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Housing support for people with mental health problems
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 58, 2004, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Looks at how the provision of suitable housing for people with mental health problems can be improved.
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 and ethnicity
- 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
Addressed to people from ethnic minority communities affected by mental health problems, all those providing services for these groups, including primary care and voluntary sector staff, education, housing, employment and advice services.
Equity and social justice issues for residents and staff of supported residential facilities
- Authors:
- KRALIK Debbie, KOCH Tina, ASHTON Maxie
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 22(3), 2004, pp.15-24.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
This paper discusses issues that arose during a recently completed community based project that aimed to develop continence promotion strategies for people who have mental illness. The authors researched with people who had mental health issues residing in Supported Residential Facilities (SRF) and the managers of those facilities. The policy of de-institutionalisation for people with mental illness has assumed that people will have somewhere suitable to live in the community with an appropriate level of support. These assumptions have resulted in people with mental illness relying on low cost accommodation in SRFs or hostel type accommodation. The article highlights the social paradox that SRFs operate in because of their exclusion from major government funding programs and the expectation that, as private enterprises, they will operate for profit. At the same time, SRFs provide housing for some of our community's most vulnerable, disenfranchised and impoverished groups of people.
Northern Ireland: the psychological impact of “the troubles”
- Authors:
- CAMPBELL Andrea, CAIRNS Ed, MALLETT John
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aggression Maltreatment and Trauma, 9(1/2), 2004, pp.175-184.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Maintained by the desires of the Catholic community to see Northern Ireland unified with the rest of Ireland and the Protestants' desire to remain part of the United Kingdom, violence in Northern Ireland lasted for 30 years, causing 3,585 deaths. This violence impacted people's lives through mental health and intergroup relations. While some individuals were deeply scarred by “the troubles,” most learned to cope partly by habituation, distancing, and/or denial. The impact on intergroup relations has been subtler but more damaging. Segregation in housing and education is widespread. This in turn has made it harder to reach a long-term settlement.
Psychiatric disorder and unmet service needs among welfare clients in a representative payee program
- Authors:
- EVANS Jovier D., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 40(6), December 2004, pp.539-548.
- Publisher:
- Springer
This study assessed psychiatric problems, needs for psychiatric and social services, and service utilization among clients of a public assistance programme. Sixty-five clients were assessed using a structured clinical interview to determine the presence of a psychiatric disorder (using the CIDI-A), extent of social service need, and health-related quality of life (RAND SF-36). Seventy-seven percent of the sample met criteria for at least one current or lifetime psychiatric disorder. Health-related quality of life was substantially below published norms. Most clients reported needing financial, housing, and vocational assistance. Many had contact with mental health services, but few were actually receiving psychiatric treatment. Although many clients were assessed as having serious psychiatric, physical, or social needs, very few were receiving appropriate services for these problems. Findings suggest problems or barriers to the provision of services that need to be investigated among this vulnerable community population.
Reaching the hard to reach: innovative housing for homeless youth through strategic partnerships
- Author:
- VAN LEEUWEN Jamie
- Journal article citation:
- Child Welfare Journal, 83(5), September 2004, pp.453-468.
- Publisher:
- Child Welfare League of America
Features 3 housing programmes designed to target the needs of youth ageing out of child welfare. One combines housing and treatment to move substance-dependent youth off the streets; one combines the resources of Urban Peak, the only licensed homeless and runaway youth shelter in Colorado, with the Denver Department of Human Services to prevent youth in child welfare from discharging to the streets; and one addresses the intense mental health needs of this population. It costs Colorado $53,655 to place a young person in youth corrections for one year and $53,527 for residential treatment. It costs Urban Peak $5,376 to move a young person off the streets. Describes how data have driven programme development and discusses how policy implications and relationships with the public and private sector can leverage additional resources.
Mental health and housing
- 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
Over four out of five people with severe mental health problems live in mainstream housing, with the rest living in supported housing or other specialist accommodation. Half of those with their own home or tenancy live alone. Many people with mental health problems feel that they are not offered the same choices as other people when seeking a new home, and that they are frequently obliged to take hard to let properties. People with mental health problems are one-and-a-half times more likely than the general population to live in rented housing, with higher uncertainty about how long they can remain in their current home. Mental health problems are prevalent among homeless people with 30 to 50 per cent of rough sleepers having mental health problems, and as many as one in five homeless people having a mental health problem and a further issue such as substance misuse.
Victim of its success
- Author:
- GOLDIE Nigel
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 16.09.04, 2004, pp.38-39.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Future funding levels for the Supporting People programme have been reduced. Based on material collected by a Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health project this article points to benefits the programme for users in terms of greater flexibility of support provided, more independence and improved incomes. It sets out issues for providers and commissioners and draws attention to current budget pressures and their impact on services.
Community integration in the early phase of housing among homeless persons diagnosed with severe mental illness: successes and challenges
- Authors:
- YANOS Philip T., BARROW Susan M., TSEMBERIS Sam
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 40(2), April 2004, pp.133-150.
- Publisher:
- Springer
The present investigation used qualitative methods to explore the response to housing and experience of community integration of formerly homeless individuals diagnosed with severe mental illness recently housed in both independent and staffed residential settings. Findings indicate that entering into housing after a long period of homelessness is associated with improvements in community integration for most individuals diagnosed with severe mental illness. However, for a meaningful minority, the adaptation to housing may also be associated with challenges that can complicate the integration process. Implications of findings are discussed in the context of how best to tailor programs to meet the complex needs of persons diagnosed with severe mental illness and to maximize community integration.