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Metaanalysis of research on social work practice in mental health
- Author:
- VIDEKA-SHERMAN Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work: A journal of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), 33(4), July 1988, pp.325-338.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
A review of studies evaluating practice with mentally ill people.
Yoga as an intervention for older peoples mental health: a literature review
- Author:
- BELAM Georgia
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 24(3), 2020, pp.159-169.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: Yoga practice has become increasingly popular around the world for the benefits it can bring for physical and mental health. However, little research has been done regarding the use of yoga as a therapy for elderly people with mental health problems. This literature review will therefore attempt to answer the questions: what research has been done to look into the use of yoga as therapy for elderly people with a diagnosis of mental health problems, what does this research show and what future directions may this work take in the future. Design/methodology/approach: The review describes four research studies that have been done looking at the use of yoga as an intervention in older people with diagnosed mental health problems and one upcoming larger study. Findings: Therefore, it is shown that the research in this area is so far still in its infancy, but that yoga has potential to be a useful potential treatment for older people with mental health problems. Originality/value: As with all research into treatments for mental health problems, involvement of patients and their carers will be vital to ensure that the direction of the research is one that will be valuable, and that the traditions of yoga that have been of so much benefit to so many can be used to help a group of people who are often vulnerable and who sometimes do not receive all the treatment that they deserve. (Edited publisher abstract)
Demonstrating the effectiveness of housing support services for people with mental health problems: a review
- Authors:
- PLEACE Nicholas, WALLACE Alison
- Publisher:
- University of York. Centre for Housing Policy
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 81p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Housing Associations and other support providers deliver crucial services to help people improve their mental health, maximise independence, sustain their accommodation and participate in community life. This includes meeting specific mental health needs through specialist accommodation and support. There is considerable opportunity to use housing support more effectively in care pathways, as well as providing alternatives to residential care, often in out of area placements. However, there is a need for a more robust and powerful evidence base of the effectiveness of housing support. This research reviews the effectiveness measures already available and in use and considers the development of an evaluation methodology that could become the benchmark for future research and evaluation. The review found that there was considerable variation in the provision and nature of housing support services for people with mental health problems. This variation had partially arisen for historical reasons but was also linked to guidance on the use of funding streams for supported housing that defined what could be funded in quite broad terms. This gave local authorities and service providers’ scope to innovate and develop service provision in their own ways.
Complementary medicines in psychiatry: review of effectiveness and safety
- Authors:
- WERNEKE Ursula, TURNER Trevor, PRIEBE Stefan
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 188(2), February 2006, pp.109-121.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This article reviews the complementary medicines routinely encountered in psychiatric practice, their effectiveness, potential adverse effects and interactions. Electronic and manual literature search on the effectiveness and safety of psychotropic complementary medicines. Potentially useful substances include ginkgo and hydergine as cognitive enhancers, passion flower and valerian as sedatives, St John’s wort and s-adenosylmethionine as antidepressants, and selenium and folate to complement antidepressants. The evidence is less conclusive for the use of omega-3 fatty acids as augmentation treatment in schizophrenia, melatonin for tardive dyskinesia and 18-methoxycoronaridine, an ibogaine derivative, for the treatment of cocaine and heroin addiction. Systematic clinical trials are needed to test promising substances. Meanwhile, those wishing to take psychotropic complementary medicines require appropriate advice.
