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Partnership, co-ordination of care and the place of user involvement
- Author:
- ROSE Diana
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 12(1), February 2003, pp.59-70.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
The context for this paper is current UK policy emphasis on both `partnership' and `user involvement' and discussion on the system of Care Programme Approach (CPA). The aim was to investigate whether increasing co-ordination of care at a structural level is associated with greater user involvement. Social survey techniques were adapted in order to be user-focused and the work was prepared and carried out by service users. Service users tend to be unaware of the major way in which their care is co-ordinated but even less involved in it. On the rare occasions that service users are involved in their care and other elements of empowerment are in place, they are more satisfied overall with the services they receive. Increasing co-ordination of care at a managerial level does not necessarily lead to greater awareness or involvement amongst individual users of CPA. This may be linked to the way service users are perceived by their mental health workers and it is argued that this should change if users are to be full `partners'.
The power of creativity
- Author:
- SASSOON Mina
- Journal article citation:
- Voluntary Voice, 132, March 1999, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- London Voluntary Service Council
Profiles Core Arts, a pioneering arts project in Hackney for people with mental health problems.
Citizen Smith
- Author:
- CAMPBELL Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 8.10.97, 1997, pp.31-32.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Argues that users of mental health services are more interested in playing a fuller role in society than in better services.
Psychodynamics and empowerment in community mental health
- Author:
- DAVIS Haddy
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Practice, 10(2), November 1996, pp.157-162.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Examines the relationship between empowerment philosophy and psychodynamic principles and practices, as it applies to community mental health work. It suggests that as empowerment philosophy is more a system of values than a model of mental health and illness, it cannot in itself act as a framework for understanding and working with disturbed people. The author suggests ways of disentangling the often fraught relationship between the two frameworks by identifying the contribution that she sees each as able to make to the task of providing services which sustain people in the community, and attempt to articulate the elements of a practice model consistent with both sets of principles.
Consumer consultants in mental health services: addressing the challenges
- Authors:
- MIDDLETON Peter, STANTON Pauline, RENOUF Noel
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 13(5), October 2004, pp.507-518.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Consumer consultants are people who have suffered from a mental illness requiring treatment in a public facility, and who are employed in public mental health services to put forward a consumer perspective. The aim of this study was to investigate the experience of consumer consultants in the Victorian public mental health programme. The paper traces the development of the consumer consultant program in Victoria, Australia and examines the literature on barriers to consumer participation in mental health services. The paper then outlines a qualitative study of the experiences of consumer consultants, focussing on their perceived areas of influence, areas of difficulty and their suggestions for improvement. Organizational influences that affect the work of the consumer consultants are discussed and two "ideal types" of services outlined. Service red has institutional barriers that hinder the work of consumer consultants, whereas service green has institutional features that facilitate their work. Consumer consultants have made real gains in providing effective representation of the consumer perspective, resulting in service improvement, but the results have been uneven, and many significant barriers persist.
Work and employment for people with psychiatric disabilities
- Authors:
- BOARDMAN Jed, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 182(6), June 2003, pp.467-468.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Community mental health teams have a central role in assessing need and facilitating access to relevant local opportunities. Specialist vocational workers integrated into these teams can ensure that these needs are met within the existing care-planning approach. Vocational support cannot be simply handed over to specialists, and once people are in work any continuing support should remain the responsibility of the key worker. A satisfactory working life may reduce the need for clinical support, but such support should remain available and be tailored where possible to the constraints of the individual's working life.
The Care Programme Approach - recasting the vision
- Author:
- ASLAN Marion
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 7(2), June 2002, pp.14-17.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
The author argues that recovery-assisting mental health services can only be achieved with the person from a holistic perspective. Highlights the weaknesses of the Care Programme Approach in this context.
They had a dream
- Author:
- JAMES Adam
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.6.00, 2000, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Run by former mental health service users, Dial House in Leeds is a crisis centre with a difference. The author talks to the project's founders about the realisation of a dream.
Mental health and social work
- Editors:
- ULAS Marion, Connor Anne
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 248p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Examines the theory and practice of work with people with mental health problems. Makes an appraisal of policy and organisation options based on a discussion of the circumstances of this client group and of the different approaches to social work and social care practice. Uses research findings and case studies. Discusses: the perceptions of users by social work organisations; the implementation of services; the impact of community care arrangements; the circumstances of users who are 'hidden' from social services; the mismatch between users needs and services offered; the issue of empowerment in models of care; and the interaction between the various agencies involved.
Stuff as dreams are made on
- Author:
- BATES Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 4.4.96, 1996, p.33.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
A study of the aspirations of long-term community care patients with psychiatric problems revealed that an ambition to work is a powerful factor in many of their lives. Explores the service implications.