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Young people's experience of recovery and wellbeing following a suicide attempt
- Authors:
- COGGAN Carolyn, BENNETT Sara
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Now: the Practice Journal of Child, Youth and Family, 23, December 2002, pp.15-22.
- Publisher:
- Child, Youth and Family (Department of Child, Youth and Family Services, Te Tari Awhina I te Tamaiti, te Rangatahi, tae atu ki te Whanau)
Discusses evidence that young people (15-24) in New Zealand are at increased suicide risk compared with other OECD countries. Describes analysis of interviews with young people who had attempted suicide. Findings showed most intended to end their lives, though some sought to attract attention. Extracts express the sense of the impact and the enormous change in sense of self and relationships. Concludes developing a sense of resistance to future suicidal behaviours is complex and time-consuming.
Effect of general hospital management on repeat episodes of deliberate self poisoning: cohort study
- Authors:
- KAPUR Navneet, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 19.10.02, 2002, pp.866-867.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Provision of services in the United Kingdom for patients who deliberately poison themselves is variable, and many patients leave hospital without adequate assessments. This may reflect the equivocal research evidence on the effectiveness of interventions. This article aims to investigate whether aspects of routine hospital management - such as admission, psychological assessment, and referral for follow up - had an impact on the repetition of deliberate self poisoning.
Soldier it!: young men and suicide; an audit of local service provision and young men's uptake of services
- Author:
- LLOYD Trefor
- Publisher:
- Men's Health Forum
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Presents an audit of local service provision and young men’s uptake of services. The study aims to provide an insight into young men’s attitudes to seeking help with a mental health problem and into how agencies working with young people perceive men. The Forum commissioned Working With Men to look in detail at both young men and services in a deprived London borough. The findings suggest that young men are very reluctant users of services while agencies have little understanding of how to target this group. The report concludes with recommendations about how work with young men can more effectively improve their mental health and reduce their risk of suicide.
Depression and suicide among community elderly
- Author:
- RON Pnina
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 38(2), 2002, pp.53-71.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article examined hopelessness, depression and, suicidality among an elderly community population. It aimed at providing a demographic profile of factors contributing to depression and suicidality among old people. At five senior citizencenters at the north of Israel, 316 old people living in the community were randomly selected. Subjects were administered the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Beck Hopelessness Scale (HS), and the Scale for Suicidal Ideation (SSI). The data suggest that demographic variables contributed to the explanation of suicidality, depression, and hopelessness among the elderly.
Working with the risk of suicide in young people
- Author:
- BRIGGS Stephen
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Practice, 16(2), November 2002, pp.135-148.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Provides a psychoanalytic framework for working with adolescents at risk of suicide. The article locates the discussion in the context of current knowledge of patterns of suicidality, and focuses on discussing internal dynamics and the adolescents' relationships with the body. It concludes that a containing reflective space is the most effective way of reducing suicide risk in each individual case.
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.
Hopelessness and the anticipation of positive and negative future experiences in older parasuicidal adults
- Authors:
- CONAGHAN Susan, DAVIDSON Kate M.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 41(3), September 2002, pp.233-242.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article examines whether older people who are depressed or had engaged in parasuicidal behaviour could be identified by any increase in negative future experiences in comparison with a community control group. It was found that older parasuicidal and older depressed participants were characterised by a reduction in positive anticipation and that this may be accounted for by depression rather than hopelessness.
Screening new inmates in a female prison
- Authors:
- EARTHROWL Mark, McCULLY Robin
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, 13(2), September 2002, pp.428-439.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
This article examines the field-testing of a combination of two brief screening tools that identify women prisoners who may suffer major mental illness or present a risk of self-harm. Their ease of administration, tolerability, face validity and overall impact on the existing visiting psychiatric service were examined. The Referral Decision Scale and the Suicide Checklist were administered to 150 receptions at Arohata Women's Prison, New Zealand, over a 1-year period. Results indicate high levels of psychiatric morbidity similar to that found in previous studies and suggest more will be identified and receive intervention compared with the existing arrangements. Approximately one-third of the sample had been known to mental health services and a similar proportion had attempted suicide. The unique population ethnicity raises questions for the screening process and resource allocation.
Assertive community treatment in Amsterdam
- Authors:
- DEKKER J., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 38(5), October 2002, pp.425-436.
- Publisher:
- Springer
In Amsterdam in 1993, an intensive case management project was initiated. This article describes this Dutch project as it was tested in a randomised clinical trial using regular outpatient and inpatient care as the control conditions. All the patients in this project are very ill and most of them suffer from schizophrenia. The new form of care has the same effect on everyday problems as regular care. The basis of this data is too narrow for the drawing of conclusions about the risk of suicide. Longer follow-up would be advisable in order to improve understanding of this problem.
Social control agents or front-line carers for people with mental health problems: police and mental health services in Sydney Australia
- Authors:
- FRY A.J., O'RIORDAN D.P., GEANELLOS R.
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 10(4), July 2002, pp.277-286.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
A survey of 131 police officers in Sydney, Australia, revealed that more than 10% of police time is spent dealing with people with mental health problems. Nevertheless, police felt unsupported in this role, unprepared for it and torn between the competing demands experienced in their work. Managing people with mental disturbance is a major concern for police. Specifically, there are difficulties relating to: inadequate training and education; deficiencies in services/resources; time and resource over-utilization; communication, liaison and feedback problems, and frustration related to accessing mental health facilities/services. Makes recommendations regarding education and collaborative working relationships between police and mental health professionals, to improve the care of mentally disturbed people in the community.