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Working to help mental health
- Author:
- FLEISCHMANN Pete
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, June 2012, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
This article explores the things social work and social care employers can do to help and support the mental health of their employees. Using British Telecom as a case study, it presents strategies for employers to act within mental health laws, and make reasonable adjustments for existing mental health issues. It suggests that making specific guidance available to line-managers will help organisations deal with mental health issues. The article also point to several resources for good practice in the area of mental health at work.
Mateo's experience leaving residential care: systemic constraints as obstacles to placement
- Author:
- CIMMARUSTI Rocco A.
- Journal article citation:
- Residential Treatment for Children and Youth, 29(1), January 2012, pp.1-12.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Sometimes a case will remain intractable despite efforts to create or support change. This article uses a multisystems perspective to examine the concept of constraints to change. The multisystems model focuses on the interactions within and between the client and the variety of levels of the environment that surrounds the client and within which the client interacts. A case example of transition planning for Mateo, an intellectually disabled and mentally ill 20-year-old male residing in a residential treatment programme, is used as a means for examining this concept. A multileveled systemic perspective is applied to analyse the contribution of various constraints on the progress of the case. The constraints that affected Mateo were: his predisposition to mental illness; his mild intellectual disability; the psychological impact of early childhood trauma; and his occasional physical aggression. Lessons to be learned from this case are elucidated. They include: the importance of and guidelines for thinking in a multileveled systemic way when dealing with clients involved in numerous service systems; and the value of professionals exploring their own constraining impact on a case.
Project helps young families break mental health cycle
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Young People Now, 21.2.12, 2012, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket Business Publications Ltd
Briefly describes the project Little Minds Matter, which operates in Portsmouth to reduce the risk of children developing mental health problems by working with new and expectant mothers who have mental health needs. The project, funded from Portsmouth City Council's children's centre budget and supported by Solent NHS trust, uses specialist infant mental health professionals who work intensively with parents and babies to reduce the risk of health problems. The ultimate aim is also to get families to reintroduce families to children's centres and other services.
Capacity to choose and refuse? A case study
- Authors:
- GUTHRIE Susan, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, 6(6), 2012, pp.293-300.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This case study reflects on the risk assessment, treatment, and care issues for a man in his late thirties with a learning disability, mental illness and a degenerative neurological condition who was under Section by the Mental Health Act. It focuses on the distinctive roles and perspectives of the members of the multidisciplinary team supporting him. The management of risk for this man was particularly complex due to his self-harming and impulsivity. The article focuses on issues around referral to speech and language assessment for dysphagia and management advice. Each specialist clinician (nurse, speech and language therapist, psychiatrist) reflects on their role as a member of a team. The perspective of the man himself is represented, although he was unable to give a consistent descriptive self report. For people with mental illness and intellectual disability the capacity to understand and retain information about their condition may be limited and variable. The authors discuss the multiple ethical issues in attempting to preserve a modified autonomy and in decision making around best interests. They look at the particular challenges encountered when supporting someone with dysphagia if the person is unable to understand and refuses to comply with guidelines outlining restrictions to mealtime choices.