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An evaluation of mental health telephone counselling services in Hong Kong
- Authors:
- KEUNG Daniel Wong Fu, LEUNG Anita
- Journal article citation:
- Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work, 6(2), September 1996, pp.46-57.
- Publisher:
- Times Academic
Drawing on data collected from the study of callers who had used a Mental Health Hotline and Telephone Counselling Services in Hong Kong, this article highlights the significant roles of the services within the entire mental health care system. It also addresses the roles of social workers in providing initial psychiatric assessment information, supportive counselling and referral services for callers.
The supervision of restricted patients in the community
- Author:
- PETCH Edward
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, 7(2), September 1996, pp.369-375.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
Presents a summary of the Home Office report 'The discharge and supervision of restricted patients' which describes a study of the supervision of conditionally discharged restricted patients in the community. Looks at how supervision works, how far it is valued, how effective it is in terms of recall and reoffending, and how the Home Office is perceived by supervisors.
Life on the edge: diversion and the mentally disordered offender; volume 2; practice report
- Author:
- JAMES Ann
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 89p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Volume 2 of a 2 volume report looking at innovative projects to divert mentally disordered offenders from the criminal justice system and from prison. Volume 1 summarises the key findings of the project and volume 2 provides synopses of the projects and project evaluations.
Life on the edge: diversion and the mentally disordered offender; volume 1; policy report
- Author:
- JAMES Ann
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 44p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Volume 1 of a 2 volume report looking at innovative projects to divert mentally disordered offenders from the criminal justice system and from prison. Volume 1 summarises the key findings of the project and volume 2 provides synopses of the projects and project evaluations.
The impact of primary care counselling on psychiatric symptoms
- Authors:
- GORDON Kenneth, GRAHAM Carolyn
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 5(5), December 1996, pp.515-523.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
The work of three primary care counsellors was assessed over a one year period, in which clients were offered a brief intervention, under supervision of a clinical psychologist. Results suggested that clients were referred with significant mental health problems, and that counselling was effective in reducing psychiatric symptomatology. However, some of the more severely disturbed clients needed to be referred on to specialist teams, and while it can produce cost savings in some areas, counselling may therefore also create new demands on secondary care. Concludes that general practice counselling is valuable, but should be seen as an expansion of the range of mental health care, rather than an alternative to existing specialist services.
Quality of life as an evaluative measure in assessing the impact of community care on people with long term psychiatric disorders
- Authors:
- BARRY Margaret M., CROSBY Charles
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 168, February 1996, pp.210-216.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The impact of community resettlement on the quality of life of people with long term psychiatric disorders, is evaluated in a longitudinal study. A repeated measures design was used to examine the sensitivity of an adapted version of Lehman's Quality of Life Interview in evaluating change. Completed interviews were carried out with 29 of the original cohort at one year post-discharge. The relationship between quality of life and ratings of client functioning is explored.
Mental health service evaluation
- Editors:
- KNUDSEN Helle Charlotte, THORNICROFT Graham
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 399p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Collection of papers reviewing research design, method and measurement in the field of mental health service evaluation.
Covert participant observation in a secure forensic unit
- Author:
- CLARKE Liam
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 27.11.96, 1996, pp.37-40.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
The claims made by a mental health secure unit to be a therapeutic community were explored using participant observation over a period of six weeks. The findings revealed unresolved conflicts between two groups of staff known as 'carers', who saw their role as therapeutic, and 'controllers', who saw their role as therapeutic, and 'controllers', who saw their role as being custodial. These conflicts compromised the unit's aim of being a therapeutic community. The implications for clients are discussed. Ethical issues raised by this type of covert participant observation are also discussed.
Does intensive case management work? clinical, social and quality of life outcomes from a controlled study
- Authors:
- FORD Richard, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 5(4), October 1996, pp.361-368.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Intensive case management (ICM) schemes for people with serious mental illness (SMI) are developing in popularity in the UK. This article looks at whether case management can also bring about improved outcomes. It compares the outcomes of clients receiving case management, in addition to standard mental health services, to those for a matched control group who only received standard services. Results found that the case managed group had superior improvements in social functioning, perceived social support, less risk behaviour and increased involvement with activities and social organisations. Improvements in mental state and subjective quality of life occurred but were non-significant when compared to the control group. Argues that intensive case management was able to bring about these benefits by making best use of the available treatment and rehabilitation services.
Leaving hospital II: the cost-effectiveness of community care for former long-stay psychiatric hospital patients
- Authors:
- BEECHAM Jennifer, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 5(4), October 1996, pp.379-394.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
The planning and delivery of community based care for people with long-term mental health problems has important resource consequences. Some of the main questions about the replacement of long-term hospital services with community-based care relate to the comparative costs of care in the two locations and resource needs of people discharged. This article looks at a research programme evaluating community care in Northern Ireland. It discusses the quality of life and welfare of former hospital residents before and after their discharge to community services and the costs of service provision. Results found community care to be cheaper than hospital care and that the new service was a cost-effective alternative as there was little change in clients' welfare. However, analysis of the variations in community care costs found only weak associations with clients' personal characteristics and needs, and found no link between differential spending and differential outcomes