and asks what changes could be made to improve co-ordination between agencies. Asks whether there are lessons that can be learnt by adult services from children's services and vice versa.
Sexual molestation of males: associations with psychological disturbance
- Authors:
- KING Michael, COXELL Adrian, MEZEY Gillian
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 181, August 2002, pp.153-157.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Reports on a study to investigate whether sexual abuse in men is a significant predictor of psychological problems. A sample of men attending general practice took part in a computerised interview about sexual abuse as children or adults. Results found that men who reported child sexual abuse were more likely to report psychological disturbance. Men who reported sexual abuse in adulthood were more likely to have experienced a psychological disorder, but self-harm was the single most likely problem to occur. Men reporting 'consenting' sexual experiences when aged under 16 years were also more likely to report acts of self harm.
The Brief Adult Assessment Scale: a validation study
- Authors:
- SMITH Michael A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 12(1), January 2002, pp.176-197.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The Brief Adult Assessment Scale (BAAS) is a multidimensional assessment scale designed for use by practitioners and researchers that measures the severity of client problems in 16 areas of adult personal and social functioning. This article describes the BAAS; provides information about its administration, scoring, and interpretation; and reports findings with regard to the psychometric characteristics of the scale. Data from 291 adult participants were collected and used to assess the scale's psychometric properties. Findings suggest that the BAAS has strong internal consistency, good factorial and content validities, and preliminary construct validity. Concludes that although further research must examine the scale's known-groups concurrent validity and clinical cutting scores, the BAAS appears to be appropriate for use by social workers as an aid to diagnosis, treatment planning, and evaluation.
Mental health policy implementation guide: adult acute inpatient care provision
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 38p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Acute inpatient care is a core and integral component of the National Service Framework for Mental Health to which all the NSF standards are relevant. Improving adult acute inpatient care and its connections and integration with the other key elements of the whole system of care in its local context is a priority NSF implementation target. Acute inpatient care should already be a designated high priority by any definition prioritising the needs of people with serious mental illness. It is usually only when people are most seriously ill that they are admitted to an acute care ward. Inpatient provision is still the single element on which we spend the greatest proportion of the adult mental health budget and employ the greatest number of staff.
Non-fatal suicidal behaviour among adults aged 16 to 74 in Great Britain
- Authors:
- MELTZER Howard, et al
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office/Great Britain. Office for National Statistics
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 90p.
- Place of publication:
- Norwich
This report describes the prevalence (past week, past year and lifetime) of suicidal thoughts, suicidal attempts and deliberate self-harm by socio-demographic, socio-economic, psychiatric and social functioning characteristics of the survey respondents. The report also shows the distribution of the characteristics by whether or had respondents exhibited non-fatal suicidal behaviour in their lifetime.
Forensic implications of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adulthood
- Authors:
- COLLINS Philip, WHITE Tom
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, 13(2), September 2002, pp.263-284.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a condition that may be linked with poor psychosocial outcome, especially when persisting into adulthood. It is associated with psychiatric co-morbidity and may present both directly and indirectly with forensic sequelae. ADHD in adulthood is increasingly identified within society as an unmet mental health need that is erratically diagnosed and often mislabelled by psychiatric services. Forensic psychiatric services anecdotally appear to be increasingly involved in the assessment and treatment of this condition, a trend that seems likely to continue. This article seeks to highlight the major dilemmas, inconsistencies and knowledge gaps that currently surround ADHD in adulthood, which are of particular relevance to forensic psychiatry. It also pinpoints from the existing literature practices that may be beneficial when assessing and managing such cases in a forensic setting.
Childhood environment of adult psychiatric outpatients in Norway having been bullied in school
- Authors:
- FOSSE Gunilla Klensmenden Fosse, HOLEN Are
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 26(2), 2002, pp.129-137.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This study contrasts the childhood environment of adult psychiatric outpatients reporting to have been bullied at school with those who were not. 166 outpatients from a psychiatric clinic in Norway completed self-administered questionnaires about their psychosocial environment during childhood and adolescence. Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) and the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) were used as assessment tools. Results found that men who were bullied in childhood tended to grow up without biological fathers. Women who were bullied scored lower on Father Care on the PBI and significantly higher on Emotional Neglect, Emotional and Physical Abuse and Physical Neglect on CTQ that those who were not.
National minimum standards for care homes for younger adults
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 70p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
These National Minimum Standards are issued by the Welsh Assembly Government under section 23 of the Care Standards Act 2000. They apply to all care homes providing accommodation and nursing or personal care for adults aged 18 to 65 years who have physical disabilities, sensory disabilities, learning disabilities, autistic spectrum disorders, mental health problems, alcohol or substance misuse problems, HIV/AIDS, or dual and/or complex multiple disabilities. The standards cover: choice of home; individual needs and choices; lifestyle; personal and health care support; staffing; conduct and management of the home; concerns, complaints and protection; and environment. The standards are underpinned by a number of crosscutting themes: focus on service users, fitness for purpose, comprehensiveness, positive choice, meeting assessed needs, quality services, and quality workforce. There are supplementary standards for care homes accommodating young people aged 16 and 17 years.
The link between childhood trauma and later violent offending: the application of attachment theory in a probation setting
- Author:
- RENN Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Attachment and Human Development, 4(3), December 2002, pp.294-317.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article identifies the links between an insecure-avoidant pattern of attachment organization, unresolved childhood trauma, emotional detachment, substance misuse and violent offending behaviour in adulthood. It demonstrates the way in which attachment theory may be used to explicate offending behaviour and to assess risk in a forensic setting. Further, the model illustrates that the clinical application of attachment theory in brief, time-limited work may enhance the offender's capacity for narrative intelligibility leading to an integration of dissociated thoughts and emotional affect, and to a concomitant cessation of violent behaviour. The process is intersubjective and involves the modification and updating of maladaptive, perceptually distorted cognitive-affective internal working models. This is accomplished by strengthening the offender's capacity for reflective thought, which, in turn, facilitates the organization and integration of error-correcting information.