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Tobacco, alcohol and drug use and mental health: report based on the analysis of the ONS Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity among Adults in Great Britain ...
- Authors:
- COULTHARD Melissa, et al
- Publisher:
- Office for National Statistics,|Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 152p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report is based on a survey of psychiatric morbidity among adults aged 16 to 74 living in private households in Great Britain carried out in 2000. It looks at tobacco, alcohol and other drug use and dependence and their relationship to psychiatric morbidity among from the 2000.
Depressive disorders and alcohol dependence in a community population
- Authors:
- KIRCHNER JoAnn, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 38(5), October 2002, pp.361-373.
- Publisher:
- Springer
This cross-sectional study examines sociodemographic, clinical and functional correlates of comorbid depression in a community sample of 268 individuals with alcohol dependence. Results of analyses comparing drinkers with either current or past depression to never-depressed drinkers showed that respondents in the former two groups were more likely to be female and report more comorbid drug use disorders. In addition to marked functional impairment for currently depressed drinkers, we also found that respondents with past depression were significantly less likely to have health insurance coverage. This lack of insurance for previously depressed persons calls for future work examining the potential influence of this barrier to access care on both clinical and functional outcomes.
Sunbathing in the rain: a cheerful book about depression
- Author:
- LEWIS Gwyneth
- Publisher:
- Flamingo
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 245p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book is a contribution to the debate about, and understanding of, depression. For we are living in what could well be called The Age Of Depression. More people than ever now experience the disease either directly or indirectly and many feel they have nowhere to turn. Lewis herself was one of those who felt alienated and totally alone at the height of her suffering. "Depression is a disease of the imagination. This means that the depressive suffers from a faulty mechanism in the way he or she pictures reality,” writes Lewis. “But the depressive remains the forger of his or her life.” By drawing on her own experiences of battling with her affliction, by highlighting ways of coping, ways of truth-telling, ways of thriving in a straight-forward, robust fashion, she retraces the steps of a journey that nearly killed her the first time around.
Sheltered housing and the resettlement of older homeless people
- Author:
- BLOOD Imogen
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 48p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The main aims of this research were to identify the extent to which sheltered accommodation is already providing support and accommodation to older people with histories of homelessness and needs that are not traditionally associated with older people. It considered with sheltered scheme managers and their managers some of the issues raised by integrating these groups into mainstream provision and explored workers’ perceptions of the factors that seem to influence the success of these tenancies so that recommendations for future service development can be made.
Older people and alcohol misuse: setting the agenda; report of a one-day conference organised by Age Concern Wandsworth, 14th March 2002
- Author:
- AGE CONCERN WANDSWORTH
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The conference highlighted such issues as: older people's knowledge about drinking; older people's attitudes to drinking; older people's drinking behaviour; special problems encountered by older people which are related to alcohol; and effective interventions. It also drew attention to models of best practice and the ways of developing services for alcohol related needs of elders.
Government moves on in-patient care and dual diagnosis win praise
- Author:
- LEASON Katie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 9.5.02, 2002, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Department of Health has recently published guidance aimed at improving treatment for dual diagnosis patients and adults in acute in-patient care. Mental health charities have welcomed the guidance, but argue that it must be accompanied with additional resources if services are to be improved.
Annual cost of bipolar disorder to UK society
- Authors:
- GUPTA Roben Das, GUEST Julian F.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 180, March 2002, pp.227-233.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The socio-economic impact of bipolar disorder in the UK is unknown. This study estimated the annual socio-economic burden imposed by bipolar disorder on UK society. The annual cost to UK society attributable to bipolar disorder was estimated to be £2 billion at 1991/2000 prices. Ten per cent of this cost is attributable to NHS resource use, 4% to non-health-care resource use and 86% to indirect costs.
Good practice briefing: multiple needs
- Author:
- HOMELESS LINK
- Publisher:
- Homeless Link
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 41p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This collection of articles aims at highlighting good practice in working with people who have alcohol, drug or mental health problems, or a combination of all three. It includes a definition of multiple needs, the future of services, supporting people with multiple needs in their tenancies, specialist provision. Project staff have spent time working with member agencies to identify innovation and broad lessons to be learned by all agencies working with this client group. In particular, the research report, based on a questionnaire we conducted with members, highlights where access to services is currently weak and the briefing shows what can be done by both statutory and voluntary agencies to support often very vulnerable individuals with multiple needs.
Adults with a psychotic disorder living in private households, 2000
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office for National Statistics
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 68p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Norwich
The data covered in this report come from two sources: a survey which was carried out in 2000 and is a repeat of an earlier survey of adults living in private households, and a supplementary sample of people with psychosis identified through GP records held on the General Practice Rsearch Database. Overall, 91% of this sample of people with a psychotic illness were receiving some form of treatment, either medication or some form of counselling or therapy. Over half of this sample of people with psychotic disorder (56%) reported difficulties with one or more activities of daily living (ADL). Most of these (49% of the whole sample) said that they needed help to overcome at least one of these difficulties. In this sample of people with a psychotic disorder, a very high proportion of people, 70%, were economically inactive. Just over a quarter (27%) were in paid employment, half of them full time and half part time. A large proportion of this sample of people with a psychotic illness were, or had been, smokers. Among this sample, 27% of respondents had an AUDIT score of 8 or more, that is, they were found to have a hazardous level of drinking in the year before interview. Over two-thirds (70%) of this sample of people with a psychotic illness had thought about suicide at some time in their lives and 45% had attempted suicide. In addition, 21% had harmed themselves without intending to commit suicide.
Assessment and management of risk of harm in clients with dual diagnosis
- Authors:
- ALCOHOL CONCERN, DRUGSCOPE
- Publisher:
- Alcohol Concern/Drugscope
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Examines how to provide integrated treatment for clients with both substance abuse and mental health problems. Reviews the diagnosis and assessment of dual diagnosis clients, and goes on to discuss treatment and risk management of schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorders and personality disorders, where they are complicated by substance abuse.