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Equal treatment: closing the gap: information for primary care trusts, local authorities and strategic health authorities
- Author:
- DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Disability Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report probed the experience of people with mental health problems and/or learning disabilities of primary care services in England and Wales (1) after international research showed that these two groups were at higher risk of serious physical health problems. From December 2006, the NHS – including Primary Care Trusts in England and Local Health Boards in Wales - will come under the Disability Equality Duty which places them under an obligation to ensure that their policies and practices do not discriminate, and do promote equal opportunities for disabled people. But a wide range of current practices, identified by the investigation, could clearly breach this duty. The investigation provides important new evidence that people with learning disabilities and people with mental health problems are more likely to experience major illness, to develop serious health conditions at an earlier age and to die of them sooner than other people. Yet they are also less likely to receive some of the important evidence-based treatments and health checks than others with the same condition but without a mental health condition or learning disability. They also face real barriers to accessing services.
Collaborative care: an exploration into core tenents, fidelity, and policy
- Author:
- SHAH Shivam
- Publisher:
- Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 49
- Place of publication:
- London
This report reviews the available evidence the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of collaborative care models providing integrated treatment for people with co-exiting mental and physical health needs. It identifies the core principles of collaborative care and evaluates its performance in achieving the triple aim of health care of reducing costs, improve population health, and improving care experience. It also proposes policy recommendations for greater integration of this model in both the United States and the United Kingdom. (Edited publisher abstract)
Neglected minds: a report on mental health support for young people leaving care
- Author:
- SMITH Nicholas
- Publisher:
- Barnardo's
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 28
- Place of publication:
- London
This report looks at the mental health needs of care leavers and what could be done to better support them. Drawing on quantitative and qualitative research carried out with Barnardo's services, the research found that 46 per cent of the Barnardo's care leaver cases which were reviewed as part of the research involved young people who had mental health needs. In addition, 65 per cent of young people identified as having mental health needs were not currently receiving any statutory service. Barriers facing care leavers in accessing support included: information about mental health needs not being passed to leaving care teams; those supporting care leavers, such as personal advisers lacking expertise in mental health; and mental health services available are often too inflexible to meet the needs of care leavers. The report highlights good practice ideas to help overcome these barriers and better support care leavers with mental health needs. These include embedding mental health workers in leaving care teams, youth specific provision designed around the needs of young people and more training for personal advisers. (Edited publisher abstract)
Complexities and challenges: working with multiple health conditions
- Authors:
- STEADMAN Karen, SHELDON Helen, DONNALOJA Victoria
- Publisher:
- The Work Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 58
- Place of publication:
- London
This report examines the effect of multiple long term conditions on employment and looks at ‘what works’ in terms of managing and supporting people to remain, and to be productive, in work. The report draws evidence from the literature, analysis of data from the Health Survey for England 2013 which covered people of working age with at least two long-term health conditions, and interviews with people who are managing multiple health conditions in work. Evidence from the existing literature found a higher risk of comorbidity for specific groups, such as older workers, those from low socio-economic backgrounds and for women. Analysis of data from the Health Survey found that people with two or more long-term health conditions are: less likely to be in employment; are more likely to be doing unskilled work; and likely to have lower levels of job satisfaction. Musculoskeletal disorders and mental health problems were also found to have a substantial impact on employment outcomes. In terms of support, the report found that adjustments by employers, such as changes in working hours or break patterns; support provided by GPs and Occupational Health Services were found to be helpful for staff retention. The report makes recommendations focused on improving the prevention, recognition and management of multiple long term conditions during working age, and particularly in the working population. These include recommendations for individuals, employers, the health sector and government. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental health and long-term conditions 1: physical health
- Authors:
- NASH Mike, McDERMOTT Justin
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 28.6.11, 2011, pp.12-14.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Mental health service users are at greater risk of physical illness than the general population. The prevalence and increased risk in this population are discussed. Factors influencing ill health, such lifestyle and poor social support, are also examined. Finally the article looks at the role nurses can play in screening for physical conditions. The second article covers depression and long term conditions.
