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Children's mental health: current findings and research directions
- Authors:
- LeCROY C Winston, ASHFORD Jose B.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Research and Abstracts, 28(1), March 1992, pp.13-20.
- Publisher:
- National Association of Social Workers
Summarises the research literature on community, residential and hospital services, and on preventive work.
A scoping review of care received by young people aged 16-25 when admitted to adult mental health hospital wards
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Public Mental Health, 15(4), 2016, pp.216-228.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent, range and nature of literature concerning the mental health inpatient care of the young adult population (16-25 years) who have been admitted to adult mental health wards. This paper reports the findings and positions these in the context of the broader nature to adult inpatient care, evaluates the quality of the evidence and identify gaps in the literature. Design/methodology/approach: This paper uses an adapted scoping review methodology, allowing for a broad search but utilised established steps that allowed for a structured, rigorous approach to be used. CINAHL, Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Google Scholar, plus a secondary hand search were conducted resulting in eight papers, of quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods papers. Findings: Findings show admissions follow similar paths as to adults; admission reasons are largely unknown beyond simple descriptors; admission lengths are unknown whilst on adult wards; staff feel confident yet lack resources; young people feel the transition from CAMHS ward to adult ward can be beneficial if done sensitively; young people have positive experiences of adult wards, including factors that may not be present on CAMHS wards, e.g. role modelling by older patients; young people feel scared and vulnerable, including when excluded from decision making; however, involving young people can cause stress and be confusing if not done sensitively. Research limitations/implications: The scoping review identified a limited amount of research evidence for the care of young people admitted to adult wards. The research methods used in these papers were varied and none was of a high-quality standard. All studies contained methodological gaps which detract significantly from their findings and conclusions. The studies go some way to fill the gaps in knowledge and evidence base for this group, although in doing this scoping review was to unearth more gaps in knowledge. Originality/value: This scoping review collates findings from the literature regarding young people’s admissions to adult mental health wards. This sensitive and controversial area of mental health care is shown to be lacking in high-quality research. Young people are being admitted to adult wards in increasing numbers year on year in the UK, yet little research has been conducted to identify when and where treatment has been appropriate. This review provides a start to understanding what is known about admission and treatment for this group and what is not known so that these gaps may be investigated in future research. (Publisher abstract)
On the inside: a narrative review of mental health inpatient services
- Authors:
- GLASBY Jon, LESTER Helen
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 35(6), September 2005, pp.863-879.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This paper describes and discusses the results of a narrative review of inpatient mental health services in the UK. Four main themes emerge from the review: the growing pressure on inpatient hospital services; the negative experience of inpatient services reported by many service users; the problematic nature of hospital discharge; and possible alternatives to hospital admission. This review also suggests that a failure to recognize and act on what appears to be happening in hospitals could result in inpatient care once again being subject to the scrutiny and criticism that cast a shadow over psychiatric services in the 1960s and 1970s. To stop this happening, current government policy is right to focus attention back onto acute care through new guidance and by commissioning research. However, changes also need to take place at a practice level so that front line workers are familiar with conditions in local acute services and can challenge unacceptable behaviour/services in support of their service users. With current changes in the make-up of local mental health services and a greater emphasis on partnership working between health and social care, it may be that social care practitioners can do this not only from the outside, but increasingly ‘on the inside’ (from within integrated health and social care organizations).
International differences in home treatment for mental health problems: results of a systematic review
- Authors:
- BURNS T., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 181(11), November 2002, pp.375-382.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
It is perceived that North American home treatment studies reveal greater success in reducing days in hospital than do European studies. There are difficulties in extrapolating findings internationally. North American studies demonstrate greater differences in days in hospital but patients in their experimental services seem to spend no fewer days in hospital, implying a disparity in control services.
Discharge procedures for mentally ill people: the perspectives of professionals and former psychiatric patients on their quality of life
- Author:
- DUFAKER M.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 3(2), April 1994, pp.66-74.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Draws on the literature about the quality of life and social relations to integrate a number of key concepts. According to former patients, the quality of life was influenced by duration of and stigma attached to mental illness, being without work, financial difficulties, inability to exert influence over their own situation and negative expectations of the future. Illness patterns seemed to be the all-pervading issue when professionals considered their former patients' quality of life. The professionals demanded continuation of a patient role, the patients wanted to embark on an ordinary life.
The effectiveness of old age psychiatry services
- Author:
- DRAPER Brian
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15(8), August 2000, pp.687-703.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This Australian study examines outcomes of acute service delivery in old age psychiatry using a review of the literature. The review includes controlled trials, audits and surveys of the outcomes of service delivery in old age psychiatry located in acute hospitals and community settings. With the exception of outreach services to nursing homes, long term institutional care was excluded. The majority of studies indicated that old age psychiatry services have positive acute treatment outcomes, particularly with depression. There is insufficient evidence to determine which types of care are associated with better outcomes.
Violence and its management in in-patient mental health settings: a review of the literature
- Author:
- BELL Fraser
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 3(11), July 2000, pp.370-372.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
As evidence mounts of increasing rates of violence in in-patient mental health units, the professions debate how to avert and control such incidents. This article reviews the literature on incidence, staff on the receiving end of violent attack, and the numerous interventions and techniques developed to deal with patient violence, such as control and restraint, verbal de-escalation and risk assessment.