Movement into employment: return on investment tool. Estimation of benefits from moving an individual from unemployment into sustainable employment
- Authors:
- MALLENDER Jacqueline, et al
- Publisher:
- Public Health England
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 119
- Place of publication:
- London
This report accompanies the release of an economic tool designed to estimate the benefits of transitioning from unemployment into employment and presents the findings of a rapid evidence review that have informed the development of the tool. The review and analysis has shown that there are significant mental health benefits and consequent financial savings from returning to work, as well as direct financial benefits, while there is a paucity of robust evidence around physical health impacts. The tool allows users to understand, for a given number of people who return to work, the mental health benefits and financial benefits to a variety of stakeholders. This can also be compared against an intervention cost to understand if the intervention is cost saving (financial benefits outweigh the cost) and/or cost-effective (the cost per QALY gained is below a given threshold). The tool, combined with other available evidence around the benefits of employment, equips decision-makers with the evidence needed to support the case for better investment in areas aimed at alleviating worklessness. Better investment will likely lead to better outcomes for the individuals transitioning into employment, their families and their wider local communities, leading to an overall more healthy and inclusive society. (Edited publisher abstract)
Thematic review of family therapy journals 2011
- Author:
- CARR Alan
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Family Therapy, 34(4), November 2012, pp.431-451.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
In 2011 there was some expansion of the evidence base for systemic practice with child-focused and adult-focused problems, couples problems and family therapy conducted in medical and military contexts. There were important developments in the areas of integrative systemic practice models, competency-based training and real world research on the cost effectiveness and comparative effectiveness of family therapy. In this article the contents of the principal English-language family therapy journals published in 2011 are reviewed under these headings: child-focused problems, adult-focused problems, couples therapy, medical family therapy, military family therapy, theory, research, training, the new Journal of Couple and Family Psychology and Human Systems twenty-first anniversary.
Demonstrating the effectiveness of housing support services for people with mental health problems: a review: briefing
- Author:
- NATIONAL HOUSING FEDERATION
- Publisher:
- National Housing Federation
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Housing Associations and other support providers deliver services to help people improve their mental health, maximise independence, sustain their accommodation and participate in community life. This includes meeting specific mental health needs through specialist accommodation and support. In order to use housing support more effectively in care pathways, there is a need for a more robust and powerful evidence base of the effectiveness of housing support. This research review aims to identify outcome measures that can be used to examine the effectiveness of housing related support for people with mental health problems. It reviews the effectiveness measures already available and in use and considers the development of an evaluation methodology that could become the benchmark for future research and evaluation. It recommends that a pilot exercise to test possible evaluative measures is conducted. A robust service evaluation method should: have clear service objectives; understand and record the process of service delivery; give a voice to service users; and test service outcomes against standardised and validated measures of mental well-being, quality of life and cost-effectiveness.
Services to support carers of people with mental health problems: literature review report
- Authors:
- ARKSEY Hilary, et al
- Publisher:
- National Co-ordinating Centre for NHS Service Delivery and Organisation
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 180p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report provides a scoping review of evaluation studies of interventions and services to support carers of people with mental health problems. It discusses issues relating to the effectiveness and costeffectiveness of interventions and highlights where there are gaps in knowledge. The 204 studies included in the review were diverse and complex. Interventions were classified into 11 different groups: educational interventions of different types (36 per cent); breaks from caring (18 per cent); family interventions (10 per cent); mutual support and social activity groups (9 per cent); telephone and computer-based services (8 per cent); multidimensional approaches to caring interventions (7 per cent); counselling (4 per cent); domiciliary care services (2 per cent); physic al environment (1 per cent); services to support Carers of People with mental health problems; supporting carers through memory clinics (1 per cent); and miscellaneous (4 per cent).
Don't seize the day hospital! Recent research on the effectiveness of day hospitals for older people with mental health problems
- Authors:
- HOE Juanita, ASHAYE Kunle, ORRELL Martin
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 20(7), July 2005, pp.694-698.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Day hospital (DH) care remains a core component of mental health services for older people. However, there has been an ongoing debate about the effectiveness and value for money of DHs in comparison to day centres (DC). This article reviews recent research on the effectiveness of day hospitals for older people with mental health problems. A systematic search of relevant research literature over the last decade using the major electronic healthcare databases examining the quality and effectiveness of mental health DHs for older people. In the last decade the evidence for the effectiveness of DHs has continued to increase, but still lags behind research on DHs in general adult psychiatry and geriatric medicine. The review found that DHs appear effective at assessing and meeting needs and that a systematic approach to evaluating quality can be used to improve services. Recent research supports the effectiveness of day hospitals, but further studies are needed in order to provide a more robust evidence base.
Caring attitudes
- Author:
- ARKSEY Hilary
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.3.03, 2003, p.40.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the findings from a review of mental health carer support and the effectiveness of the services on offer. The review was carried out by the Social Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of York.