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Out of the asylum era
- Author:
- WELLARD Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.11.04, 2004, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Presents a brief overview of changes in services since the closure of the big Victorian institutions for more varied living arrangements and treatment services. Looks at mental health, learning difficulties and drug misuse.
Risking our sanity
- Author:
- UNELL Ira
- Journal article citation:
- Druglink, 12(5), September 1997, pp.17-18.
- Publisher:
- Drugscope
- Place of publication:
- London
Mentally ill drug users are among the worst-serviced groups in the community, with both mental health and drug services often refusing to acknowledge their existence. This creates a huge scope for misdiagnosis. Argues that unless services can recognise and respond appropriately to all their clients, they effectively exclude them. A re-examination of the suitability of harm reduction tactics when dealing with mentally ill drug misusers is required.
Beyond help: improving service provision for street homeless people with mental health and alcohol or drug dependency problems
- Author:
- O'LEARY Jenny
- Publisher:
- National Homeless Alliance
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 71p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report aiming to contribute to the improvement of services for street homeless people who have both a mental health and an alcohol or drug problem or 'dual diagnosis' of their problems.
Alcohol, drug and mental health problems: working with families
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, KEARNEY Patricia, LEVIN Enid, ROSEN Gwen
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Social Work
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 60p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of a NISW research and development project looking at the interfaces within and between services for families where a parent has a persistent mental health, alcohol or drug problem. Services that have been set up to help the children and parents in such families are located in and administered by a number of different organisations. Effective collaboration, joint working across the many interfaces, and a focus on the family as a whole are essential if children and their parents are to receive appropriate help, advice and guidance.
Suicide attempts and social worker contact: secondary analysis of a general population study
- Authors:
- SLATER Thomas, SCOURFIELD Jonathan, GREENLAND Katy
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 45(1), 2015, pp.378-394.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
There is a general dearth of social work studies in relation to suicide and very little is known about the characteristics of social work service users who are also suicidal. This paper is based on secondary analysis of the survey 'Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Study in England 2007'. Results showed that (i) social work contact in the previous twelve months was significantly associated with lifetime suicide attempt; (ii) various risk and protective factors help to explain the relationship between suicide attempt and social work contact. Non-suicidal self-harm was found to be associated with suicide attempt, both with and without social work contact. Drug dependency was associated with social work contact, regardless of suicide attempt history. Other variables affected certain aspects of the relationship between social work contact and suicidality. These included age, religion, income, employment and background in local authority care. The implications for social work provision are discussed. (Publisher abstract)
Preventing tomorrow's rough sleepers: a good practice handbook
- Author:
- CASEY Louise
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 61p.,list of orgs.
- Place of publication:
- Wetherby
This handbook, based on the work of the Rough Sleepers Unit, gives practical and realistic ways for local authorities and other key partners to prevent homelessness. It contains sections on: identifying people at risk of homelessness; clear pathways for people entering and leaving institutions; preventing rough sleeping; and effective homeless prevention strategies. Also included are tables of service provisions to prevent rough sleeping and homelessness, listed by accommodation type and by user group. There is an appendix listing contact details for further information on projects that the manual identifies as being examples of good practice.
Drug use, mental health and social exclusion: cause effect and what we can do about it
- Authors:
- HUNT Neil, ASHENHURST Andy
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 4(1), September 2000, pp.18-21.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Dual diagnosis, mental illness and drug misuse combined, has become the focus of major concern at government policy level and among mental health and drug services providers. Summarises the evidence on the links between mental health and drug use, and reports some welcome recent advances in treatment. Argues that the double exposure of people with dual diagnosis to social exclusion demands greater attention to the questions of cause and effect if this rapidly escalating problem is to be checked, not simply pathologised and contained.
Down to the hard core
- Author:
- WINCHESTER Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 31.8.00, 2000, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how the Rough Sleepers Unit has succeeded in cutting the number of people in England sleeping on the streets, but has found that long -term success means working with a core of homeless people with chronic mental health and addiction problems.
Substance misuse among clients with severe and enduring mental health illness
- Authors:
- HIPWELL Alison E., SINGH Krishna, CLARK Ann
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 9(1), February 2000, pp.37-50.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Substance use, in the context of severe and enduring mental illness, is a growing problem and is likely to have implications for the way mental health services are used. This compares service utilisation, psychiatric symptomatology and social support among 16 clients with psychotic illness who were regular substance users, with 16 clients attending the same service who did not use substances. Their use of the day-service was chaotic and reflected social difficulties, such as housing instability, financial, and legal issues rather than mental health problems. The findings highlighted the need for an integrated and accessible service which could provide long-term, intensive and practical support.
Turning Point - a voluntary sector organisation in change
- Authors:
- FRASER Ian, CHILD Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Management Issues in Social Care, 6(3), July 1999, pp.10-13.
- Publisher:
- OLM Systems
This article describes the activities of Turning Point, the largest UK charity helping people with alcohol, drug, mental health problems and learning disabilities by providing high quality community services, promoting health, and informing the public.