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Cheap and cheerful
- Author:
- MUNRO Robert
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 20.1.00, 2000, p.16.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
This report explores concerns that drugs are dominating treatment for depression at the expense of other therapies.
Controversies in psychiatry and DSM-5: the relevance for social work
- Authors:
- LITTRELL Jill, LACASSE Jeffrey R.
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 93(4), October 2012, pp.265-269.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
In this essay, the authors address recent controversies surrounding the forthcoming 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), the first major revision of the DSM since 1994. The essay reports that mental health professionals across a wide range of professions in the US have signed a petition to the DSM-5 Task Force asking for reconsideration of its intention to loosen and expand criteria for a variety of diagnoses, and notes that critiques of psychiatric medications are increasingly disseminated in the media. It suggests that these issues have particular relevance for children in foster care, who receive diagnoses and medication at high rates. It also discusses diagnoses and the relationship between academic psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry in the US. The authors argue that it is important that social work practitioners are informed about these issues, and consider implications and potential action strategies for social workers.
Addressing the mental healthcare needs of foster children: perspectives of stakeholders from the child welfare system
- Authors:
- LOHR W. David, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Public Child Welfare, 13(1), 2019, pp.84-100.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
A qualitative study was conducted to better understand the factors that contribute to psychotropic medication (PM) overuse among children in the child welfare system in Kentucky, including barriers to providing psychosocial interventions that potentially minimize the need for PM. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with personnel in the Department of Community-Based Services (DCBS). Participants identified important areas to target for system-wide quality improvement efforts, which included improved exchange of health information, training, and communications on the use of PM, and measures to improve access to non-pharmacological psychosocial interventions to address the mental healthcare needs of children in the child welfare system. (Edited publisher abstract)
Gambling on independence
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.3.02, 2002, pp.42-43.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A former social care manager is diagnosed with a disease that affects people with HIV and which severely impairs his cognitive ability. He develops mental health problems and is sectioned. Looks at how the intervention of a social worker helped him gain some independence.
Mix 'n' match?
- Author:
- JOHNSTONE Lucy
- Journal article citation:
- Openmind, 110, July 2001, p.16.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Argues that the National Service Framework does not do enough to challenge a biomedical view of mental ill-health.
Drug debate intensifies
- Author:
- WELLARD Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.6.01, May 2001, p.14.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Mental health campaigners are demanding that quality of life considerations should prevail over issues of cost in the debate about who should get new anti-psychotic drugs.
Diagnosis and drugs: help or hindrance when people with learning disabilities have psychological problems?
- Authors:
- KROESE Biza Stenfert, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 29(1), March 2001, pp.26-33.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
In this article, the authors question how useful psychiatric diagnosis and psychotropic medication are in alleviating psychological problems experienced by people with learning disabilities, and put forward the view that a functional analysis of the problems and psychosocial and environmental interventions are more appropriate.
Mental health of refugees
- Author:
- WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
- Publisher:
- World Health Organization
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 142p.
- Place of publication:
- Geneva
Manual aimed at all those who work with refugees and other displaced persons. Looks at mental health problems that are common in people who have fled their homes and countries. Gives practical advice on how to help through counselling self-help groups, modern drugs and traditional medicine. Includes a section on helping refugee children, as well as chapters on the effects of torture and rape.
A new lease on life
- Author:
- BURNETT Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 3.8.94, 1994, pp.57-59.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Describes a programme of supporting independent living for clients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia who are on clozapine therapy.
Choosing the healthy option: older people's views about treatment choices for mental health and well-being
- Author:
- PLAYFORD Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 2(3), September 2003, pp.32-39.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
This article explores the perceptions of health and illness among a sample of older people receiving medication for a mental illness as revealed in a qualitative study of their views about their treatment and the self-help measures they adopt to improve their health. A sample of 14 service users volunteered to take part in the study. Four broad themes emerged in the interviews: health independence; fear of disability; livestyle; and user choice. Participants commonly reported being in good health, despite the presence of chronic illnesses. Many appeared not to relate their prescribed medication to their mental health and non-compliance with prescribed medication and dosages was common. Statutory services were described as unimaginative and lacking in choice and the older people frequently described the ways they had devised to maintain and protect mental health and well-being through ordinary social interactions and activities. Argues that those involved in planning and providing services need to change their attitudes and beliefs to ensure older people have access to preventative treatments and services that are acceptable to them and may avert the need for secondary mental health service intervention.