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Mental illness...hush
- Author:
- McGILL Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Scope, November 2006, p.14.
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
The author reports on new research by the Health Promotion Agency on public attitudes to mental health in Northern Ireland. When people were asked to name major health problems, very few listed mental health. However, when the 1,013 respondents in the survey were prompted the figures changed a lot, highlighting, that people initially did not recognise mental health as a major issue.
Screening for mental health problems in adults with learning disabilities using the Mini PAS-ADD Interview
- Authors:
- DEVINE Maurice, TAGGART Laurence, MCLORNIAN Paula
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 38(4), December 2010, pp.252-258.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Prevalence rates vary considerably regarding the mental health of people with learning disabilities. This variation is a consequence of the assessment methods used to identify such clinical conditions and also the different populations studied. The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence of mental health problems in 96 adults with mild-to-moderate learning disabilities receiving community-based services in Northern Ireland. Using the Mini PAS-ADD Interview schedule, a number of specifically trained interviewers interviewed staff who supported these adults with learning disabilities in their particular work or day care setting to determine whether or not participants had a potential mental health problem. This study found a 33.3% prevalence rate of mental health problems in this community sample. The results of this study fall between previous community prevalence studies that range from 14% to 50%. This sample was found to score higher on the sub-scales of depression and psychosis compared with other prevalence studies. In order to examine the agreement of these findings, a random sample of 27 of the participants were also interviewed by a psychiatrist specialising in learning disability regarding their mental health status. The results found that the Mini PAS-ADD Interview has an overall sensitivity of 1 (100%) and a specificity of 77%. The practical issues of the screening process are discussed. Methodological limitations are also highlighted in accurately predicting prevalence rates of mental health problems in the learning disability population by clinical staff.
Prevalence of psychiatric disorder and the need for psychiatric care in Northern Ireland: population study in the District of Derry
- Authors:
- McCONNELLL P., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 181, September 2002, pp.214-219.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This study assess the prevalence of psychiatric disorder and the needs for treatment in the general population of Derry. The sample was drawn at random with a two-phase design using the General Health Questionnaire during the first phase, and the Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry with the Needs for Care Assessment in the second phase. Results found rates of psychiatric disorder in Derry were even higher than those reported by a similar survey in inner London. This almost certainly reflects the very high levels of social deprivation in the District. Needs for treatment were often unmet.
The use of assessment scales in Old Age Psychiatry Services in England and Northern Ireland
- Authors:
- REILLY D., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 8(3), May 2004, pp.249-255.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Implementation of the Single Assessment Process in the UK is designed to ensure that more standardized assessment procedures are in place across all areas and agencies, that practice improves and older people's needs are comprehensively assessed. This study provides a unique picture of the range and prevalence of standardized scales used within Old Age Psychiatry Services in England and Northern Ireland, reported by 73% of old age psychiatrists. Most services (64%) used three or more standardized assessment scales (range 1-12). Sixty-two separate instruments were identified. The six most used measures were the Mini Mental State Examination (95%), the Geriatric Depression Scale (52%) and the Clock Drawing (50%), the Clifton Assessment Procedures for the elderly (26%), the Barthel Index (18%) and the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) 65 + (18%). A number of factors were associated with greater use of certain standardized assessment scales. Shared documentation, along with other indicators of integration between health and social care were associated with greater use of standardized scales. The provision of a memory clinic was associated with greater use of neuropsychiatric scales and lower levels of use of cognitive scales. These results provide key material for shaping the provision of psychiatric services for older people
The influence of social factors on psychiatric hospitalisation in Northern Ireland: a review of the literature: an analysis of offical statistics and the implications for social workers
- Author:
- MANKTELOW Roger
- Journal article citation:
- Irish Journal of Social Work Research, 2(2), 2000, pp.57-72.
- Publisher:
- Irish Association of Social Workers
The paper reviews the knowledge of the influence of social factors on psychiatric hospitalisation within Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and investigates the particular features of the process in Northern Ireland. The inverse relationship between social class and mental illness has been widely documented in an international context, and has also been investigated by the author in Northern Ireland. But there are oather particular factors which are important mediators of soical influences on psychiatric hospitalisation within the divided society of Northern Ireland. The author identifies three sets of local factors as being of importance. These are: the urban/rural dimensions; religious affiliation; and the influence of twenty five years of civil unrest on the local population's use of psychiatric hospitalisation. The paper reviews the methodological difficulties in concpetualising a causal mechanism operating between social factors and mental illness and argues for the adoption of a qualitative research approach to the social process of psychiatric hospitalisation.