The assisted suicide of Sarah Lawson brought the plight of people caring for those with mental health problems sharply into focus. The reality of looking after people with such severe problems means they often have to live under unimaginable pressures with very little support.
The assisted suicide of Sarah Lawson brought the plight of people caring for those with mental health problems sharply into focus. The reality of looking after people with such severe problems means they often have to live under unimaginable pressures with very little support.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, mental health services, severe mental health problems, access to services, acute psychiatric care, assisted dying, carers, community care, families;
British Journal of Psychiatry, 179, October 2001, pp.346-350.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
The association between social inequality at birth and subsequent risk of schizophrenia is uncertain. This article investigates the relationship between adult-onset schizophrenia and two indicators of social inequality at birth: social class and area of residence. A matched case-control design was used with data from birth certificates of first-episode cases and age- and gender-matched controls. Concludes that indicators of social inequality at birth are associated with increased risk of adult-onset schizophrenia, suggesting that environmental factors are important determinants of schizophrenic disorders.
The association between social inequality at birth and subsequent risk of schizophrenia is uncertain. This article investigates the relationship between adult-onset schizophrenia and two indicators of social inequality at birth: social class and area of residence. A matched case-control design was used with data from birth certificates of first-episode cases and age- and gender-matched controls. Concludes that indicators of social inequality at birth are associated with increased risk of adult-onset schizophrenia, suggesting that environmental factors are important determinants of schizophrenic disorders.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, poverty, risk, schizophrenia, social work history, socioeconomic groups, urban areas, African Caribbean people, black and minority ethnic people, families, equal opportunities;
Reports on progress of the Icarus Project which investigated the nature and level of support in the community for children and parents in families where there is parental mental illness. The problem of providing satisfactory responses for such families is recognised not only across Europe but also in Australia as an issue of widespread concern. Discusses how the implications of the final report and the practical applications of such a model offer Australia the opportunity to redefine how adult mental health and child welfare services can work together with vulnerable families.
Reports on progress of the Icarus Project which investigated the nature and level of support in the community for children and parents in families where there is parental mental illness. The problem of providing satisfactory responses for such families is recognised not only across Europe but also in Australia as an issue of widespread concern. Discusses how the implications of the final report and the practical applications of such a model offer Australia the opportunity to redefine how adult mental health and child welfare services can work together with vulnerable families.
Subject terms:
interagency cooperation, intervention, mental health problems, mental health services, parents, child protection, community care, children, comparative studies, families, parental mental health;