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Mental illness and substance abuse
- Authors:
- LANCELOT Andrew, SIMS John
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 27.9.01, 2001, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Explains how a flexible, family-oriented care plan helped a mentally distressed client with alcohol problems where previous interventions had failed.
Social work practice with depressed mothers in child and family care
- Author:
- SHEPPARD Michael
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 250p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Evaluates the processes of social work intervention in terms of their appropriateness for depressed mothers and their families, based on interviews with nearly one hundred such women and their social workers. Discusses the women's experience of depression and the social workers' mental health attributions. Examines the clients' particular problems and needs, the social work response and the involvement of mental health agencies. Examines interventions related to child protection, family support and disabled children and describes the womens' experience of receiving intervention. draws conclusions and makes recommendations for future practice.
Icarus Project: reflections from down under
- Author:
- SHEEHAN Rosemary
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Europe, 8(1), 2001, pp.54-61.
- Publisher:
- Russell House
Reports on progress of the Icarus Project which investigated the nature and level of support in the community for children and parents in families where there is parental mental illness. The problem of providing satisfactory responses for such families is recognised not only across Europe but also in Australia as an issue of widespread concern. Discusses how the implications of the final report and the practical applications of such a model offer Australia the opportunity to redefine how adult mental health and child welfare services can work together with vulnerable families.
The benefits to young people experiencing psychosis, and their families, of an early intervention programme: evaluating a service from the consumers' and the providers' perspectives
- Authors:
- FISHER Angela, SAVIN-BADEN Maggi
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 64(2), February 2001, pp.58-65.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The new agenda for mental health services, driven by the National Service Framework for Mental Health, places emphasis on social inclusion, the promotion of mental health, the provision of needs-led services and the development of partnerships with users, carers and the wider community. The evaluation focused on an occupational therapy initiative that embraced this agenda and which was targeted at young people, aged between 16 and 25 years, who were experiencing or who had recently experienced psychosis. The programme integrated the provision of evidence-based psychosocial therapies, namely early intervention, family intervention, cognitive therapy and cognitive-behavioural therapy, and occupational therapy. It was evaluated by gaining the perspectives of both consumers and providers of the programme. The findings highlight the challenges of and opportunities for providing such integrated programmes. They have informed a series of recommendations, which are discussed in relation to the current political and professional contexts of health and social care modernisation and reform.