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An investigation into the care and treatment of Mr N
- Author:
- MENTAL WELFARE COMMISSION FOR SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 27p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland has the legal authority to investigate cases where an individual who has a mental illness, learning disability or other mental disorder may have been ill treated or neglected or received deficient care or treatment. This report relates to an investigation into the care and treatment of a man who was subject to a compulsory treatment order when he died as a result of falling from a high bridge. The report explains the case background, describes how the investigation was conducted and presents a detailed review of care and treatment provided, based on examination of case records and interviews. It sets out the investigation analysis, findings and conclusion, and makes recommendations for the NHS Board and local authority, covering transition from hospital to community care, periods of leave from hospital, communication, the care programme approach, and support for people on leave from hospital.
Service provision for people with learning disabilities and psychiatric disorders in Northern Ireland
- Author:
- TAGGART Laurence
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, 1(1), March 2007, pp.18-21.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article provides an overview of service provision for people with learning disabilities and psychiatric disorders in Northern Ireland. The first part of the article briefly describes how learning disability services are structured, and highlights how service provision across Northern Ireland is set to dramatically change as a result of Equal Lives (Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, 2005) and overall healthcare modernisation. Secondly, the article explores the prevalence rates of psychiatric disorders in people with learning disabilities in light of recent Northern Irish studies. Third, a review of current psychiatric service provision is provided, this is followed by an examination of recent hospital and community developments. Finally, the article describes some educational and research developments that have focused on the mental health of people with learning disabilities.
Home treatment for acute mental disorders: an alternative to hospitalization
- Author:
- HEATH David S.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 293p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
When a patient is in need of intensive psychiatric care, the first step is often hospitalization. However, psychiatric home treatment is proposed as an alternative. Model programs in Canada and the United Kingdom are publicly administered by community health agencies or teaching hospitals. Psychiatric Home Treatment provides a review of the literature on home care and describes working programs around the world. This timely volume reviews treatment plans for different disorders with case illustrations, explains the administration of a PHC program and offers guidelines to case workers. It will be of interest to mental health professionals and policy makers working on the issue of patient hospitalization.
The impact of a state hospital closure on local jails: the Kansas experience
- Author:
- SEVERSON Margaret E.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 36(6), December 2000, pp.571-587.
- Publisher:
- Springer
In 1990, Kansas' mental health reform legislation began transferring fiscal support for the delivery of mental health services from hospitals to community based services. Kansas jails were studied to assess the impact of the closure of the state hospital on the jail system. Though a relationship between the hospital closure and incarceration rates could not be substantiated, the results of this study provide a rare over-view of the extent of and problems associated with the incarceration of people with mental health problems in a predominantly rural US state.
Hospital manager's review
- Authors:
- CURRAN Christopher, GRIMSHAW Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Open Mind, 100, November 1999, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Compulsory detention under the 1983 Mental Health Act raises important issues relating to the civil liberty of the individual concerned. Hospital managers are the formal detaining authority under the 1983 Mental Health Act, and the Act permits a patient to request a review of their detention. This article reviews the legal responsibilities of the hospital manager.
Admission to an acute psychiatric ward
- Author:
- MOORE Christina
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 14.1.98, 1998, pp.58-59.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
The findings of the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health's study confirm that acute psychiatric services are failing both staff and patients. This article, the first of a three-part series drawing on the study's results, examines the reasons for this failure.
Time to get tougher
- Author:
- WHELAN Norman
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 23.8.95, 1995, p.52.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Draws on the author's experience of moving clients with mental health problems into the community to argue that nurses have to become more political.
Crisis? What crisis?
- Author:
- COBB Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 12.1.95, 1995, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Argues that community-based crisis services for people with mental health problems are more effective than hospital based care.
Human rights in mental health services: good practice guide
- Author:
- MENTAL WELFARE COMMISSION FOR SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 74
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This guide explains how and where human rights impact on the provision of mental health care and how staff can best ensure that the key rights are respected. It is aimed at staff in hospital and community teams in Scotland and has been written in consultation with mental health care practitioners, users of services, and patients’ relatives who have direct experience of adult acute settings. It looks at each of the rights set out in the Rights in Mind pathway to patients’ rights in mental health services. There is a section for each stage, covering patient’s rights in the community, hospital admission, hospital care, and hospital discharge. The guide also sets out overarching rights that apply across all of these stages. Short case studies are included to illustrate different scenarios. The guide can be used both as a reference guide and as an improvement resource to help staff reflect on their policies and practice. (Edited publisher abstract)
“Risky Business”: a critical analysis of the role of crisis resolution and home treatment teams
- Authors:
- RHODES Penny, GILES Sally J.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 23(3), 2014, pp.130-134.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Background: In 2000, the Department of Health for England recommended the creation of crisis resolution and home treatment teams (CRHTs) in order to reduce the number and length of psychiatric hospital admissions. Central to this was the role of gate-keeping all potential admissions. Aim: To examine the interface between crisis resolution and home treatment and other mental health services. Methods: Semi-structured interviews with mental health professionals (n = 25) at eight sites within one Strategic Health Authority region. Results: Despite wide variation in approach and provision, all teams were confronting common issues related to tensions at both ends of the service user trajectory – on initial assessment and on discharge. Conclusion: The CRHT model is likely to be most effective when there is low staff turnover, flexibility in inter-team working arrangements and senior practitioners have both acute and community experience. Rather than being seen primarily as gatekeeper to the acute service, it would be better to take a system approach and view the CRHT as a resource for clients awaiting discharge or seeking to avoid hospital admission that is equally available to both acute and community services. (Publisher abstract)