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Admission patterns by psychiatric trainees: are women patients as likely as men to be admitted for major mental illness?
- Authors:
- SAJAHAN P.M., McINTOSH A.M., CAVANAGH J.T.
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 24(2), 2000, pp.59-61.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
The authors hypothesised that the increased admission rate for men with major mental illness may be the result of men being preferentially admitted by psychiatrists. A questionnaire survey was devised and sent to all psychiatric trainees on the South-East Scotland rotation. The questionnaire contained a series of psychiatric vignettes representing conditions varying in severity of risk. Seventy-eight per cent responded to the questionnaire. Trainees were more likely to admit patients representing a greater degree of risk irrespective of the gender of the patient. The authors conclude that the increasing admission rates for men with major mental illness is unlikely to be due to admission bias by trainees.
Trends in special (high-security) hospitals: 1; referrals and admissions
- Authors:
- JAMIESON Elizabeth, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 176, March 2000, pp.253-259.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Special hospitals in England prove psychiatric care and treatment in high security. Their future is often questioned. This research tested for variation in demand for high-security psychiatric services over one 10-year period. Findings indicate that there is continuing demand from all parts of the country for high-security hospital beds. The smaller numbers admitted appear to include more demanding cases.
Critical perspectives on mental health
- Authors:
- COPPOCK Vicki, HOPTON John
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 216p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Seeks to explore and evaluate the claims of mainstream mental health ideologies and to establish what implications they critiques of these perspectives have for practice. Looks critically at the social, political and intellectual developments which have shaped psychiatric practice and the delivery of mental health services. By evaluating the impact on psychiatric thought of the social and political movements of the 1960's and 1970's, such as anti racism , anti psychiatry and radical feminism, the authors argue that these movements led to challenges to the legitimacy of psychiatry.
Gender differences in risk factors for suicide in Denmark
- Authors:
- QIN Ping, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 177, December 2000, pp.546-550.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Gender is one of the most frequently replicated predictors for suicide. This Danish study aims to identify risk factors for suicide among males and females and to investigate whether risk factors for suicide differ by gender. A history of hospitalised mental illness was the most marked risk factor for suicide for both genders. Unemployment, retirement, being single and sickness absence were significant risk factors for men, whereas having a child 2 years old was significantly protective for women. The relative risks for suicide differed significantly between genders according to psychiatric admission status and being the parent of a child 2 years. However, adjustment for these factors did not eliminate the gender difference in suicide risk.
Gender differences in depression: critical review
- Authors:
- PICCINELLI Marco, WILKINSON Greg
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 177, December 2000, pp.486-492.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
With few exceptions, the prevalence, incidence and morbidity risk of depressive disorders are higher in females than in males, beginning at mid-puberty and persisting through adult life. This article reviews putative risk factors leading to gender differences in depressive disorders. It is a critical review of the literature, dealing separately with artefactual and genuine determinants of gender differences in depressive disorders. Findings show that determinants of gender differences in depressive disorders are far from being established and their combination into integrated aetiological models continues to be lacking.
Gender differences in survival of 234 patients referred to a psychogeriatric service
- Authors:
- DAVIS Philip S., et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15(11), November 2000, pp.1061-1069.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study aimed to explore the survival characteristics of psychogeriatric patients in Western Australia. Linked health service data were analysed using relative survival analysis and actuarial methods. Gender-specific factors appear to affect survival in psychogeriatric patients. Male patients are younger on average, but experience higher mortality than female patients.
Effects of age and gender on elderly suicide rates in catholic and orthodox countries: an inadvertent neglect
- Authors:
- PRITCHARD Colin, BALDWIN David
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15(10), October 2000, pp.904-910.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
When compared to suicide rates in the general population, it may be expected that elderly suicide rates would be lower in Catholic and Orthodox societies than in non-Catholic or non-Orthodox countries because of religious affiliations and extended family traditions. National suicide rates in the general population were compared with rates in the sub-population of those aged over 75 years. Proportionately, there are significantly higher suicide rates in elderly men in Catholic and Orthodox countries, compared to rates in other countries, with a trend for similar findings among women. There may be important implications on health and social policy and clinical practice in the efforts to reduce suicide rates among elderly people.
From placement to prison: the path to adolescent incarceration from child welfare supervised foster or group care
- Authors:
- JONSON-REID Melissa, BARTH Richard P.
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 22(7), July 2000, pp.493-516.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Reports a prospective examination of adolescent incarceration for serious felony and violent offences as a post-discharge outcome for children in out-of-home placement. Results indicate that children first placed between the ages of 12 and 15, children with multiple placements and multiple spells in care, and children who have placement experiences supervised by probation following their child welfare involvement had a higher risk of incarceration for a serious or violent offence during adolescence. The risk for different ethnic groups changed according to the type of foster care experience, as well as the gender of the child. Recommendations for future research and service delivery are made.
Gender and mental health
- Author:
- PRIOR Pauline M
- Publisher:
- Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 198p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
Offers a gendered and cross cultural analysis of the experience of mental distress and of society's response to it. Draws on the latest debates in masculinity theory as well as feminist and sociological explanations of the overrepresentation of women in all measures of mental illness. Explores the relationship between socially accepted views of normality and psychiatric diagnosis for men and women. Theoretical questions about the meaning of mental disorder and its gendered pattern are then linked to social policy debates about legislation and services.
Mental Health
- Author:
- RYAN Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 2000, 2000, pp.22-24.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Surveys some research examining whether mental illness is the cause of social exclusion in people with poor mental health, or whether social class and low income are the cause of mental illness.