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Barriers and facilitators to commissioning cost-effective services for promotion of mental health and wellbeing and prevention of mental ill-health
- Author:
- PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH UNIT
- Publisher:
- Public Health England
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 25
- Place of publication:
- London
This report identifies some of the barriers to commissioning of mental health and wellbeing interventions in a local area, and identifies how these barriers could be overcome. It draws on a review of reports from local government organisations and clinical commissioning groups, and a workshop held at the London School of Economics. The report lists eight barriers to the implementation of mental health promotion and mental ill-health prevention interventions, along with facilitators to help overcome them. These are then discussed, drawing on examples implemented in England where available. (Edited publisher abstract)
Learning disabilities: positive practice guide
- Authors:
- DAGNAN Dave, et al
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 34
- Place of publication:
- London
This practice guide provides information on how to best support people with learning disabilities to access their local Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service. It is aimed at those who work in, commission, or refer to the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services. The guide outlines the reasonable adjustments that are recommended to ensure that people with learning disabilities get the maximum benefit from treatment within an IAPT service. Areas discussed include: service models, changes to referral and access pathways; screening; adjustments to mainstream IAPT pathways; assessment; adaptations to treatment and interventions; and making information accessible. Practical examples are included to show how some teams have made reasonable adjustments to support access to IAPT service. The guide also covers the importance of training and developing the workforce and provides key points for commissioners of IAPT services consider to ensure that mainstream services effectively meet the needs of people with learning disabilities. (Edited publisher abstract)
Substance misuse and mental health
- Author:
- PETERS Zelda
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, March 2010, pp.21-23.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Thirty percent of mental health service users and 50% of substance misuse service users experience a combination of mental health and substance misuse problems to a greater or lesser degree. Yet the commissioning of these services remains largely focused on a single diagnosis. This article, including a brief case study, looks at some of the challenges surrounding dual diagnosis, and how the relevant services should respond. The author comments that flexible multidisciplinary and multi-agency training needs to be in place to ensure shared practice and ethos around dual diagnosis, and that commissioning of services needs to recognise and focus more on joint services. Research suggests that people accessing services tend to be experts in their own care, and should be listened to, and that they need access to local services where they do not have to repeat the same conversation simply because professionals fail to share information adequately. The author concludes by stating that by following these simple steps, services and commissioners can greatly improve the outcomes for those with a dual diagnosis.
Minority groups in extra care housing
- Author:
- OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY. Institute of Public Care
- Publisher:
- DH Care Networks. Housing Learning and Improvement Network
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 17p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report explores the issues facing commissioners and providers in meeting the needs of minority groups of older people within the community through Extra Care Housing services. It draws on existing research and materials and the experience of a small number of authorities gained through telephone interviews. It looks at how minority groups are being defined, how their needs are being met by mainstream services, and when specialist services are appropriate. Part 1 of the report looks at populations and policies across a number of types of minority groups (black and minority ethnic groups; lesbian gay and bisexual people; people with disabilities including sight loss, learning disabilities and mental health problems; and homeless people) and draws conclusions about the overall approaches needed by commissioners. Part 2 looks explicitly at the black and minority ethnic community, looking at understanding the needs of these groups and designing services to meet needs. Case studies in Birmingham, Tower Hamlets, and Suffolk are described.
Addressing adversity: prioritising adversity and trauma-informed care for children and young people in England
- Editor:
- BUSH Marc
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 371
- Place of publication:
- London
This collection of essays by 47 leading academics, commissioners and health professionals have been complied by YoungMinds to demonstrate how adversity and traumatic experiences such as maltreatment, violence and coercion, prejudice, family adversity, or bereavement can affect the mental health and wellbeing of young people. The essays cover understanding adversity, trauma and resilience; addressing adversity and providing trauma-informed care; and discuss examples of emerging good practice. It argues that young people displaying difficult behaviour due to trauma are too often misunderstood by the services that should support them, stopping them from getting the help they need. It calls for all professionals who work with children to be given training about the effects of trauma on behaviour and clear guidance about how to ask about traumatic experiences. It also calls for local health commissioners to introduce trauma-informed models of care, so that services give effective support. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mapping the maze: services for women experiencing multiple disadvantage in England and Wales
- Publishers:
- Agenda, AVA
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 47
- Place of publication:
- London
The report of the Mapping the Maze project, set up to map specialist support available for women affected by substance use, mental ill-health, homelessness and offending and highlight gaps in provision. The report also provides a model of good practice for working with women affected by substance use, mental ill-health, homelessness and offending. The model has four broad components: organisational ethos, safe and enabling environment, approach to working and organisational practice: It was developed through the results a literature review, consultation with women accessing services and consultation with professionals who deliver or campaign for specialist interventions for women. Key findings from the study include: the belief amongst women that specialist women’s services are the best way to meet their needs, that good services are often about the culture of the service and the staff rather than any one specific element of service design, and that specialist services for women experiencing disadvantage are under-resourced. Recommendations from the project for government, commissioners and service providers are set out in the final section. These include the need for a cross-government approach and funding stream for women experiencing multiple disadvantage and joined-up funding across local areas to deliver improved support for women experiencing multiple disadvantage. (Edited publisher abstract)
Made to measure: bespoke services for young adults examples of promising practice
- Authors:
- DEVITT Kerry, LOWE Kevin
- Publisher:
- Young People in Focus
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 54p.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Designed to highlight the work of services working exclusively with young adults, and to inspire and encourage others to create similar projects, this guide is intended to be used by frontline staff, service commissioners, policy makers, and by young adults themselves. The research on which it is based took place between October 2009 and June 2010. It included primary case study research, involving interviews and focus groups with professionals and young adults from 6 projects and services in England, and desk-based research, collating information about organisations working with young adults, aged 16 to 25, across the UK. The case study projects are: Switchback (based in London, for young men moving back into the community after prison), The Yard Project (based in Lowestoft, for young adults who find it difficult to sustain education, training or employment), Bridging the Gap (based in Brighton and Hove, for young people with mental health needs), IceBreak (based in Plymouth, for young adults who are experiencing severe emotional distress), Young Addaction Derby (for young adults who require support for drug use), and Young Carers Transition Service (based in Worcester, for young adult carers). The publication provides examples of promising practice together with the views of staff involved in setup and delivery, of young people benefiting from the services, and of service commissioners. It includes messages and top tips on supporting services for young adults, and a directory of young adult services.