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We will keep you out of hospital
- Author:
- VALIOS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.8.00, 2000, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a north London crisis team which is striving to make care in the community work for people with mental health problems by working with clients in their homes and preventing their crises from leading to hospitalisation.
Emergency referrals to an acute psychiatric service: demographic social and clinical characteristics and comparisons with those receiving continuing services
- Authors:
- HATFIELD Barbara, SPURRELL Mark, PERRY Amanda
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 9(3), June 2000, pp.305-317.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
The characteristics of individuals referred to psychiatric emergency services serve as one indicator of the functioning of the service system as a whole. A two-month cohort of emergency referrals is described and comparisons made with a Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) caseload group. The characteristics of the individual, dimensions of the crisis, and the outcome of the emergency assessment were recorded in each case. The study raises the issue of whether prioritising of specialist mental health services to those with severe and enduring mental illness serves to exclude other vulnerable groups. Whilst most individuals in the study had a history of episodic psychiatric contact, many would be likely to satisfy the criteria for continuing support. Some may only have transient needs related to the life crisis; for others with more chronic difficulties, an emergency response alone cannot be expected to make an impact.
The ideal home show
- Author:
- VALIOS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.5.00, 2000, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
For people with mental health problems, living in a home that is well-maintained and decorated can mean they are able to make a success living independently in the community. The author talked to the Home and Dry project about how they help people cope by caring for their homes.
Divided priorities: mental health referrals
- Authors:
- TREDGET John, BOWLER Nick
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 20.1.00, 2000, pp.47-48.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
This report presents the findings of an audit of primary care referrals to a community mental health team which revealed that most were non-serious problems.
Staff training in cognitive-behavioural family intervention in mental illness using the multiple-family group approach: a pilot study
- Authors:
- LAUBE Roy E., HIGSON Fiona M.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 36(5), October 2000, pp.477-490.
- Publisher:
- Springer
This article describes a pilot project in which eight Community Mental Health Centre staff in Australia were trained in a cognitive-behavioural intervention for families of 37 mentally ill clients. After involvement in training, the staff demonstrated more regular inclusion of family members in routine clinical practice, and a trend towards an increase in relevant knowledge. After involvement in the programme, the families experienced a decrease in burden even though the primary clients' functioning did not change. The results indicates that it is possible to train staff in ordinary clinical settings in effective cognitive-behavioural family interventions.
Community mental health team case-loads and diagnostic
- Authors:
- GREENWOOD Nan, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 24(8), August 2000, pp.290-293.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
In this research information concerning team staffing, key worker case-loads, and key worker diagnostic case-mix was collected from six community mental health teams caring for 1651 patients to establish the clinical burden across teams and professions. The most common diagnoses were schizophrenia (28.6%) and depression (23.6%). Findings indicate that multi-disciplinary community mental health teams have shared views of appropriate work distribution. Consultant psychiatrists may under-estimate the resources required by patients with non-psychotic disorders even in inner city areas.
Crossing the gap: identifying clients of dual diagnosis
- Author:
- BARNARD Jim
- Journal article citation:
- Druglink, 15(2), March 2000, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Drugscope
- Place of publication:
- London
Discusses the results of a survey of staff from mental health settings and community drug teams.
Services for mentally disordered offenders in community psychiatry teams
- Authors:
- VAUGHAN Phillip J., PULLEN Nick, KELLY Maria
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, 11(3), December 2000, pp.571-586.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
This research surveyed a community team in Wessex to determine their capacity to support mentally disordered offenders (MDOs) in the community. Results found proficiency levels of key workers did not match the demands of this group. The compartmentalised nature of services also led to appropriate expertise being denied to MDOs. Learning disability teams had problems of discriminating between health and social care. They had the highest levels of MDOs on their case-loads and their clients posed the greatest challenge in terms of violence, self-harm and sexual offences. Concludes that services should adopt a more co-operative style of working with improved communication between secure institutions and community teams. Additionally, community teams could be supplemented and supported by district forensic community teams, to maintain MDOs in mainstream services.
Improving primary mental health care through nursing partnerships
- Authors:
- BADGER Frances, NOLAN Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 4(4), December 2000, pp.121-124.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
With primary health care now accorded the central role in the delivery of all health services, including mental health, greater collaboration is needed between the front-line staff involved. Reports on an innovative workshop project to promote greater understanding and collaboration which achieved encouraging results.
The care programme approach and risk assessment of borderline personality disorder: clinical validation of the CORE risk sub-scale
- Authors:
- WHEWELL P., BONANNO D.
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 24(10), October 2000, pp.381-384.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
Article describes the validation of self-report of risk by patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) as compared with the judgement of experienced psychotherapists in regular contact with them. The aim was to validate the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation System (CORE) self-report in order to be able to use it monitor risk change for patients with BPD in psychotherapy and general psychiatric settings. There was significant separation correlation between CORE risk sub-scales for self-harm, suicide and risk to others and therapists' estimation of significant risk v. no significant risk.