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Go your own way
- Author:
- MONGER Claire
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, May 2011, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Faced with changes in the way its day services were commissioned the charity Together began a new model of service called Your Way in Wandsworth. The community mental health service provides a form of 'early intervention' though a programme of one-to-one support. Your Way can also supports service users in getting a personal budget and helping them to direct their own support.
Safe and sound
- Author:
- BATES Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, February 2007, pp.32-34.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
When asking people what they get from attending a mental health day centre, they often talk about the feeling of safety. At a time when all day services are undergoing a process of modernisation, moving away from building-based services that are primarily community based and aimed at social inclusion, it is vital that we retain those elements that offer this feeling of safety. There are many aspects to this sense of safety. This article considers three conflicts that need to be managed in the creation of day services: occupational safety, social safety and therapeutic safety.
Mental health day services in the United Kingdom from 1946 to 1995: an 'untidy set of services'
- Author:
- BRYANT Wendy
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 74(12), December 2011, pp.554-561.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This critical review of mental health day services in the United Kingdom from the 1940s was conducted to inform local responses to modernisation. A wide range of contemporary and retrospective published accounts was critically analysed. The findings indicate that since the first reported mental health day hospital opened in 1946, researchers and practitioners have described and evaluated the services. Service users have been encouraged to define their own goals and used a variety of approaches to achieve them. The importance of social contact, structured occupations and community links has been emphasised throughout. Locations and functions of day services have shifted in response to health and social care policies, yet have consistently engaged and been valued by service users. Criticisms have indicated issues of insufficient resources and too broad a remit, making services difficult to categorise and evaluate systematically. Tensions throughout have been concerned with the location of services and the scope for user involvement in service provision and evaluation. Recognising the origins of these tensions could enhance current approaches to modernisation. The article concludes that combining social and occupational perspectives would enhance understanding and indicate future directions for day services.
Overcoming the shock of the new
- Author:
- TAYLOR Ben
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, April 2008, pp.31-33.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Modernising mental health day services can be difficult. In a recent review four themes were identified in which providers and commissioners of day services were struggling: the location of services, how best to continue to meet the needs of the most vulnerable people, user-run service provision, and staff issues. This article examines these issues, and explores some of the ways in which they can be resolved.
Engaging users: the essence of the therapeutic community approach
- Authors:
- HYDE K., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Therapeutic Communities: the International Journal of Therapeutic Communities, 26(3), Autumn 2005, pp.261-272.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article describes the clinical orientation of a community-based service provided to a large geographical region, developed by staff who had established Webb House, a residential therapeutic community replicating the Henderson approach. Responding to changes in commissioning arrangements, the service further developed its community-based approach reflecting recommended practice in 'No Longer a Diagnosis of Exclusion' published by NIMHE. It considers the developmental process through which a 'user' becomes a 'service user consultant' and their potential to intervene in a dyadic relationship to support engagement. The potential of user consultants is described. The development of a user-led professionally facilitated organisation that supports joint working of users with professionals and provides a forum for users supporting their continuing development is considered.
Swinging into action
- Author:
- PARTON Dan
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, January/February 2015, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
A new approach to providing mental health recovery services in Brighton and Hove by care and support provider Southdown has helped to increase the number of people accessing services. Commissioned by Brighton and Hove Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to provide day services, Southdown have also established a Recovery College. The College offers service users courses in subjects such as how to manage their depression, live with their voices, or to get the best out of their medication. They have also looked to bring in 'experts by experience' to deliver its recovery services. (Original abstract)
How day services can meet government targets of social inclusion and recovery while retaining buildings-based services
- Authors:
- WILKINSON Katie, WALTERS Alun, CRAWFORD-DOCHERTY Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Social Inclusion, 14(4), November 2010, pp.40-47.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article describes the approach to modernisation of adult mental health day services taken in Sandwell. Recent reforms in mental health practice have meant that providers are faced with the challenge of how to redesign day services in line with promoting social inclusion and facilitating recovery. The approach in Sandwell has been to retain a building-based element to provide for attachment and belonging from which people can move on to community-based interventions that promote social integration and recovery. The authors describe the transitional model of care of how people are helped to bridge the gap from the centres to the wider community. Once a person has developed a sense of attachment and belonging, they are introduced to the idea of recovery through recovery groups. They then identify their own goals towards their recovery. Psycho-educational groups are available for those with low self-esteem to help them achieve their goals. Each occupational group in the centre has a pathway to groups in the community, and people are encouraged and supported to attend leisure, creative and educational activities. This transitional model helps staff and service users to keep in mind a pathway of care.
Catering for mental health users
- Author:
- VALIOS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 10.5.01, 2001, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Cheshire Council's award-winning Link Resource Centre provides a variety of services for its mental health users. One which has particularly helped to boost service users' self esteem and motivation is its catering service.
Mental health day centres: their clients and role
- Authors:
- CATTY Jocelyn, BURNS Tom
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 25(2), February 2001, pp.61-66.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
Mental health day centres have been little researched. This article reports on a 1-week census carried out at the four day centres run by a London borough. Results found the centres catered for a group with long-standing mental health problems, mostly under community mental health team care. A surprising number were suffering from physical ill health. They attended the centres primarily for social reasons or to participate in creative groups such as music and art. Very few were concurrently attending day hospitals. Calls for further studies to understand the distinction between NHS day hospitals and Social Services day centres in terms of utilisation and client group.
Day care for mentally disordered offenders
- Authors:
- VAUGHAN Phillip J, KELLY Maria, PULLEN Nick
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Forensic Practice, 1(4), December 1999, pp.9-16.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Day care service provision provides a crucial safety net for mentally disordered offenders, although dedicated services to this group are not widespread, leaving mainstream services to cater for all groups. This survey of provision concludes that an extension of provision would be beneficial.