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Parental mental health and families: working together with parents
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Place of publication:
- London
This e-learning module sets out the principles that support partnership working with parents experiencing mental health problems. It considers how to use these principles to help families affected by parents with mental health difficulties to access and use support. It also examines how to use the family model to help balance the needs of the parent with those of the child when making decisions about child care. Individual sections cover: Partnership with parents; Early intervention and access; Exploring parenting issues; and Dealing with complexity.
Evaluation of an early intervention Tier 2 child and adolescent mental health service
- Authors:
- WORRALL-DAVIES Anne, COTTRELL David, BENSON Elizabeth
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 12(2), March 2004, pp.119-125.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
While the recommendation issued by the Health Advisory Service in 1995 is for a tiered child and adolescent mental health service, there is little published evidence about the outcomes of such services. The objective of this study was to evaluate an innovative community-based child and adolescent mental health service in South and East Leeds using before and after measures. The client group was children and families with emotional and behavioural problems and/or parenting difficulties. Standardised assessment of families and young people was followed by brief intervention (solution-focused therapy) to child and family. Descriptive demographic and referral pathway details were recorded, as were baseline and postintervention Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for Children and Adolescents scores. South Leeds generated almost 4 times as many referrals in the 9 months after the Tier 2 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service was set up. Clinically and statistically significant decreases in symptom scores were found for families completing work with the Tier 2 workers. Families referred on to Tier 3 had complex but not more severe problems. The new service encountered previously unmet need among troubled young people in the community, whilst freeing specialist Tier 3 staff to concentrate on complex, chronic problems.
HMT/DfES joint policy review: children and young people
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This document provides the response from SCIE to the HM Treasury (HMT) and Department for Education and Skills’ (DfES) call for evidence on the review of children and young people. It looks at the prevention strand and the review of high cost, high harm families. SCIE welcomes the HMT/DfES focus on a preventative approach to supporting children and young people, drawing on work around parental mental health and child welfare to illustrate the importance of early intervention and of a whole family approach. It argues that the needs of the whole family should be viewed separately but also together in the ways that the different needs and behaviours of different family members interrelate and impact on each other. However, specialisation in health and social care services mean that families are not treated as a whole and their interrelatedness is not recognised. This separation has led to a situation where staff in adult mental health services focus on the adult with insufficient attention paid to the adult as a parent and his/her dependent children. Staff in children's services put insufficient emphasis on the mental health needs of parents and the potential adverse impact on children.
Childhood adversity, substance misuse and young people's mental health
- Authors:
- AYNSLEY Agnes, et al
- Publishers:
- Addaction, YoungMinds
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing looks at the connection between childhood adversity and substance misuse in young people. It reports that young people who have been exposed to difficult experiences in their childhood - Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) -are at higher risk of misusing substances. Adverse Childhood Experiences can include experiences of neglect, abuse, domestic violence family, or living in households where people are misusing substances. Those affected by ACEs (including substance misuse) are also at increased risk of exposing their own children to ACEs creating an intergenerational cycle. The briefing makes recommendations for commissioners and providers to consider when creating trauma-informed services to better meet the mental health needs of young people relating to substance misuse. These include early intervention and targeted whole family support models where children are affected by adult substance misuse. It is the first in a series of briefings about the links between adversity and mental health in young people. (Edited publisher abstract)
Out of the mainstream: helping the children of parents with a mental illness
- Authors:
- LOSHAK Rosemary, (ed.)
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 224p.
- Place of publication:
- Abingdon
At least 25% of service users in community mental health teams are parents of dependent children. Serious parental mental illness is likely to have an impact on children’s emotional, social and physical wellbeing and development. Despite this, the organisation of services for children and adults has remained very separate, contributing to the difficulties of identifying and providing for the needs of these children and their families. This book identifies those aspects of mental illness which can compromise parenting and affect children’s development. It considers how the diverse groups of agencies, specialist teams and groups in the community can work together to intervene effectively. It outlines different theoretical approaches which may be in use alongside each other, including: a systems theory approach to work with families and with agencies; the psychoanalytic understanding of mental illness and its impact on family relationships and organisations; an educational approach to supporting staff, children and parents; and a psychiatric or bio-medical model of work. The book also describes an early intervention project in an inner London borough, the Children and Adult Mental Health Project (CHAMP), which brings mental health and children’s services staff together to provide a direct service to families.
Social approaches to mental distress
- Author:
- TEW Jerry
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 216p.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
This book is a core text for students and practitioners of social work and other mental health disciplines. It suggests that an over-reliance on biological models in mental health practice has resulted in growing discontent from practitioners and service users, who know that social factors also have a major impact on people's mental health. Social approaches enable practitioners to promote recovery in ways that move beyond the limitations of biomedical treatments. The book offers a holistic model for understanding and responding to mental distress. It places mental health within its broader social context, encouraging engagement with not just the person experiencing mental distress, but also their family and wider social world. Chapters include: introduction; values and working relationships; understanding experiences of mental distress; life events and social circumstances – how damaging social experiences may contribute to mental distress; power, agency and social capital; personality adaptations, resilience and vulnerability; families, relationships and social systems; social models of mental distress; early intervention and crisis resolution; recovery and social inclusion; risk taking and safeguarding; assessment, action planning and self-directed support; and concluding comments – putting social theory and research into practice.
A strategic and shared agenda to advance mental health in schools through family and system partnerships
- Authors:
- ANDIS Paul, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 4(4), November 2002, pp.28-35.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Reviews the data on the gap between young people who need and receive mental health care in the United States. Emphasises the importance of a coordinated public health approach, early intervention, and more intensive programs and services.
The Copenhagen model of early preventive intervention aimed at high risk families
- Author:
- LIER Lene
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Europe, 4(2), 1997, pp.15-18.
- Publisher:
- Russell House
Describes the development of infant psychiatric services in Copenhagen, aimed at high risk families, primarily mothers with mental illness, and their children from 0-3 years old.
Extended HOPE service: evaluation report
- Authors:
- CALDERON Ana, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 69
- Place of publication:
- London
Report on the 'Extended HOPE' project, to assess its effectiveness in providing young people with access to mental health services outside of normal business hours of 9 am-5pm. The service build upon the success of HOPE Day service through the addition of an out-of-hours Assessment and Support Service that includes both telephone contact and home visits, and through the integration of a residential service. HOPE Day service works at a preventative level with children and young people in the early stages of emotional and mental health difficulties, and is a joint partnership between health, children’s services and education. During the evaluation period the Assessment and Support Service was reached by 121 young people facing mental health crisis out of hours, or their parents (in 749 face-to-face or telephone contacts) between October 2015 and July 2016. Evidence from the evaluation the primary outcome was achieved, as evidence suggests that young people’s out-of-hours mental health needs were met more appropriately by this service. Both parents and young people were satisfied with the service, with levels of satisfaction higher for parents. The evaluation also found that families and young people felt more empowered by having someone to talk to. Staff also reported how the integration of health and social care staff and working in a multidisciplinary team (MDT) were beneficial in being able to support families comprehensively and share skills. (Edited publisher abstract)
Parental mental health and families: interventions
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Place of publication:
- London
Within the context of families who have a parent with mental health problems, this e-learning module explores how to identify the outcomes parents and children want for themselves and how these can be made central to planned supports and interventions. It shows how to use the 'think child, think parent, think family' approach and the Family Model to help to identify interventions that address the needs of the whole family and explores screening, active signposting and early intervention, and their importance as points of intervention during the care pathway. Individual sections cover: the outcomes families what; screening and active signposting; and early intervention and social inclusion.