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Social prescribing for individuals living with mental illness in an Australian community setting: a pilot study
- Authors:
- AGGAR Christina, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 57(1), 2021, pp.189-195.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Social prescribing, also known as “community referral”, is a means of referring individuals living in the community to existing local non-clinical health, welfare, and social support services. International evidence demonstrates that social prescribing improves biopsychosocial quality of life, and burden on health services. Australia’s first social prescribing pilot program for individuals with mental illness (mood and psychotic spectrum disorders) was implemented in Sydney in 2016/2017; this study evaluates that program. Participants included 13 adults who were assessed at baseline and six-month follow-up. Outcomes included self-perceived quality of life, welfare needs, health status, loneliness, social participation, and economic participation. Results indicate significant improvements in quality of life and health status. This pilot program demonstrates that social prescribing may improve participant outcomes. It fits well within Australian health policy and funding models which focus on bolstering community care, and may be scalable, particularly in geographically isolated communities. (Edited publisher abstract)
Can the police establish a caring role in community mental health procedures?
- Author:
- STEPHENS Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Care in Place the International Journal of Networks and Community, 1(1), March 1994, pp.65-77.
The policy in both the USA and the UK of closing mental hospitals and decanting patients into the community has resulted in enormous problems for the police. Handling people with thought disorders or with psychotic behaviour has proved to be both frustrating and time consuming for many police officers, especially since they lack any immediate support form mental health agencies. The development of crisis intervention schemes along the lines of the one operating in Madison, Wisconsin, USA, would serve to benefit the community-based treatment of people with mental health problems and the interests of the police.
The Wellness Workshop
- Authors:
- BOWYER Terry, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, January/February 2013, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Using peer specialist – people with their own lived experiences of mental illness – in a service to explore and promote the principles of recovery in mental health crisis has been viewed as good practice for some time. In Dorset, this has been developed with the Wellness Workshop, which was designed and implemented by peer specialist. This article discussed the development of the workshop and provides an overview of how it is delivered. It also discusses the lessons that have been learnt so far, and provides ideas for how it will move forward in the future.
Medical model on top
- Author:
- METTERI Anna
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.9.02, 2002, p.48.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at Finnish mental health care policy where the medical model in psychiatry has been strengthened. Argues that it is now up to staff to move towards more collaborative methods of working.
Intensive community assessment and intervention for challenging behaviour: a case study
- Authors:
- FINLAY W. Mick, DUCKETT Stephanie, ELIATAMBY Anna
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 23(1), 1995, pp.18-23.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes the intensive assessment of a man's challenging behaviour in the community and the interventions developed as a result. There were found to be many contributing factors, and interventions led to a marked improvement in the man's quality of life, communication and behaviour in the community. The process enabled community staff members to develop competence in supporting people who challenge, and allowed the man to remain in his normal environment.
A model without a model
- Author:
- SONE Kendra
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.5.92, 1992, pp.12-14.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Following the Italian Reform Act 1978, which ordered the closure of mental hospitals and psychiatric intervention on community based services, services are now provided by local mental health centres in rural and urban areas.
Enabling older people with mental health needs to engage with community social care: a scoping review to inform a theory of change
- Authors:
- NEWBOULD Louise, TUCKER Susan, WILBERFORCE Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(4), 2022, pp.1286-1306.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Despite apparent need, many older people with cognitive impairment and/or mental health needs do not fully engage with social care. This can manifest in different ways, including passive or aggressive attempts to avoid or repel care workers. However, little is known about how to support such individuals in their own homes and deliver effective care. Against this background, the researchers undertook a scoping review with a view to developing a preliminary theory of change suggesting how care might be modified to engage this client group. The most recent search was conducted on 21/04/21. Papers were included if they (i) focused on older people (65+) living at home with social care needs and (ii) described difficulties/problems with the provision/receipt of social care associated with individuals’ mental health needs. Twenty-six citations were identified through electronic database searches and reference screening, and the results were charted according to key theory of change concepts (long-term outcomes, preconditions, interventions, rationale and assumptions). All the included papers were related to people with dementia. Four subgroups of papers were identified. The first highlights those external conditions that make it more likely an intervention will be successful; the second describes specific interventions to engage older people who by virtue of their mental health needs have not engaged with social care; the third explores what services can be done to increase service uptake by older people with mental health needs and their caregivers more generally; and the fourth details theoretical approaches to explaining the behaviour of people with dementia. Each provides information that could be used to inform care delivery and the development of interventions to improve engagement with health and social care for these individuals. The study concludes that different framing of engagement difficulties, such as that offered through positioning theory, may assist in future service design. (Edited publisher abstract)
Community treatment orders and social factors: complex journeys in the mental health system
- Authors:
- HAYNES Philip, STROUD Julia
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 41(4), 2019, pp.463-478.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) have developed rapidly in England and Wales to become a substantial legal intervention. Mixed methods were used to analyse CTOs as one intervention in a complex mental health system and its relationship with social factors. CTOs are used more than expected, with a high number of revocations and renewals. Less than half of CTOs are discharged on time. Service users experience multiple social disadvantages and isolation. They value the stability of a relationship with a care coordinator, but are ambivalent about medication, and can have negative feelings about coercion. Those experiencing recovery tend to initiate social activities, but have poor engagement in care plans, tribunals and reviews. CTOs reduce compulsory hospitalisation, but give rise to human rights issues in the community. Without major social investment to support those with chronic mental health conditions, CTOs may remain the best compromise to balance the demands and requirements of legal and health policy. (Edited publisher abstract)
Evaluation of the Connecting People Intervention: a pilot study
- Author:
- UNIVERSITY OF YORK
- Publisher:
- NIHR School for Social Care Research
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- London
Summarises the findings of a study on the impact of Connecting People Intervention (CPI). The intervention provides a framework for practitioners to support isolated people to engage with their local communities and enhance their social networks. It was piloted in fourteen social and health care agencies in England from both the third and statutory sectors to evaluate its effectiveness and cost-effectiveness in enhancing the social participation of people with mental health problems or a learning disability. The research findings indicate that when the CPI model is integrated more fully into social care practice, service users are supported to develop and maintain social relationships with family, friends and members of the local community as appropriate to their needs and wishes. Personalisation can facilitate the process of connecting people, but eligibility thresholds for personal budgets are high, which restricts access to them for many people recovering from mental health problems. The paper concludes that policy makers, commissioners and senior managers in provider services need to re-orientate social and health care services to be more focused on the communities in which they are located. (Edited publisher abstract)
Getting there: lessons from Devon and Plymouth's work to return people home to their communities from institutional placements
- Author:
- DUFFY Simon
- Publisher:
- Centre for Welfare Reform
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 37
- Place of publication:
- Sheffield
This is the second of three reports commissioned by NEW Devon CCG to support development of the Beyond Limits Project. The project aims to bring back disabled people and people with mental health needs from institutional services and help them return home. The report reflects on the processes that are currently in place for managing crises, commissioning support and discharging people from institutional services. It begins by putting the work from Devon and Plymouth in its national context, suggesting that, while there is a national drive to address the problem of excessive institutional placements for people with learning disabilities, overall the problem is growing. The second section describes progress in the development of personalised support in Devon and Plymouth, highlighting that its immediate challenge is to offer people the right kind of flexible support so they can return home successfully. The third section outlines some of the work taking place to reduce the risk of the new people being sent away to institutional placements while the fourth section examines some of the questions about the underlying cause. The conclusion summarises some of the lessons for local and national agencies, including the need to take values seriously, and to combine them with the kind of realism and pragmatism that makes things happen. (Edited publisher abstract)