Families and the state: two-way support and responsibilities: an inquiry into the relationship between the state and the family in the upbringing of children
- Author:
- COMMISSION ON FAMILIES AND THE WELLBEING OF CHILDREN
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 108p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
An inquiry into the relationship between the state and the family in the upbringing of children from the Commission on Families and the Wellbeing of Children. In examining the dividing line between family autonomy and legitimate state intervention, and the scope of the state's obligations to support families, the Commission has been guided by the Human Rights Act 1998 and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989. Families and the state. This report was published in 2005 following the Commission's inquiry into the relationship between the state and family in the upbringing of children. The report calls for a new ethic of care in public policy to support family relationships and children's wellbeing. It highlights the substantial minorities who are faced with poverty, poor mental health and inequalities in physical health and education. It recommends a framework of universal family services to which all parents and families would be legally entitled, as well as specialist support for families in conflict or with series difficulties that carry greatest risks of harming children's development.
Stressed out and struggling project report 1: service-mapping
- Authors:
- PUGH Kathryn, MEIER Richard
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report details the results of a qualitative mapping of how well Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in England and Scotland consider they are meeting the mental health needs of 16-25 year-old young adults. This publication is one of a series of outputs from the Stressed Out and Struggling (SOS) Project, funded by the Big Lottery Fund. The project aims to raise awareness of the mental health needs of 16-25 year-olds and to improve access to mental health services for this age group. The report is aimed at commissioners and providers of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS), as it offers services and commissioners the opportunity to compare how well they are meeting the needs of young adults with respondents to the survey. In 2005 we wrote to all PCTs to ask them to complete two questionnaires about a range of topics relating to the provision of mental health services for 16-18 year-olds and 19-25 year-olds
Information for higher education institutions on helping students with personality disorder or personality difficulties
- Author:
- YOUNGMINDS
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This paper is intended for heads of student support services, student counselling service managers, mental health co-ordinators, disability support teams, hall managers, wardens, heads of academic departments and academics. It has been written in order to help Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) deal appropriately and helpfully with students who can be described as having significant personality difficulties or who have a diagnosis of personality disorder. The information in this paper has been geared towards this wide audience because of the nature of the problems that personality difficulties can give rise to. Wardens, academics and student support service staff can all be affected by the problems (and sometimes uproar) that can result when people with these difficulties are struggling to cope with everyday situations and relationships with others; and it is hoped that this paper will provide some insight into managing and helping students with these problems. Although this paper employs a psychiatric model, it does not set out to medicalise or pathologise people’s behaviour; rather, the model is merely being used in order to describe particular behaviours and experiences. There is considerable debate within the mental health community as to whether the concept of personality disorder adequately captures the experience of people identified as personality-disordered, and some question what relevance the term has in non-medical settings, such as Higher Education; some people have reservations about using the term at all.
Illness beliefs in schizophrenia
- Authors:
- KINDERMAN Peter, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Science and Medicine, 63(7), October 2006, pp.1900-1911.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Beliefs about health and illness shape emotional responses to illness, health-related behaviour and relationships with health-care providers in physical illness. Researchers are beginning to study the illness beliefs of people with psychosis, primarily using models developed in relation to physical illness. It is likely that modifications to these models will be necessary if they are to apply to mental disorders, and it is probable that some of the assumptions underlying the models will be inappropriate. In particular, different dimensions of understanding may be present in mental illness in comparison to those identified in physical illness. The present study examines the beliefs of 20 patients in the UK diagnosed with schizophrenia, including 10 currently psychotic inpatients and 10 outpatients in remission, about their experiences, using qualitative interviews and thematic analysis. Patients currently experiencing psychosis did not identify their experiences as separable ‘illnesses’ and did not have ‘illness beliefs’. Patients currently in a period of remission appraised their experiences as distinct from their own normal behaviour, but used conceptual frameworks of understanding that deviated significantly from conventional ‘health belief’ models. Patients’ ways of understanding mental illness did not parallel those described in physical illnesses. Methods for assessing beliefs about mental illness should therefore not be transferred directly from studies of beliefs about physical illness, but should be tailored to the nature of patients’ beliefs about mental illness.
Promoting mental health and well-being in later life: a first report from the UK Inquiry into Mental Health and Well-Being in Later Life
- Author:
- LEE Michele
- Publishers:
- Alcohol Concern, Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 81p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The report draws on the views of nearly 900 older people and highlights discrimination, participation, relationships, physical health and poverty as key factors impacting on mental health and well-being in later life. It is often assumed that mental health problems are an inevitable part of growing older. This is not the case. There is much we can do to promote good mental health and well-being in later life. This report shows us what can be done. The report makes recommendations to national and local government, voluntary organisations, community groups, businesses, the media and others. Action is needed at the local and community levels. Local government has a key role to play.