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Determinants of outcome in the pathways through care for children hearing voices
- Authors:
- ESCHER Sandra, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 13(3), July 2004, pp.208-222.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Auditory hallucination, or hearing voices, is generally associated with psychopathology. In psychiatry it is interpreted as a symptom of an illness, with no connection to the individual's life history. In this study from the Netherlands, 80 children and youngsters hearing voices were interviewed on four occasions over a period of three years about the content of the voices and their overall experience of voices, focusing on the determinants for a promising outcome in the pathways through care. The results indicate that the need for care in the context of the experience of voices is associated not only with high levels of problem behaviour and associated negative symptoms of psychosis, but also, independently, with an appraisal of the voices in terms of anxiety, depression, dissociation and frequency of occurrence. In 60 per cent of the participants the voices disappeared during the three-year research period. The relationship between the disappearance of voices and the course of mental health treatment is, however, ambiguous.
My crazy parents
- Authors:
- MATTHEWS Morgan, (Director)
- Publisher:
- Minnow Films
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- (50 mins.), DVD
- Place of publication:
- London
For these documentary films, three families where one of the parents had mental health problems were filmed over a six month period. Often through the eyes of the children, the films show how the family is affected and how the children cope with traumatic situations. Issues covered include parents overdosing or repeatedly self-harming and children having to go repeatedly into care. As part of the process the families also filmed themselves to produce video diaries of their thoughts and experiences.
Rights and the mental health of babies, children and young people: a view from YoungMinds
- Author:
- MORLEY Dianh
- Journal article citation:
- Representing Children, 16(4), 2004, pp.244-249.
- Publisher:
- National Youth Advocacy Service
The author, Deputy Director of Youngminds, discusses some key issues about the mental health of children and young people.
Into the future
- Author:
- FOSTER Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, June 2004, p.17.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Considers the future for children's mental health services. This article is written in a personal capacity. It largely reflects the situation in England, but may also have relevance for other parts of the UK.
The data trap
- Author:
- BALBERNIE Robin
- Journal article citation:
- Young Minds Magazine, 73, November 2004, p.34.
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
Discusses the problems of collecting data in CAMHS services. Focuses on the target for seeing new referrals and argues that collecting data does not necessarily improve health care provision.
Rethinking childhood depression
- Authors:
- TIMIMI Sami, SPENDER Quentin, WIKKINSON Paul
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 11.12.04, 2004, pp.1394-1396.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Increasing numbers of children are being treated for depression. At the end of 2003, over 50,000 were prescribed antidepressants, and over 170,000 prescriptions a year for antidepressants were issued to people under 18 in the UK. Recent evidence suggests that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are largely ineffective and may be dangerous in this age group. Older antidepressants have already been shown to have no beneficial effect in under 18s. Undoubtedly part of the problem is with pharmaceutical industry tactics, designed to enable greater consumption of their products. However, the gateway diagnosis to prescribing antidepressants to under 18s is that of childhood depression. Timimi discusses the notion of childhood depression and suggests the medicalisation of children's unhappiness is hindering our ability to respond effectively.
Can babies get depressed?
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Children Now, 13.10.04, 2004, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket
Investigates the best way forward for specialist services targeted at infancy, a key period for children's future mental health but with few services. Describes a case study in Sunderland.
Reducing waiting times: applying the principles in CAMHS
- Authors:
- ANDERSON Yvonne, YORK Ann
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 9(3), September 2004, pp.28-32.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
The NHS Plan calls for waiting time between referral and first appointment to be no more than 3 months by 2005. Courses have been organised, but child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) staff may be doubly reluctant to use valuable time attending a course not aimed specifically at CAMHS or having a child focus. But services in many areas are struggling to meet standards, and waits of up to a year have not been uncommon recently. This article discusses demand, capacity, common causes of long waits, changing practice, techniques and solutions. Feedback from a workshop is given.
Tuning in to disturbed children and adolescents
- Author:
- WETHERICK Donald
- Journal article citation:
- Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, 15(1), February 2004, pp.17-20.
- Publisher:
- British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Explains how musical interaction between child and therapist creates a relationship that facilitates both communication and therapeutic stage.
Children and the use of mental health powers: the impact of the draft Mental Health Bill 2002 on children
- Author:
- CHILDREN'S LEGAL CENTRE
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- Colchester
About 260 young people are detained on adult psychiatric wards each year. This is a substantial proportion of all young people detained under mental health law. The government argues that levers of service management should be used to create enough adolescent beds for all adolescents who need to be detained, freeing up adult beds. Children compelled under the Bill will have ongoing educational and family needs, as well as aftercare needs. Many compelled adults are parents who have family needs. Meeting these needs are important to a patient and his / her recovery. Many children are capable of understanding the treatment that is proposed, weighing it in the balance, and coming to even major decisions. Unless they prefer to leave it to their parents, they should be allowed to consent to, or refuse, treatment to the same extent as an adult. However, the government proposes to leave the common law position in place for children under 16. This would mean that a parent can consent ‘on behalf of’ a capable child, albeit with the new and welcome safeguards.