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Health, health behaviour and functional ability predicting depression in old age: a longitudinal study
- Authors:
- KIVELA Sirkka-Liisa, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 11(10), October 1996, pp.871-877.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The predictive value of health, health behaviour and functional ability for the occurrence of depression in elderly Finns is described using a longitudinal design. The persons determined as not being depressed in an epidemiological study in 1984-85 were interviewed and examined in a follow-up study in 1989-90. Describes the symptoms indicating depression for men and women and identifies factors likely to result in a greater risk of depression occurring in old age. The risk factors were analysed by contrasting the persons depressed in 1989-90 with those not depressed. The results support the hypotheses of a multifactorial aetiology and a relapsing and episodic course of depression in old age.
Nae job, nae future: young people and health in a context of unemployment
- Authors:
- WEST Patrick, SWEETING Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 4(1), January 1996, pp.50-62.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
There is increasing concern about the health, particularly mental health, of young people and the factors that affect it. Drawing on data from the West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study: Health in the Community, this paper describes the pattern of health in 1000 young people between the ages of 15 and 21, within a context of their experience and expectations of unemployment. Poorer mental health was strongly linked to the experience of unemployment and being at home, the latter predominantly involving females. Highlights the problem of limited employment opportunities as a major public health concern which should not be forgotten when planning services.
Physical complaints, service use and treatment of residents with psychiatric disorders
- Authors:
- MELTZER Howard, et al, GREAT BRITAIN. Office of Population Censuses and Surveys
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 72p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report presenting statistics on people with mental health problems living in hospitals, residential care homes and other types of residential care and focusing on: the relationship between physical health and mental health of residents; medication and other forms of treatment received by residents; and use of services received by residents.
Select committee on children's health
- Author:
- WILSON Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Young Minds Magazine, 27, October 1996, p.9.
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
Reflects on presenting oral evidence on the mental health needs of children and adolescents to the all-party Health Committee's inquiry at Westminster.
Accident neurosis revisited
- Author:
- MAYOU Richard
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 168, April 1996, pp.399-403.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Discusses how accident neurosis are dealt with in psychiatric texts and what needs to be outlined for the future.
Off to a bad start: a longitudinal study of homeless young people in London
- Authors:
- CRAIG T.K.J., et al
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 56p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Research study looking at 161 homeless young people aged between 16 and 21 in central London and comparing their educational attainments, their present circumstances and their mental and physical health with those of a group of young people of the same age who are not homeless.
Senior center programming and frailty among older persons
- Author:
- KROUT John A.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 26(3/4), 1996, pp.19-34.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Presents a review and critique of American research published on senior citizen programming either directed towards the needs of frail elders or those which can reduce the likelihood of impairments through disease prevention and health promotion activities. Also identifies the elements that seem to be common to the development and operation of such programmes. Goes on to outline the questions that need to be examined if there is to be a better understanding of the impact of senior centres on frail elders.
Teenage mothers and the adult mental health of their sons: evidence from a Stockholm cohort
- Author:
- TIMMS Duncan
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adolescence, 19(6), December 1996, pp.545-556.
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
Uses data from a Swedish male cohort born in 1953 to investigate the effects of teenage motherhood on later mental health and illness. Measure of coping ability and psychiatric impairment at the age of 19 years and of hospitalisation with a psychiatric diagnosis at ages 20-30 show that the sons of teenage mothers have a poorer health record than those born to older women. The results found that the differences disappear, however, when controls are introduced for the marital and socio-economic status of the boys' mothers, and the data suggest that teenage motherhood is not associated with poor outcomes in the absence of other predisposing factors.
Psychiatric morbidity among homeless people
- Authors:
- GILL Baljit, et al, GREAT BRITAIN. Office of Population Censuses and Surveys
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 252p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report presenting findings from an OPCS survey. 4 samples of homeless adults aged 16-64 were included in the survey: residents of hostels for homeless people; homeless people, mostly families, housed in temporary private sector accommodation; people staying in nightshelters; and homeless people sleeping rough who visited day centres. In connection with psychiatric morbidity the report also looked at use of drugs, alcohol and tobacco, physical health, treatment and use of services, and the economic, social and financial circumstances of the homeless people surveyed.