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Social inclusion: what psychiatrists can do about it
- Authors:
- GLEESON Setfan, KINGDON David
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 12(2), May 2008, pp.28-31.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article explores how the social inclusion agenda is changing the way psychiatrists assess and support patients. Practical steps are suggested to enable psychiatrists to promote a socially inclusive and better quality of life for their patients. The article concludes by focusing on employment as an area presenting considerable barriers to reintegration into society.
Encouraging encounters: sick-listed persons’ experiences of interactions with rehabilitation professionals
- Authors:
- MUSSENER Ulrika, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 46(2), 2008, pp.71-87.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Long term sickness absence has increased in many countries, and more knowledge is needed about factors that can promote a return to work. Positive interactions with professionals might be one such factor. This study analyses transcripts from 11 semi-structured interviews with people who had experienced long term health-related absence from work, and identifies five important aspects of encounters with professionals: being treated with respect; feeling supported; establishing a personal relationship; perceiving demands as well balanced; and participation in decisions about rehabilitation. Several interviewees expressed the opinion that positive encounters with rehabilitation professionals can promote a return to work. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Partners in care: service user employment in the NHS: a user’s perspective
- Author:
- HARDING Emma
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 29(7), July 2005, pp.268-269.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
The user employment programme at Southwest London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust is implemented by a small team of employment specialists working to support people with personal experience of mental ill health to attain and retain jobs within the NHS. There is a triad of support available in terms of enabling people to get jobs by providing weekly details of vacancies and assistance with application forms and interview skills. NHS user employment is particularly important as it enables people to consolidate and make use of what is to the rest of society misconstrued as a dirty secret or even a menace. For the individual themselves, the experience of distress is often a series of life-changing events; being able to make use of the revelations these bring is a natural panacea.
Promoting work-related activities in a high secure setting: exploration of staff and patients’ views
- Authors:
- VOLLM Birgit, PANESAR Kiran, CARLEY Kay
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology (The), 25(1), 2014, pp.26-43.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Introduction: Adults diagnosed with mental disorders, in particular those who have a history of offending, have low employment rates. Here we explore staff and patients’ views on the importance of work and vocational activities offered at a high secure hospital. Method: Two hundred seventy-six patients and 106 staff were approached; 54.3% of the patients and 58% of staff completed the questionnaire. Results: Educational achievement in patients was low but nearly two-thirds of patients had been engaged in some form of work prior to admission. Staff and patients felt that vocational opportunities offered in the hospital should more closely resemble ‘real work’ and they broadly agreed on the areas of activities of potential benefit. Staff felt more strongly than patients that patients lose work-related skills during admission. Both groups recognised the importance of work for mental health and in preventing reoffending. Conclusion: Detention in such settings provides an opportunity for patients to maintain as well as expand on skills aiding their future reintegration into work settings. (Publisher abstract)
Empowerment through employment? An innovative work scheme for people with mental health problems
- Authors:
- BERTRAM Mark, LINNETT Peter
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 58(1), January 1995, pp.7-8.
- Publisher:
- Sage
In April 1995 Tooting Bec Hospital will close. For many long stay patients this will mean the end of an era. The need to find replacements for traditional work rehabilitation schemes has led to the creation of an innovative employment project at the hospital: a carpet cleaning scheme called Home Cleaning Services.
Expert briefings in mental health: putting research evidence within your reach
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. National Institute for Mental Health in England
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. National Institute for Mental Health in Eng
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- loose leaves
- Place of publication:
- London
Series of research briefings consisting of literature reviews and consultations with a panels of experts, Briefings include: women-only and women-sensitive mental health services; employment for people with mental health problems; early intervention in psychosis; post qualifying training; self help interventions.
From discharge to follow-up: a small-scale study of medium secure provision in the independent sector
- Authors:
- CASTRO Maria, COCKERTON Tracey, BIRKE Simon
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Forensic Practice, 4(3), August 2002, pp.31-39.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Redford Lodge is an independent psychiatric hospital offering medium secure provision for mentally ill patients and offenders. It was found that patients' socio-demographic variables were not significantly related to their length of stay, place of discharges or success at follow-up. One predictor of progress after discharge was employment. Contact with family was identified as a significant factor associated with shorter stay and positive place of discharge but not associated with success at follow-up. Engagement in psychological therapists and/or group activities was directly related to length of stay.
Influence of socio-economic deprivation on the prevalence and outcome of depression in primary care: the Hampshire Depression Project
- Authors:
- OSLER K., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 178, January 2001, pp.12-17.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Health inequalities exist for many disorders, but the contribution of deprivation to the prevalence and outcome of depressive symptoms in primary care populations has been infrequently studied. This research examined the influence of Jarman under-privileged area (UPA) scores on the prevalence and outcome of depressive symptoms in general practice patients. The PA score accounted for 48.3% of the variance between practices in prevalence of depressive symptoms. Attending a high PA score practice predicted persistence of depressive symptoms to 6 months. The findings suggest that the socio-economic deprivation of a practice locality is a powerful predictor of the prevalence and persistence of depressive symptoms.
Disability pensions in severely disabled in-patient adolescents: twenty year prospective study
- Authors:
- PELKONEN M., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 172, February 1998, pp.159-163.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Discusses how knowledge of working capacity from adolescence until adulthood among severely disturbed in-patients is scarce. Looks at a study of associations between being on a disability pension 20 years after hospitalisation, and the patients' psychopathology and treatment-related factors during the hospitalisation and seven-year follow-up. Finds that patients' level of psychosocial functioning and capability to work in young adulthood were associated with long-term prognosis in terms of working capacity. Adolescence seems to be a critical time for intensive psychiatric care combined with vocational rehabilitation programmes.