Mental health policy in the UK has been concerned largely with moving the provision of care away from an institutional base and ensuring that services more appropriately meet people's needs. This article describes how an inner-city community mental health team in Lambeth has responded to its changing role, whilst still meeting the needs of people with severe mental health problems.
Mental health policy in the UK has been concerned largely with moving the provision of care away from an institutional base and ensuring that services more appropriately meet people's needs. This article describes how an inner-city community mental health team in Lambeth has responded to its changing role, whilst still meeting the needs of people with severe mental health problems.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, social care provision, case management, community learning disabilities teams, community mental health nurses, community mental health services;
Working with Older People, 11(1), March 2007, pp.32-36.
Publisher:
Emerald
The author describes the aims and objectives of the Doncaster and South Humber Healthcare NHS Trust's clinical audit of its community mental health nursing team. In the audit the views of service users and carers on their initial assessment interview were sought. The following simple changes in practice regarding out-of-hours contact made a genuine difference to service users and carers.
The author describes the aims and objectives of the Doncaster and South Humber Healthcare NHS Trust's clinical audit of its community mental health nursing team. In the audit the views of service users and carers on their initial assessment interview were sought. The following simple changes in practice regarding out-of-hours contact made a genuine difference to service users and carers.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, older people, service users, user views, assessment, carers, community mental health nurses, community mental health services, consultation, evaluation;
British Journal of Psychiatry, 181(10), October 2002, pp.331-338.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
The aim of this article is to identify patient and treatment characteristics associated with dropping out of contact with community-based psychiatric services. It was found that drop-outs were younger, less likely to be married and their previous length of contact with services was shorter. No drop-outs had a diagnosis of schizophrenia.
The aim of this article is to identify patient and treatment characteristics associated with dropping out of contact with community-based psychiatric services. It was found that drop-outs were younger, less likely to be married and their previous length of contact with services was shorter. No drop-outs had a diagnosis of schizophrenia.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, psychiatric day care, psychiatry, schizophrenia, severe mental health problems, social care provision, community mental health nurses, community mental health services, community mental health teams;
Primary health care staff are often among the first to see people with mental health problems. This series of short articles explores the role of primary care groups and community mental health nurses and looks at how they are coping with their gatekeeping role.
Primary health care staff are often among the first to see people with mental health problems. This series of short articles explores the role of primary care groups and community mental health nurses and looks at how they are coping with their gatekeeping role.
Subject terms:
mental health, mental health problems, mental health services, nursing, primary care, primary care groups, teams, community mental health nurses, community mental health services, general practitioners;
A recent report claims that community psychiatric nurses may abuse patients more often than the profession would like to admit. This report examines the accusations.
A recent report claims that community psychiatric nurses may abuse patients more often than the profession would like to admit. This report examines the accusations.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, management, service users, vulnerable adults, adult abuse, community mental health nurses, community mental health services, complaints;
This series of articles asks the following questions: What is going on in mental health? Is the history of psychiatry in the 20th century any more than a see-saw between the asylums and the community, each swing being driven by economics and fashion rather than therapeutics and patient well-being? Why do nurses work the way they do? What might be lost from the nursing repertoire? Presents answers from mental health professionals.
This series of articles asks the following questions: What is going on in mental health? Is the history of psychiatry in the 20th century any more than a see-saw between the asylums and the community, each swing being driven by economics and fashion rather than therapeutics and patient well-being? Why do nurses work the way they do? What might be lost from the nursing repertoire? Presents answers from mental health professionals.
Subject terms:
mental health, mental health problems, mental health services, nursing, psychiatry, community care, community mental health nurses, community mental health services, evaluation;
Mental Health Care, 2(3), November 1998, pp.86-87.
Publisher:
Pavilion
Launched in 1991, the Thorn nurse training initiative aimed to produce a body of highly skilled, hands-on community mental health nurses to work with people with long-term serious mental illness. Asks whether Thorn nurses are an elite, a luxury, or the vanguard for a still more radical development of mental health education.
Launched in 1991, the Thorn nurse training initiative aimed to produce a body of highly skilled, hands-on community mental health nurses to work with people with long-term serious mental illness. Asks whether Thorn nurses are an elite, a luxury, or the vanguard for a still more radical development of mental health education.
Subject terms:
intervention, mental health problems, nurses, multidisciplinary services, severe mental health problems, training, community mental health nurses, community mental health services;
Journal of Mental Health, 6(1), February 1997, pp.75-84.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Place of publication:
London
Community psychiatric nursing has long been seen as an integral part of community mental health care. However, recent changes to the way in which this care is organised and delivered, for example the introduction of the supervision register and supervised discharged, has resulted in changing work patterns for all mental health workers. This study reports on in-depth interviews with community psychiatric nurses (CPNs) about how they perceive their work in the light of supervision and other changes. The findings suggest that CPNs are concerned about not only the adverse effects of supervision upon their clients and relationships with them but also about the controlling effect supervision has upon them. The consequences of these findings are discussed in relation to possible implications for multi-disciplinary practice and inter-professional shared learning.
Community psychiatric nursing has long been seen as an integral part of community mental health care. However, recent changes to the way in which this care is organised and delivered, for example the introduction of the supervision register and supervised discharged, has resulted in changing work patterns for all mental health workers. This study reports on in-depth interviews with community psychiatric nurses (CPNs) about how they perceive their work in the light of supervision and other changes. The findings suggest that CPNs are concerned about not only the adverse effects of supervision upon their clients and relationships with them but also about the controlling effect supervision has upon them. The consequences of these findings are discussed in relation to possible implications for multi-disciplinary practice and inter-professional shared learning.
Subject terms:
interprofessional relations, mental health problems, models, multidisciplinary services, supervision, staff-user relationships, community mental health nurses, community mental health services, discharge;
Drug use is common among people with mental health problems, providing temporary relief but also longer-term problems. The author, a community mental health nurse, tells one clients story, describing what nursing services can do to help.
Drug use is common among people with mental health problems, providing temporary relief but also longer-term problems. The author, a community mental health nurse, tells one clients story, describing what nursing services can do to help.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, schizophrenia, severe mental health problems, treatment, therapy and treatment, community mental health nurses, community mental health services, drug misuse;
The development of comprehensive local community services is patchy. If people with mental health problems are to receive appropriate and effective care, the resources need to be distributed differently, co-ordinated more effectively and focused on those with severe and long-term problems.
The development of comprehensive local community services is patchy. If people with mental health problems are to receive appropriate and effective care, the resources need to be distributed differently, co-ordinated more effectively and focused on those with severe and long-term problems.
Subject terms:
mental health, mental health problems, monitoring, nursing, needs, severe mental health problems, social care provision, community care, community mental health nurses, community mental health services;