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Perceived social support and dysfunctioning in 'clinical' and 'normal' adolescents
- Authors:
- GARNEFSKI Nadia, DOETS Thea
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adolescence, 23(6), December 2000, pp.753-762.
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
This study examines the extent to which inpatient and non-patient samples of youngsters differ from each other with regard to prevalence and co-occurrence of emotional and behavioural problems and negative perceptions of family, school and peers. The sample comprised 12-21-year-old adolescents: psychiatric inpatients and matched "community-based" youngsters. All specific problems and combination patterns were reported significantly more often by the "inpatient" than by the "non-patient" youngsters. However, after correcting for differences in base rates, only the combination of emotional and/or behavioural problems and family problems remained significant. Concludes that co-occurrence in itself did not appear to be the distinguishing factor between the "clinical" and the "normal" sample; and a dominant role of negatively perceived family support in adolescent functioning was suggested. The implications of these finds are discussed.
Dementia: the cost of care for behaviourally disturbed patients living in the community
- Authors:
- KIRCHNER Vincent, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15(11), November 2000, pp.1000-1004.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This research sought to determine the cost of care of people with dementia and behavioural disturbances living in the community, which is currently unknown. Is it a study of 12 randomly selected subjects attending a continuing care dementia day facility for people with behavioural disturbances. The total mean direct costs to the public services was £400 per person per week. Caregiver's time costed at professional rates were £1208 per person per week. Unpaid caregivers supported by publicly funded agencies provide a less expensive service compared to specialised institutional care.
Having the last word
- Authors:
- DAVIS Eric, COUPLAND Keith
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 4(1), September 2000, pp.26-29.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Reports on how the terror caused by auditory hallucinations can be alleviated using cognitive techniques.
Cognitive behavioural computer therapy for the anxiety disorders: a pilot study
- Authors:
- WHITE Jim, JONES Ray, McGARRY Eiledh
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 9(5), October 2000, pp.505-516.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
As part of a wider attempt to improve treatment provision in primary care and to provide greater patient choice, a pilot study of a three session CD-ROM anxiety management programme was tested on carefully assessed and representative long-term sufferers of anxiety disorder living in an area of high social deprivation. The aim was to test whether a successful written package could be turned into an interactive computer package capable of providing a rapid, effective and inexpensive intervention to those patients who wish such an approach. Treatment outcome to 6-month follow-up suggests that this approach was effective and was welcomed by patients.
Identifying conduct problems in young children: developmental pathways and risk factors
- Authors:
- MORRISON Margaret, MacDONALD Grant, LeBLANC Terry
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 43(3), October 2000, pp.467-480.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Conduct problems in young children, if not addressed, can develop into extremely serious and costly problems by the time adolescence is reached. The findings of this research project indicate that there are effective, affordable interventions for young children. Early identification and intervention are the keys to reducing the personal costs to troubled children and their families as well as the financial costs to health and social service systems.
Power of persuasion
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.10.00, 2000, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author explains how a mental health support worker sought to deploy their statutory powers to support a client with a history of behavioural problems.
Breaking the cycle of disadvantage: young people, social exclusion and mental health
- Authors:
- PRITCHARD Colin, MASON Tom
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 4(1), September 2000, pp.14-17.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Social exclusion begins in childhood, with poor parenting, truancy and disrupted education. The effects can be catastrophic, for the individual and society, and are not infrequently implicated in mental illness in adulthood. Reports the findings of three linked research projects into the social and financial costs of social exclusion among young people. The studies show that rates of crime, suicide and unexpected death are highest among the most excluded, but that the cycle of disadvantage can be broken by practical, school-based preventive intervention.
Mental health needs and services for severely troubled and troubling young people including young offenders in an N.H.S. Region
- Authors:
- NICOL Rory, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adolescence, 23(3), June 2000, pp.243-261.
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
Penal, social services, special education and health agencies in one National Health Service Region were screened for severely troubled and troublesome young people in need of mental health services. The needs for mental health care greatly outstripped supply. As part of this overall neglect, 11 of 15 young people with serious mental illness and all 13 who had suffered sexual abuse in the sample were not receiving appropriate treatment.
Relationship of behavioral and psychological symptoms to cognitive impairment and functional status in Alzheimer's disease
- Authors:
- HARWOOD Dylan G., et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15(5), May 2000, pp.393-400.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This cross-sectional study examined the relationship of behavioural and psychological symptoms to cognitive and functional impairment in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The results suggest that some non-cognitive symptoms may be related to the neurobiologic mechanisms underlying the increased cognitive dysfunction in AD. Specific symptoms of behavioural pathology may also impact a patient's ability to perform important self-maintenance behaviours.
Stalkers and their victims
- Authors:
- MULLEN Paul E., PATHE Michele, PURCELL Rosemary
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 321p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Over recent years stalking has emerged as a major social and legal issue and also a clinical problem for mental health professionals. The authors describe their experience of working with stalkers and their victims in a clinical setting, and contribute to an understanding of the nature, causes, impact and management of stalking behaviour. Contents include: stalking, a new categorisation of human behaviour; the epidemiology of stalking; victims of stalkers; classifying stalking; the rejected stalker and the resentful stalker; the predatory stalker; intimacy seekers an incompetent suitors; erotomanias and morbid infatuations; same gender stalking; stalking by proxy; false victims of stalking; stalking and assault; reducing the impact of stalking; defining and prosecuting the offence of stalking.