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Mindreel
- Authors:
- IRISS, et al
- Publisher:
- IRISS
MindReel is an initiative to create a learning resource using educational films that address a wide range of mental health issues. The website includes a range of films presented along with supporting educational materials and contextual information. MindReel is freely available to all, without the need to register. The MindReel project is led by IRISS with University of Strathclyde supported by partners of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival.
Mental illness: the facts
- Author:
- SIDDALL Rhonda
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.4.94 Supplement, 1994, pp.4-6.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Mental illness covers a wide range of problems and complaints ranging from minor distress to severe disorder of the mind or behaviour. Looks at who mental illness affects and outlines main specific types of mental illness.
Family therapy and adult mental illness : schizophrenia and depression
- Author:
- BERKOWITZ Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Family Therapy, 10(4), November 1988, pp.339-356.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Literature review of recent work.
Unemployment and mental health among white collar workers: a question of work involvement and financial situation?
- Authors:
- RANTAKEISU Ulla, JONSSON Lef R.
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 12(1), January 2003, pp.31-41.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Examines whether it is a psychosocial or an economic need for employment that affects mental health among the unemployed. The relevance of both aspects are examined, concentrating on two measures of each dimension. Two perspectives of work involvement - the degree of connection to working life and the perceived employment commitment - and two perspectives on financial situation - economic security and perceived economic concern - have been analysed, using empirical data collected by means of a cross-sectional survey of 1297 unemployed white-collar workers from the public sector in Sweden. The degree of connection to working life was not significantly linked to the mental health of the unemployed, although there was a strong link between the perceived employment commitment and mental health among this group. The stronger the perceived employment commitment, the poorer the state of the person's mental health. Perceived economic concern was also tightly linked to mental health: the greater the economic concern, the poorer the mental health.
Loss, humiliation and entrapment as appraisals of schizophrenic illness: a prospective study of depressed and non-depressed patients
- Authors:
- ROOKE Oliver, BIRCHWOOD Max
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 37(3), September 1998, pp.259-268.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Life-events that precede the onset of unipolar depression usually involve an appraisal of loss; recent research has shown that where these events are also appraised as humiliating or involving entrapment and defeat (the absence of a way forward or failure to reaffirm an identity) they are especially potent in triggering depression. Depression in schizophrenia has not been studied from the cognitive or psychosocial perspectives. In a previous study we showed that patient's perceived loss of control and entrapment by psychotic illness (e.g. by recurring relapse) was strongly linked to depression. In this study the authors follow up the original sample of 49 patients two and half years later to examine the hypotheses using more powerful prospective methodology.
Making connections: severe mental illness and closeness with other people
- Authors:
- PRINCE Jonathan D., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Mental Health, 15(1), 2017, pp.1-13.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Much has been written about social lives of people with severe mental illness (SMI). Before social lives can flourish, however, people with SMI must first get close to other people. The authors studied this closeness by holding three hour-long focus groups at Fountain House, a community mental health agency in New York City. It was found that closeness between two people with SMI is challenging because someone with depression, for example, may have trouble understanding someone with a different disorder (e.g., schizophrenia). Romantically, closeness is also challenging—SMI is hard to explain to partners. In the workplace, closeness is difficult because SMI can alienate co-workers. It could push them away. In mental health programmes, the authors found that closeness has more of a chance to develop (1) during evening and weekend activities; (2) when activities are planned often enough to prevent isolation; and (3) when staff reach out to people before extended absence causes distance. (Edited publisher abstract)
Disentangling depression and anxiety in relation to neuroticism, extraversion, suicide, and self-harm among adult psychiatric inpatients with serious mental illness
- Author:
- SUBICA Andrew M.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 55(4), 2016, p.349–370.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Objectives: Little is known about depression–anxiety comorbidity and its association with personality traits and suicide/self-harm in adult psychiatric inpatients with serious mental illness (SMI), impacting clinical assessment and treatment. This study sought to determine the symptom structure of depression–anxiety comorbidity and its relation to neuroticism, extraversion, and suicide/self-harm behaviour in this high-risk population. Design: Nine hundred and sixty-two adults receiving inpatient care at a private psychiatric hospital completed questionnaires at admission. Methods: Confirmatory factor analyses compared a bifactor solution specifying a general distress factor and two specific depression and anxiety factors against unidimensional and correlated factors solutions. The bifactor solutions' factors were subsequently correlated with neuroticism and extraversion subscales and pre-hospitalisation suicide/self-harm behaviours. Results: The bifactor model rendered superior fit to sample data and a robust general factor – accounting for 77.61% of common item variance – providing the first evidence for a tripartite structure of depression and anxiety among adult inpatients. The bifactor solution-outputted independent general distress, depression, and anxiety factors positively correlated with neuroticism, the personality dimension corresponding to trait negative affectivity. The general distress and depression factors associated with recent self-harm, but factors showed no associations with prior suicidal behaviour. Conclusions: In adult psychiatric inpatients, general distress substantially underlies comorbid depression and anxiety symptom variation and may contribute to recent incidence of self-harm. Transdiagnostic assessments and interventions targeting general distress may temper depression, anxiety, and self-harm in adult inpatients. Practitioner points - Clinical implications: a) Depression–anxiety comorbidity symptomology in adult psychiatric inpatients is primarily composed of general distress; b) General distress and specific depression are associated with recent self-harm but not suicidal behaviour; c) Assessing and treating general distress rather than depression or anxiety specifically may best mitigate comorbid depression and anxiety, and reduce self-harm behaviour in this clinical population. Cautions and limitations: a) The large sample lacked ethnocultural diversity, and data were cross-sectional; b) The use of brief self-report measures to assess depression and anxiety may have reduced measurement range. (Edited publisher abstract)
Children and young people with learning disabilities: understanding their mental health
- Author:
- BOND (Better Outcomes New Delivery)
- Publisher:
- BOND (Better Outcomes New Delivery)
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 40
- Place of publication:
- London
This information pack provides a general introduction to mental health and mental wellbeing in children, before looking at mental health problems in children and young people with learning disabilities in more detail. Areas covered include identifying mental health problems, such as depression, anxiety, obsessive behaviour and serious mental health problems; how to record concerns; who to talk to; and what to do in a crisis. A list of useful resources that can be used to help children are also included. (Original abstract)
Religion, culture and mental health
- Author:
- LOEWENTHAL Kate
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 169p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
This publication looks at the relationship between religion, culture and mental health. The author raises questions such as, does religion cause, exacerbate or relieve mental disorder. Different psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia, manic disorders, depression, anxiety, somatization and dissociation are covered as well as positive states of mind. The religious and cultural influences on each are analysed.
NICE guidelines for mental health
- Author:
- KHELE Suky
- Journal article citation:
- Therapy Today, 19(10), December 2008, pp.40-41.
- Publisher:
- British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
NICE have currently published 15 guidelines for the treatment of mental health and behavioural conditions. This article lists the conditions covered in each of the guidelines and the psychological therapies recommended for them.