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How can community services support mental health and well-being?
- Author:
- Connor Anne
- Publisher:
- Outside the Box Development Support
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 54p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
A report from a research project funded by the Scottish Executive's National Programme for Improving Mental Health and Well-being Small Research Projects Initiative to explore ways in which services can support the promotion of mental health is presented. The focus was on the range of community-based services with which people with health problems come in contact, including specialist mental health services, other health and social care services and, potentially, the other public and commercial services that are used by everyone. It aimed to identify ways in which community services can promote and support recovery, and to complement other activities that were being planned as part of the overall recovery programme within the National Programme. This project set out to identify the experiences and views of people about what keeps them well and to identify ways in which community services can support people's mental health and well-being.
Friend's meeting house
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.8.99, 1999, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses how people with mental illness often feel on the outside of society, and this can exacerbate their illness. Describes 'Friend', a resource centre in Weston-super-Mare.
Could do better
- Author:
- MURPHY Elaine
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 18.11.93, 1993, pp.9-10.
Offers an overview of current mental health service provision.
The theory and practice of mental health consultation
- Author:
- CAPLAN Gerald
- Publisher:
- Tavistock
- Publication year:
- 1970
- Pagination:
- 405p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Sounding off
- Author:
- DENT Emma
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 19.07.07, 2007, pp.22-24.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
With the incidence of mental illness among deaf people high and specialised services almost non-existent, getting help can be difficult. This article looks at the gaps in care and providers of specialised care, including the John Denmark Unit based in Greater Manchester, Bolton, Salford and Trafford Mental Health Trust and community mental health services for deaf people run by South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust.
Acute mental health care in the community: intensive home treatment
- Editor:
- BRIMBLECOMBE Neil
- Publisher:
- Whurr
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 227p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Draws on the expertise of a wide range of mental health services to focus on a key aspects of community mental health care, Intensive Home Treatment (IHT). Examines the issues surrounding the provision of home treatment to individuals as an alternative to psychiatric admission and discusses current practice in the UK. Goes on to describe some of the clinical approaches to interventions used in home treatment and explores the impact of interagency and interprofessional issues on the day to day working of home treatment services.
Perspectives of people with enduring mental ill health from a community-based qualitative study
- Authors:
- KAI Joe, CROSLAND Ann
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of General Practice, 51(470), September 2001, pp.730-736.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of General Practitioners
Explores experiences and perceptions of health care of people with enduring mental health problems. The study is a community-based qualitative study using theoretical sampling, in-depth interviews, and grounded methodology. Subjects participated in one-to-one interviews which were audiotaped. Results found the primary goal of the responders was to enhance, sustain and tackle control of their mental health problems. However, the settings in which their health care took place could affect responders' attempts to deal with social stigma. Illustrates the potential of health professionals to empower people with enduring mental ill health, by attending to the quality of communication and continuity of care they provide and to where this takes place. Also underlines the need to address the social stigma and exclusion faced by people with mental health problems.
Computerized depression screening and awareness
- Authors:
- OGLES Benjamin M., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 34(1), February 1998, pp.27-38.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Describes the development of an on-site computerisation depression screening questionnaire to use at fairs and other local events to generate interest and educate the public concerning depression and provide referrals or identity symptoms in the USA.
Piecing together the jigsaw: progress towards the development of community mental health services
- Author:
- McMOLLAM Allyson
- Publisher:
- Scottish Association for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 11p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This paper reviews what has been happening in mental health services in Scotland over recent years and looks at new developments.
Designing youth mental health services for the 21st century: examples from Australia, Ireland and the UK
- Authors:
- McGORRY Patrick, BATES Tony, BIRCHWOOD Max
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 202(s54), January 2013, pp.s30-s35.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Despite the evidence showing that young people aged 12–25 years have the highest incidence and prevalence of mental illness across the lifespan, and bear a disproportionate share of the burden of disease associated with mental disorder, their access to mental health services is the poorest of all age groups. A major factor contributing to this poor access is the current design of our mental healthcare system, which is manifestly inadequate for the unique developmental and cultural needs of our young people. If we are to reduce the impact of mental disorder on this most vulnerable population group, transformational change and service redesign is necessary. Three recent and rapidly evolving service structures from Australia (Headspace, an enhanced primary care model for youth mental healthcare), Ireland (Jigsaw) and the UK (Youthspace developed by Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust), are presented that have each worked within their respective healthcare contexts to reorient existing services to provide youth-specific, evidence-based mental healthcare that is both accessible and acceptable to young people. (Edited publisher abstract)