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Sealing a New Deal for mental health
- Author:
- GROVE Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.11.98, 1998, p.13.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author argues that the New Deal cannot transform the working lives of mentally ill people in its present form.
The government's new employment agenda: implications for mental health service managers
- Author:
- GROVE Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 6(5), October 1998, pp.193-199.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
This article proposes a new engagement between mental health services and the social inclusion and employment agendas that are a core part of the government's programme. Initiatives such as Welfare to Work, New Deal and Health Action Zones are explained, and suggestions are made about some of the opportunities they present for improving mental health services and the lives of service users.
A survivor's guide to working in mental health services
- Authors:
- ROOKE-MATTHEWS Susan, LINDOW Vivien
- Publisher:
- MIND
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 32p.,list of orgs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Aimed at people who have experienced the mental health system and are interested in working within it. Outlines: the difficulties and challenges facing user workers; recent changes in practice and policy; good practice recommendations for employers; and professional schemes and sources of support for user workers.
Models of specialist employment for people with mental health problems
- Author:
- SCHNEIDER Justine
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 6(2), March 1998, pp.120-129.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
There is a growing interest in work schemes for people with mental health problems. This article describes the characteristics of nine models of specialist employment, their similarities and differences are portrayed on three dimensions: productivity, integration, and permanence. Models discussed are sheltered settings, vocational rehabilitation and training, clubhouse, transitional employment, social firms, placement agencies, assertive community treatment and voluntary work.
Social roles and gender difference in the prevalence of common mental disorder
- Authors:
- WEICH Scott, SLOGGETT Andrew, LEWIS Glyn
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 173, December 1998, pp.489-493.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
It is not known why the most common mental disorders, anxiety and depression, are more prevalent among women than men. This research aimed to test the hypothesis that this gender difference could be explained by differences between men and women in social role occupancy, after adjusting for age and socio-economic status. Using a cross-sectional survey of adults aged 16-74 years living in private households in England, Wales and Scotland. Results found the gender difference in the prevalence of the common mental disorders did not vary with age to a statistically significant degree. Although those of either gender occupying the fewest, and women occupying the most social roles had the highest prevalence of common mental disorders, neither number of social roles, occupancy of traditional 'female' caring and domestic roles, nor socio-economic status explained the gender difference in these conditions.
Out of the benefit trap
- Author:
- LLORENTE Carmen
- Journal article citation:
- Voluntary Voice, 128, October 1998, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- London Voluntary Service Council
Describes a pioneering initiative in west London that uses 'social firms' to help people with mental health problems move towards conventional employment.
A brave face is not enough
- Author:
- STEELE Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.9.98, 1998, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses how social workers who suffer from mental illness face prejudice and sometimes unfair dismissal at the hands of their employers. Looks at how this intolerant attitude forces staff to hide psychological problems.
Work interventions in mental health care: some arguments and recent evidence
- Author:
- SCHNEIDER Justine
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 7(1), February 1998, pp.81-94.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Evidence of the effectiveness of work in psychiatry in the UK is limited to studies conducted a generation ago, when mental health care was still hospital-based, and the level of unemployment in the general population was lower than today. Employment is scarcely considered directly in mental health policy, while purchasers have few guidelines on which to base their strategies. This article offers five perspectives on work in psychiatry, ideological principles; macro-economic considerations; demand on the part of service users themselves; the changing context of mental health care, with its effects on the public presentation of mental illness; and evidence of clinical benefits from constructive occupation. Each of these cases is presented, with particular attention paid to the clinical benefits which are relevant to evidence-based health care.
Disability benefits: where next; a consultation paper from MIND's policy department
- Author:
- MIND
- Publisher:
- MIND
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Outlines the proposals in the Governments green paper 'A new contract for welfare' and invites readers to comment so that MIND can include any relevant points in its response to the paper. Also details the 'Disability Earnings Concession' and invites comments.
Models of community care
- Author:
- SHEPHERD Geoff
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 7(2), April 1998, pp.165-177.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Traces the changing focus of care from institution to community and outlines the range of service models and their key ingredients, essential to successful community care. Specialist community teams, including assertive outreach and home-based treatment, show considerable advantage. Argues that the content of care must include evidence-based psychosocial interventions, but users' needs and priorities must be the guiding principle and with this in mind, work and employment should be afforded the highest priority with the 'place and train' model preferred to the traditional 'train and place' approach. Concludes with some considerations about the training and mix of staff needed to undertake these challenging roles.