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Mental health
- Author:
- RYAN Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, April 1997, pp.14-16.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Cognitive-behavioural therapy is a vital tool for practitioners working with people with long-term mental illness. Looks at how so far the skills to use it have been made available to the medical professions rather than to social workers.
Reasons for consultation in the psychiatric out-patient clinic of a university teaching hospital in Nigeria: is this optimal use of psychiatrists' time and expertise?
- Authors:
- OMIGBODUN Olayinka, ESAN Oluyomi
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 27(10), November 2003, pp.421-423.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
The aim was to identify activities that can be modified in the psychiatry out-patient clinic in order to improve the quality of services rendered. Consulting doctors obtained information on the reason for consultation and time spent by each patient over a one-month period. Half of all the patients (50.5%) came for a repeat prescription, and 19.3% came for a repeat prescription and counselling. The mean times spent on these two activities were 5.13 (s.d.=2.5) and 7.81 (s.d.=7.51) minutes, respectively. The time spent on these activities by doctors was 47% of the total clinic time. Clinic services should be reorganised so that doctors can use their skills in more efficient and creative ways.
Just one per cent: the experiences of people using mental health services
- Authors:
- UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA, RETHINK
- Publisher:
- Rethink
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- Kingston upon Thames
Rethink regularly carries out social survey research to monitor expert opinion on standards of mental health care. The recent Our Point of View survey, upon which this report is based, asked are things getting better for the people who use mental health services, their families and friends at the beginning of the 21st Century in Britain? This report looks at what service users want in order to feel fully represented.
Psychiatric medication: use, attitudes and effect in social work students and clinicians
- Authors:
- DAVIS-BERMAN Jennifer, PESTELLO H. Frances
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Mental Health, 1(2), 2002, pp.31-42.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This exploratory, descriptive study assessed psychiatric medication use in two samples. Students in three social work courses and practicing social workers in an American midwestern city were surveyed by mail. Respondents were asked to identify symptoms, psychiatric medication use, effectiveness of drug therapy, side effects, stigma, and to rate the impact of psychiatric medication use on theircurrent or future social work practice. The results indicated that depression and anxiety were common, especially in the social work student sample, with approximately 20 to 25 percent of the sample having taken psychiatric medication. These numbers were even higher when herbal preparations were considered. Both samples reported that medication was helpful, but that taking it was stigmatizing. They also felt, however, that their experience with medication had a positive impact on their current or future career as social workers. Further descriptive results and implications for social work practice, education, and research are presented.
Survey of community mental health services 2010: full national results tables
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 45p., tables
- Place of publication:
- London
This document provides the full national results tables from a 2010 survey of people who use community mental health services. The 2010 survey comprises a sample of service users aged 16 and over who had been in contact with NHS community mental health services in the period 1 July 2009 to 30 September 2009 and who were receiving specialist help for a mental health condition. The survey involved 66 NHS trusts in England. A total of 17,199 questionnaires were returned, a response rate of 32%. The survey aimed to find out about the experiences of people using mental health services in the community. These services provide care and treatment to people who have been referred to a psychiatric outpatient clinic, local community mental health team, or other community-based mental health services. The survey results are presented separately for those on Care Programme Approach (CPA) and those not on CPA. The survey questions relate to: health and social care workers; medications; talking therapies; care coordinators or lead professionals; care plans; care reviews; day to day living; and crisis care.
Reported differences in management strategies by primary care physicians and psychiatrists in older patients who are depressed
- Authors:
- SAARELA Tuula, ENGESTROM Ritva
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 18(2), February 2003, pp.161-168.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The aim of this article is to compare reported management suggestions by primary care physicians and psychiatry specialists for case vignette examples of old age depression, and to explore further training needs in geriatric depression for both professional groups. Differences emerged in intended depression management. Primary care physicians tended to assess the symptoms as less serious and the situation as less urgent than psychiatrists. Management suggestions given by the psychiatrists included more recommendations of immediate psychiatric treatment and more precise descriptions of medication. Both groups recognized the somatic issues and were willing to assume responsibility for treatment.
Lines of resistance: exploring professionals' views of compulsory community supervision
- Authors:
- PINFOLD Vanessa, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 11(2), April 2002, pp.117-190.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Proposals to reform the Mental Health Act 1983 include the introduction of powers to compulsorily treat patients living in the community. This study assesses mental health professionals' attitudes towards supervised discharge orders (SDOs) and guardianship. Results found clear differences in professional attitudes towards these measures, and resistance to their use was based upon both pragmatic decision-making and philosophical objections. In general, social care professionals hold more positive views of both SDOs and Guardianship than health care professionals. All professional groups rate Guardianship, which emphasises patient welfare, more highly than SDOs, and psychiatrists are most in favour of introducing additional powers to enforce medication compliance in the community. Resistance to compulsory community supervision appears to be connected to the absence of training and direct experience of the powers. Negative attitudes towards mental health legislation are shared between colleagues.
Users and abusers of psychiatry: a critical look at psychiatric practice
- Author:
- JOHNSTONE Lucy
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 317p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 2nd.
Critique of psychiatric practice, arguing that psychiatric admission and treatment disables patients, that psychiatry neglects gender issues, that the medical model of mental illness and physical treatments are inappropriate, and that psychiatry serves as a form of social control.
Quality of care in a psychiatric out-patient department
- Authors:
- MOUTOUSSIS Michael, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 9(4), August 2000, pp.409-420.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Patient satisfaction is an important outcome measure of psychiatric care and a correlate of appropriate use of services. This research assessed out-patient satisfaction by questionnaire and surveyed environment quality at two clinic sites. High satisfaction was found in most areas of enquiry. Lower satisfaction was expressed with choice of available treatment, medication side effects and availability of information. Rapid turnover of doctors produced dissatisfaction with the consistency of medical care. Many patients wanted greater advocacy support. Facilities for the disabled could be improved. The best predictors of lower satisfaction were wishing for help to put one's views across and wish for more psychological help. Most psychiatric out patients were satisfied with their care. Dissatisfied patients may avoid out patients follow up and related surveys. Simple measures such as better provision of information and more explanation about medication side effects could increase satisfaction with services.
A word in your ear: challenging the medical construct of auditory hallucinations
- Author:
- CLARKE Liam
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 2(3), November 1998, pp.98-101.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Explores from a general and historical perspective the experiences of 'voice hearing' and contrasts this with the medical construct of the phenomena and how suffers should be treated.