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Risk factors for tenancy breakdown for mentally ill people
- Authors:
- SLADE Mike, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 8(4), August 1999, pp.361-371.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
People with mental health problems are at risk of tenancy breakdown. This study investigates the risk factors associated with a loss of tenancy. Four risk factors were identified: lack of support following a crisis; regular contact with services; lapses of housing benefit following hospital admission; and having no support other than the specialist resettlement team. The implications of these risk factors are discussed.
Out of sight, out of mind
- Author:
- GULLAND Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 1.9.99, 1999, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Reports on a new survey from Crisis which reveals that one in three people evicted from their homes has a mental health problem.
Homelessness and the use of acute psychiatric beds: findings from a one-day survey of adult acute and low-level secure psychiatric patients in North and South Thames regions
- Authors:
- KOFFMAN Jonathan, FULOP Naomi
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 7(2), March 1999, pp.140-147.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article describes the impact of homelessness on the use of adult acute and low-level secure psychiatric beds in North and South Thames regions. The article specifically focuses on those homeless patients who no longer required the acute psychiatric facilities in order to determine the complement of accommodation and alternative services necessary to enable them to be discharged. Concludes that homeless psychiatric in-patients have contributed to the increasingly precarious state of mental health services provision and represent a failure to provide a sufficient level of community alternatives for those who can no longer access the long-stay hospital services, and for whom the pool of acute psychiatric beds is ever reducing.
Outcome of long stay psychiatric patients resettled in the community: prospective cohort study
- Authors:
- TRIEMAN Noam, LEFF Julian, GYLES Glover
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 3.7.99, 1999, pp.13-16.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
This research examines the outcome of psychiatric patients resettled in the community in residential settings in north London over a 5 year period. The main outcome measures include continuity and quality of residential care, readmission to hospital, mortality, crime and vagrancy. Results found that nearly 90 percent of those surviving the period were living in the community after the follow up, with crime and homelessness presenting few problems. Concludes that when carefully planned and adequately resourced , community care for long stay psychiatric patients is beneficial to most individuals and has minimal detrimental effects on society.
Cost-effectiveness of assertive community treatment for homeless persons with severe mental illness
- Authors:
- LEHMAN Anthony F., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 174, April 1999, pp.346-352.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Homelessness is a major public health problem among persons with severe mental illness. Evaluates the cost-effectiveness of an assertive community treatment (ACT) programme for these persons in the USA. Concludes that ACT provides a cost effective approach to reducing homelessness among persons with severe and persistent mental illness.
Mental disorder among homeless and poor people: a comparison of assessment methods
- Authors:
- BELLAVIA Charles W., TORO Paul A.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 35(1), February 1999, pp.57-67.
- Publisher:
- Springer
This American study assessed mental disorders among homeless and poor adults using four different methods: (a) history of psychiatric hospitalisation, (b) structured clinical interview, (c) self-report symptom checklist, and (d) interviewer ratings. The results suggest that the variation in rates of mental illness across existing studies is due to methodological differences and that, with the exception of the structured interview, the various methods fail to adequately distinguish mental disorder from substance abuse.
Phone home
- Author:
- SADLER Catharine
- Journal article citation:
- Community Practitioner, 72(2), February 1999, pp.9-10.
- Publisher:
- Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association
Reports on a new telephone helpline set up by the homeless charity Shelter which is designed to offer fast assistance to the thousands of people facing housing problems.
From pillar to post: failing to meet the support and housing needs of vulnerable people
- Author:
- WATERS Matthew
- Publisher:
- Shelter
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report, based on a study of the direct experiences of Shelter's housing aid centres and projects, showing how the failure of housing and social services to work together can lead to problems for vulnerable people in maintaining their accommodation and ultimately, to homelessness.
The personal in the political: exploring the group work continuum from individual to social change goals
- Authors:
- COHEN Marcia B., MULLENDER Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work with Groups, 22(1), 1999, pp.13-31.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article analyses three examples of group work practice in order to examine the relationship between internal and external change goals across the practice continuum. Using the conceptual framework of the British model of self-directed group work, the authors explore the potential of social action groups to meet individual, interpersonal, and social needs. The three practice illustrations include a poetry group in a service centre for homeless and low-income adults, a peer support group in a recipient-directed mental health agency, and a community meeting group in a homeless shelter.
Mental health of the statutorily homeless population: secondary analysis of the Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys
- Authors:
- SIMS Jane, VICTOR Christina R.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 8(5), October 1999, pp.523-532.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
The prevalence of neuroticism, as measured by the CIS-R, was compared across two groups: the statutorily homeless and those in private households, using data from the Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys. Homeless people, many of whom were young adults, experienced twice the rate of neurotic disorder. The raised prevalence was associated with stressful life events such as long-term illness, plus the lack of social support. Homeless people with mental health problems were more likely to be treated as in-patients rather than out-patients. Holistic management of patients facing socio-economic adversity is needed to improve psychiatric morbidity.