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Mental health and housing
- Author:
- NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT UNIT
- Publisher:
- National Mental Health Development Unit
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This factsheet presents facts and selected statistics on the connection between mental health problems, to housing issues and homelessness.
Building blocks
- Author:
- INMAN Kendra
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.9.03, 2003, pp.59-60.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses how people with mental health problems often have trouble obtaining good quality housing.
A strategic assessment of the accommodation with support needs for people with a learning disability, autism and mental health conditions 2020-2030
- Author:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Place of publication:
- London
Building the Right Home and the National Service Model state that people should have choice about where they live and who they live with. It is critical that people have the right accommodation to meet their needs to ensure sustainable housing solutions. This means that we have to have a personalised response to accommodation, which will require us to fully understand a person’s individual needs and then seek to meet those needs in the best possible way. The project set out to provide the evidence for accommodation needs in line with the principles that people with learning disabilities and/or autism who display behaviour that challenges, including those with a mental health condition should be supported to live in their own homes in the community with the right support, in a home of their choice, where they feel happy and safe. To assess the accommodation needs case management data was analysed along with interviews with practitioners while those with lived experience took part in designing and completing a survey. The project identified that some existing placements for all cohorts could move to supported living. The 10-year projections across the ICS, taking re-lets into account show a need for 663 units of accommodation with support for those with learning disabilities and autism, while the need for those with severe mental health needs is 653 accommodation units. (Edited publisher abstract)
On the outside: continuity of care for people leaving prison
- Authors:
- KEIL Joanna, et al
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 64p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Prisoners with mental health problems are being released without homes to go to, families to support them or jobs, a report from Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health has concluded. On the Outside: Continuity of care for people leaving prison finds that many released prisoners quickly lose touch with the services that are supposed to support them. Many prisoners do not know where they will be living on release. Some end up on relatives' sofas. Others go to hostels where they fear getting back into drug habits, or they end up on the streets. The report finds that probation services, charities, health and local authorities all offer considerable support to people leaving prison. Yet efforts to support released prisoners are poorly coordinated, especially for those who have been on short sentences. Prisoners with the most pressing problems often feel unsupported when their needs are greatest. And services often lose touch with people because they fail to deal with their most urgent needs as a priority. The report also finds that the Government's early release scheme led some people to leave prison abruptly and without health and social care services being arranged for them. On the Outside calls on all NHS primary care trusts to ensure that released prisoners are registered with a GP where they are going to live. Mental health services should maintain contact with people who use their services when they go to prison. And all prisoners should have a key care coordinator when they are released to maintain contact with them and help them to navigate their way through the many services they may need to help them to resettle.
Mental health and criminal justice
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Social Exclusion Unit
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Social Exclusion Unit
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Between 2003 and 2004, there were 93 suicides (known as self-inflicted deaths) in prison. People with mental health problems are more likely to be the victims rather than the perpetrators of violence: a study of people with psychosis in British inner-city areas reported that 16 per cent had been the victims of violence, compared with about 7 per cent of the inner-city population overall.
Mental health supported capital expenditure (revenue): 2005/06
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The purpose of this circular is to provide guidance on the administration and conditions attached to the Mental Health Supported Capital Expenditure (Revenue) (MHSCE(R)) for 2005/06.
'Help me out, help me in': reprovisioning, resettlement and the scope for social inclusion in Scotland
- Author:
- SCOTTISH HOMES
- Publisher:
- Scottish Homes
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Study of resettlement in the community from long-stay hospitals, and the extent to which it has promoted inclusion
Housing and health: opportunities for sustainability and transformation partnerships
- Authors:
- BUCK David, GREGORY Sarah
- Publisher:
- Kings Fund
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 38
- Place of publication:
- London
This short report, supported by the National Housing Federation, sets out ways in which sustainability and transformation partnerships and emerging integrated care systems can make more of the contribution of the housing sector to improving health. It highlights three key priorities: supporting discharge from hospital, the strategic use of NHS estates to free up land to providing housing and how good quality supported housing can help people with mental health problems to live independently in the community. It then looks at how housing can support good health across the life-course – in children, working aged adults and older people. It also makes recommendation to help strengthening housing’s place in sustainability and transformation partnerships and emerging integrated care systems. (Edited publisher abstract)
Supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals: challenges and opportunities for providers in Chicago, USA
- Authors:
- QUINN Katherine, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 26(1), 2018, pp.e31-e38.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Chronically homeless individuals often have extensive health, mental health and psychosocial needs that pose barriers to obtaining and maintain supportive housing. This study aims to qualitatively explore supportive housing providers’ experiences and challenges with housing chronically homeless individuals and examine opportunities to improve supportive housing systems of care. In 2014, the authors conducted qualitative in-depth interviews with 65 programme administrators and case managers of supportive housing programmes in Chicago, IL. Data were analysed using an inductive thematic content analysis. Analysis revealed four themes that capture the primary challenges faced by housing providers: housing priorities, funding cuts, co-ordinated entry and permanency of housing. Housing for the chronically homeless has been prioritised, yet service providers are being expected to provide the necessary services to meet the needs of this population without commensurate funding increases or agency capacity. Additionally, case managers and administrators discussed the tension over housing tenure and the permanency of supportive housing. Findings provide qualitative insight into the challenges providers face implementing supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals. (Publisher abstract)
The impact of housing problems on mental health
- Authors:
- SHELTER, COMRES
- Publisher:
- Shelter
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 18
- Place of publication:
- London
This independent research undertaken by ComRes, on behalf of Shelter, carried out interviews with 20 GP’s and a survey of over 3,000 adults in England to explore the relationship between housing and mental health. The results found that one in five adults in the sample had suffered mental health issues in the last five years due to housing problems. One in 20 of the adults surveyed had also visited a GP due to a housing issue having a negative impact upon their mental health. GPs interviewed also spontaneously identified housing issues when discussing factors involved in their patients’ mental health. GPs also identified a knowledge of where to signpost and refer patients, where mental health was linked to problems with housing. Direct quotations from the GP interviews are included. The results show how housing problems, such as housing affordability, are affecting the mental health of individuals and also resulting in additional costs to the health sector which is already under pressure. (Edited publisher abstract)