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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.
Shocking but true
- Author:
- WATT Stuart
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 14.7.94, 1994, p.9.
This month, the Royal College of Psychiatrists will approve guidelines for the use of ECT, a therapy believed to damage the brain, on children. Looks at what it involves.
Childcare, social support and maternal depression: a review and application of findings
- Author:
- SHEPPARD Michael
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 24(3), June 1994, pp.287-310.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Reviews evidence on the relationship between social support and maternal depression, examines its implications for practice and applies findings through the development of an assessment schedule.
NEWPIN
- Author:
- JENKINS Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Young Minds Newsletter, 18, June 1994, pp.9-10.
- Publisher:
- Young Minds
Explains how NEWPIN works with mothers suffering from depression or other emotional trauma. Working with both mother and children they aim to relieve maternal depression and support mature parenting.
Suicide prevention: the challenge confronted; a manual of guidance for the purchasers and providers of mental health care
- Editors:
- MORGAN H. Gethin, WILLIAMS Richard
- Publisher:
- HMSO/Great Britain. National Health Advisory Service
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 145p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Part A sets out some important basic facts about suicide. Part B outlines the various practical tasks involved in evaluating and managing suicide risk. Part C looks in more detail at vulnerable groups, including adolescents, depressed people and prisoners, as well as at non-fatal deliberate self harm. Part D looks at the implications of the preceding sections for commissioning and provider managers.
Emotional, behavioral, and HIV risks associated with sexual abuse among adult homosexual and bisexual men
- Authors:
- BARTHOLOW Bradford N., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 18(9), September 1994, pp.747-761.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Adult homosexual and bisexual men attending urban sexually transmitted disease clinics were interviewed regarding abusive sexual contacts during childhood and adolescence. Sexual abuse was found to be significantly associated with mental health counselling and hospitalisation, psychoactive substance use, depression, suicidal thought or actions, social support, sexual identity development, HIV risk behaviour and the risk of sexually transmitted diseases including HIV infection. Data suggest that sexual abuse may have a wide-ranging influence on the quality of life and health risk behaviour of homosexual men.
Adult disclosure of sexual abuse: a primary cause of psychological distress?
- Authors:
- McNULTY Craig, WARDLE Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 18(7), July 1994, pp.549-555.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Surveys research evidence relating to the disclosure of abuse and argues that for some adults the disclosure of abuse may be the primary source of psychological distress, resulting in the dissolution of social support system's and increasing the individual's vulnerability to psychiatric disorder.
Reducing risks for mental disorders
- Editors:
- MRAZEK Patricia J., HAGGERTY Robert J.
- Publisher:
- National Academy Press
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 632p.,bibliogrs.
- Place of publication:
- Washington, DC
Outlines a model of preventative medicine in physical illness and suggests this can be applied to mental illness. Defines five illustrative mental disorders with relevant risk factors. Lists and reviews an extensive series of preventive interventions aimed at people at different life stages. Ends with suggestions as to how a programme of further research can be instituted and its findings put into practice.
Mental distress: video directory
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH MEDIA
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Media
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Mental health interventions with preschool children
- Authors:
- LYMAN Robert, HEMBREE-KIGIN Toni
- Publisher:
- Plenum
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 312p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Presents a review of assessment and treatment for a number of mental health conditions specific to the preschool child. Organised by specific disorder, each chapter looks at prevalence, etiology, assessment and treatment. Includes sections on: learning difficulties; enuresis and encopresis; eating problems; sleep disorders; communication and language problems; psychosomatic illnesses; conduct and attention problems; fears and anxiety; autism and pervasive developmental disorders; physical and sexual abuse; and depression and reaction to loss.