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Delivering for mental health: mental health and substance misuse consultation draft: consultations June-September 2007
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 50p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Delivering for Mental Health (2006) committed to translating the principles of Mind the Gaps and A Fuller Life into practical measures and advice on what action needs to be taken to move the joint agenda forward and support joined-up local delivery by the end of 2007. This consultation invites comments and suggestions on the issues and recommendations made within this report.
Good in parts
- Author:
- JACKSON Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, September 2007, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The Mental Health Act 2007 passed into law on the 19th of July. This article looks at some of the fears of the Mental Health Alliance. The article highlights disappointments with the new community treatment order (CTO) and the Bournewood safeguards, which some argue does not provide sufficient independent safeguard.
NHS Education for Scotland / Scottish Recovery Network Mental Health Recovery Project: a literature review and documentary analysis on recovery training in mental health practice
- Authors:
- CAMPBELL Jim, GALLAGHER Ryan
- Publisher:
- AskClyde
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
A literature review and documentary analysis undertaken by AskClyde to identify and analyse UK and international literature on recovery training in mental health practice as part of the NES/SRN Mental Health Recovery Project is presented. The study aimed to undertake a literature search of electronic databases from nursing, allied health professions, psychological, social care and medical disciplines using a number of search terms on recovery training in mental health practice, undertake internet research of grey literature / unpublished studies, undertake personal communication with relevant projects in order to gather any further unpublished studies, to design a documentary analysis framework in line with specific criteria, and to undertake documentary analysis using the designed documentary analysis framework.
The sea, me and God
- Authors:
- NICHOLLS Vicky, GILBERT Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Openmind, 144, March 2007, pp.11-13.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Research shows that spirituality and faith can strongly affect mental health. This article reports on how NIMHE's Spirituality Project is encouraging service users to find their own inspiring and motivating life force, either within or outside of faith communities.
Arts and opportunity
- Author:
- TEALL Wendy
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, March 2007, pp.22-24.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
This article looks at the connection between arts activities and the recovery of mental health.
Hall of fame
- Author:
- SALE Anabel Unity
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.11.07, 2007, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Swinfen Hall Prison and Youth Offender Institution in Staffordshire has been awarded a World Health Organization best practice award for its healthy living centre project. This article provides a brief overview of the project which aims to raise the self-esteem and improve the mental well-being of its inmates.
CORE-OM mental health norms of students attending university counselling services benchmarked against an age-matched primary care sample
- Authors:
- CONNELL Janice, BARKHAM Michael, MELLOR-CLARK John
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 35(1), February 2007, pp.41-57.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Whilst concern has been expressed at the increasing severity of the mental health of students, there has been very little research on this growing population outside of small, single institution studies. The aims of this paper are to provide CORE Outcome Measure (CORE-OM) norms for the psychological health of students across multiple sites receiving university counselling, and benchmark these against an age-matched sample of people receiving treatment in NHS primary care settings. Results indicate that students using university counselling services show severity levels only marginally lower than young people presenting in primary care, with the differences being at a functional/relationship rather than a symptomatic level and with levels of risk to self being similar. This suggests that university counselling services deliver a service to people who closely resemble NHS primary care clients in terms of severity and risk to self.
A systematic review of the evidence on the effect of the built and physical environment on mental health
- Authors:
- CLARK Charlotte, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Public Mental Health, 6(2), June 2007, pp.14-27.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Using a systematic review methodology, quantitative and qualitative evaluative studies on the effect of the physical environment on child and adult mental health published in English between January 1990 and September 2005 were sought from citation databases. The physical environment was defined in terms of built or natural elements of residential or neighbourhood environments; mental health was defined in terms of psychological symptoms and diagnoses. A total of 99 papers were identified. The strength of the evidence varied and was strongest for the effects of urban birth (on risk of schizophrenia), rural residence (on risk of suicide for males), neighbourhood violence, housing and neighbourhood regeneration, and neighbourhood disorder. The strength of the evidence for an effect of poor housing on mental health was weaker. There was a lack of robust research, and of longitudinal research in many areas, and some aspects of the environment have been very little studied to date. The lack of evidence of environmental effects in some domains does not necessarily mean that there are not effects; rather that they have not yet been studied or studied meaningfully.
Mental health in America: a reference handbook
- Author:
- KEMP Donna R.
- Publisher:
- ABC-CLIO
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 315p., bibliog.,
- Place of publication:
- Santa Barbara, CA
The background and history of mental health issues in the United States and the policy arena within which they currently exist are examined. The author charts the evolution of mental health policy from the almshouses of colonial times, through the dawn of psychoanalysis in the early 1900s, and the community mental health revolution that followed, to the insurance problems in the field today. Treatment, research, prevention, and consumer choice are explored, and issues of parity, managed care, and integration discussed. The effects, both positive and negative, of deinstitutionalisation on mental health patients and communities are examined. The author focuses on recovery as a major element of health reform today. Funding issues, in particular how all levels of government have attempted to shift costs to other levels, are discussed. Conditions covered include Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, anxiety, dementia, bipolar disorder, and depression. Changing definitions and explanations of mental illness are explored and detailed analyses of treatments and their effects provided, including electroshock therapy, lobotomy, and psychotropic drugs. A summary of court cases demonstrates the impact of legislation on mental health policy in the United States. A detailed chronology charts key events, reform movements, legislation, such as the National Mental Health Act of 1946, and landmark research. Brief biographies of 32 key figures are included.