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Exploring mental health carers’ caregiving experiences in France
- Authors:
- DE JESUS Nancy Santiago, MAURICE Aurelie
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health Training Education and Practice, 15(4), 2020, pp.207-221.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
France, once a pioneer in psychiatry, is now sinking as its population faces major mental health challenges. This includes the 12 Million French individuals with psychiatric conditions, the lack of appropriate structures and the shortage of skilled mental health professionals, but it also leaves families in critical situations. The purpose of this study was to explore the carers’ caregiving experiences and to suggest ways to organise educational programmes to support mental health carers in France.Design/methodology/approach: The research was conducted from January 2018 to November 2019. It included French carers of patients with mental conditions. Recorded semi-structured interviews were used and findings were analysed through an inductive thematic analysis and regrouped into key themes.Findings: Participants had overwhelming negative representations of “mental illness”. The fact that they were excluded from participating in the patient’s health management further added to their misconceptions around mental disability, it limited their communication with their family and amplified their burdens.Research limitations/implications: There is an urgent need for carer empowerment; carers should be included in educational programmes, they should benefit from French Government subsidies and social-network assistance and receive quality assistance by trained mental health professionals. The critical situation of carers can only be addressed by combining these three steps and through the action of appropriate actors in the field of mental health, thus alleviating the current paradigm of psychiatric care in France. Originality/value: Thousands of research papers regarding carers have been published in other countries. In addition yet, to the knowledge, only a few investigations on French mental health carers have been conducted to this day. The singularity of this research lies in the rare individual interviews, which provided us with first-hand testimonies of mental health carers in France. This data could be of vital aid for professionals and for policymakers when advocating for better support of carers in mental health. (Edited publisher abstract)
Personal and relational empowerment: a framework for family recovery
- Authors:
- BUCKLEY-WALKER Kellie, CROWE Trevor P., CAPUTI Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Dual Diagnosis, 10(1), 2017, pp.25-38.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: Caring for a person with a substance use disorder (SUD) and/or mental health disorder (MHD) represents a significant burden for family members. The features of “carers/family members” experiences reflect trauma signatures. Consequently, working through this trauma for carers corresponds with psychological recovery, empowerment processes and intrapersonal/interpersonal needs. The purpose of this paper is to outline a framework called the “personal and relational empowerment (PRE)” framework which enables family support practitioners to help family members to be able to take control of their own lives, develop meaningful relationships and live purposeful and fulfilling lives, regardless of whether the person with the SUD and/or MHD is in recovery or not. Design/methodology/approach: This paper critically reviews existing frameworks for carer recovery, through a systematic literature search, and proposes a “PRE” alternative to redress the shortfalls in these existing frameworks. Findings: The PRE framework takes a multi-level needs-based approach to understand carer recovery. This framework links the concepts – psychological recovery, empowerment processes and intrapersonal/interpersonal needs. Practical implications: The PRE framework recognises the importance of recovery support practitioners being able to balance the immediate carer crisis intervention needs responses with personal growth and well-being supporting interventions. Originality/value: The PRE framework of family recovery attempts to answer the need to broaden the focus on the family journey to better reflect the principles and practices of contemporary SUD and/or MHD recovery-based support. (Publisher abstract)
Using Appreciative Inquiry to promote choice for older people and their carers
- Authors:
- SEEBOHM Patience, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Social Inclusion, 14(4), November 2010, pp.13-21.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article describes how an ‘Appreciative Inquiry’ approach was used in south London to enhance the levels of choice that older adults with dementia or mental health problems and their carers have in relation to the care and support they receive. During this project, a wide range of participants across the borough of Lewisham took part in conversations about making the choices that matter most to them. This article tells the story of this project, its background, the Appreciative Inquiry approach, and what was learnt. The Appreciate Inquiry approach comprises 4 stages: discovery; dream; design; and delivery. In the discovery stage, over 60 people with different roles and backgrounds shared stories in appreciative interviews. The Design Group read all these stories and drew out their common and different themes. On 9 July 2010, 120 people including managers, practitioners, carers, and service users met to share more discovery stories and to convey their visions of the best possible future for older people and their carers, building on what works. Later, the Design Group drew up on action plan for taking the work forward. Through looking at successful stories about making real choice in Lewisham, the project provided information about the conditions that support choice, including the importance of good relationships, building trust, making time, giving and receiving encouragement, and support.
Timely intervention
- Author:
- McCURRY Patrick
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 28, 29.1.03, 2003, pp.26-27..
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Looks at the idea of Time Banks, which are now being used by GPs and social care professionals to promote self-esteem and better health and well-being of marganised individuals. The idea began in the US, with participants depositing their time the bank by giving practical and support to others.
Care programme approach in practice
- Authors:
- MAHON Geraldine, MIDDLE Dave
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 28.8.97, 1997, pp.2-4.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Geraldine Mahon believes that greater involvement by service users and carers will result in more holistic care arrangements for people with mental illness, while Dave Middle argues that communication with service users - and between service providers - is the key to success in the care programme approach.
Broadening the definition of leadership: active citizens as leaders of change
- Author:
- Connor Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 7(4), December 2002, pp.15-17.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
The term leadership has been often applicable within the work domain, where development programmes are aimed at managers and lead organisations. However the government has recognised that changes in public services require the collaboration of many stakeholders working together in partnership and has placed at the core of its policies the need to include users and carers.
Looking to the future: key issues for contemporary mental health services
- Editor:
- BASSET Thurstine
- Publisher:
- Pavilion Publishing,|Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 229p.bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Focusing on central issues and debates, key research findings and current challenges, the book is illustrated with mental health service users' poems and photographs, and presents a broad overview of the mental heath care system which is looking to the future. The book is intended as a reader for the Certificate in Community Mental Health Care. Contents include: perspectives on mental health and illness; issues around empowerment; carpers' testimonies; legal contexts across the UK; individual care planning; risk and safety; anti-racist practice in mental health assessment; community mental health services; working with people with long term needs; strategies for living with mental distress; understanding relationships; the soul of psychiatry.
Your flexible friend: finance schemes in mental health
- Author:
- PRITLOVE Jeremy
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 6(2), May 2002, pp.22-25.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Describes four flexible finance schemes in mental health which have been developed in Leeds, and the benefits which they provide for service users and carers. The schemes are: Leeds Flexifund which provides support for individual mental health service users; the Mental Health Drop-in and Outreach Budget Scheme which supports small-scale groups and activities for people with mental health problems in the community; the Time for Carers Scheme which gives grants to carers of people with mental health problems to enable them to have a break from caring; and the Supporting Parents Fund which aids parents with mental health problems to obtain child-care to improve their mental well-being.
Choice, information and dignity: involving users and carers in care management in mental health
- Authors:
- CARPENTER John, SBARAINI Silvia
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 105p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Describes the development and evaluation of an integrated approach to care management and care programming which involves empowering users and carers involved with the mental health system. The study is an example of participatory research and uses quantitative and qualitative methods to assess user and carer involvement. Looks at how mental health services can be more responsive to the needs of people with severe and long-term mental health problems and at whether it is possible to involve service users and carers effectively in developing plans for their care and treatment in the community.
Caring for the carers of people with mental health problems
- Authors:
- MUSEE Titus, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 92(25), 1996, pp.42-44.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Reports on an initiative where a ward manager has set up a forum where carers of relatives or friends with mental health problems can discuss and find solutions to their problems. In 1994, relatives and carers were invited to join the special hospital based group. The ward manager was present in a facilitative role, but a 'bottom-up' approach focused on the needs and wishes of the participants. The author stresses the importance of respecting participant's views, and communicating complaints to the relevant hospital departments.