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Joe's diary: a SANE guide for young people
- Author:
- SANE Australia
- Publisher:
- SANE Australia
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 37p.
- Place of publication:
- Melbourne, VIC
Confusing and conflicting emotions of love and resentment are just some of the feelings faced by an estimated 30,000 young Australians who have a parent with mental illness. Joe s Diary is a guide written in the form of a teenager's journal, to provide young people with practical tips on helping themselves and finding support within and outside the family.
Standards of practice for working with children and young people in a therapeutic community setting
- Authors:
- GATISS Sheila J., POOLEY Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Therapeutic Communities: the International Journal of Therapeutic Communities, 22(3), Autumn 2001, pp.191-196.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Presents the development of a set of measurable standards for therapeutic child care institutions. Begins by outlining the British legislative and contextual framework that the standards needed to work within, together with a profile of children who are likely to be most in need of residential provision. From this information goes on to develop a model of standards incorporing the clinical needs of the children, their families and carers in an environment that encourages lasting growth and change together with social and emotional intelligence.
The benefits to young people experiencing psychosis, and their families, of an early intervention programme: evaluating a service from the consumers' and the providers' perspectives
- Authors:
- FISHER Angela, SAVIN-BADEN Maggi
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 64(2), February 2001, pp.58-65.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The new agenda for mental health services, driven by the National Service Framework for Mental Health, places emphasis on social inclusion, the promotion of mental health, the provision of needs-led services and the development of partnerships with users, carers and the wider community. The evaluation focused on an occupational therapy initiative that embraced this agenda and which was targeted at young people, aged between 16 and 25 years, who were experiencing or who had recently experienced psychosis. The programme integrated the provision of evidence-based psychosocial therapies, namely early intervention, family intervention, cognitive therapy and cognitive-behavioural therapy, and occupational therapy. It was evaluated by gaining the perspectives of both consumers and providers of the programme. The findings highlight the challenges of and opportunities for providing such integrated programmes. They have informed a series of recommendations, which are discussed in relation to the current political and professional contexts of health and social care modernisation and reform.
Ignored or ineligible: the reality for adults with autism spectrum disorders
- Authors:
- BARNARD Judith, et al
- Publisher:
- National Autistic Society
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 28p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Argues that people with autism or Asperger syndrome suffer from social exclusion and barriers to accessing services. Surveys problems relating to their rights to assessment and support; the difficulties they experience in maintaining independent living; their lack of choice in employment and housing; their exclusion from social relationships; and the consequences for them in impaired mental health. Makes recommendations for improved practice, particularly the breaking down of eligibility criteria which may exclude them from learning disability services, and the improvement of transition plans for young people moving into adulthood.