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Measuring mental distress of young people since 1987
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.11.09, 2009, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The findings of a study which looked at changes in young people's mental well-being over 19 years from 1987 to 2006 in Scotland are examined. Using the General Health Questionnaire, it compared Scottish 15-year-olds' psychological distress in 1987, 1999 and 2006. The findings showed worrying changes in the mental well-being of teenagers and backs reports on widespread unhappiness.
Mental health still matters
- Editors:
- REYNOLDS Jill, et al, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 386p.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
- Edition:
- 2nd
This collection of 53 readings forms part of the Open University courses Challenging ideas in mental health (K272) and Diverse perspectives on mental health (K225) and reflects the wide diversity of views about how best to understand and explain mental health and distress. The four parts cover debates and theories, inequality and policy, service users' experience and perspectives and challenges for practice.
Spirituality: a road to mental health or mental illness
- Author:
- SULLIVAN W. Patrick
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work, 28(1-2), January 2009, pp.84-98.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The last twenty five years have seen a more hopeful outlook replace the once pessimistic assessment of the life chances of those facing serious and persistent mental health problems. Current reports by mental health consumers and recent research suggest that religion and spirituality is an important ingredient to client well-being and aids the recovery process. These findings have encouraged an increased interest in the role of both religion and spirituality in mental health practice. This article examines the state of research in this area. It describes the most prominent debates and dilemmas surrounding professional practice in this emotionally charged area. It also offers some simple suggestions to guide clinicians until more fully developed practice guidelines emerge. The author suggests that if spirituality or religion is important to individual clients, practitioners should explore how it can be used in an effective way.
Mental health, social exclusion and social inclusion
- Author:
- SECKER Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review Journal, 14(4), December 2009, pp.4-11.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Based on a comparison of ways of defining social exclusion within the mental health literature, this article outlines the social systems approach to understanding social exclusion (where social exclusion is seen as a concept encompassing processes that involve the failure of one or more of 4 systems on which the sense of belonging in society depends: the democratic and legal system, the labour market, the welfare state system, and the family and community system), and uses it to examine the position of people with mental health needs in the UK. It looks at the relationship between exclusion and inclusion and provides a critique of the inclusion imperative in mental health. From the evidence reviewed, the author concludes that there is a need for policy initiatives to focus on tackling the structural barriers that work to exclude people with mental health needs as well as on challenging deep-rooted prejudice and stigmatisation that reinforce those barriers, and a need to be mindful of the context in which inclusion policies are implemented, the assumptions implicit within these policies, and the possible consequences of their adoption.
Culture and mental health: sociocultural influences, theory and practice
- Editors:
- EHUN Sussie, GURUNG Regan A.R., (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 340p.
- Place of publication:
- Chichester
The two parts of this book discuss general issues, and cross-cultural issues in specific psychological disorder. Contributors to the first cover culture and psychopathology, culture and mental health assessment, stress and mental health, managing job stress, chronic pain, religion in the psychotherapy process, cultural diversity and international perspectives. Those in the second are about culture and mood disorders, anxiety disorders, traumatic stress, psychotic disorders, eating disorders and suicide.
Time trends in adolescent well-being: update December 2009
- Author:
- HAGELL Ann
- Publisher:
- Nuffield Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 12p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Data from a series of three national surveys of the UK population is analysed to review trends in adolescent emotional and behavioural problems in the UK. It highlights the main trends identified in the initial study and briefly compare this to trends around the world. Factors identified include changing family forms and structures, education and educational experiences, leisure and the changing social situation for young men. The briefing paper also introduces the main themes of the Changing Adolescence Programme, a series of reviews on various aspects of social change and adolescent experiences and how these might be related to these time trends in their well-being.
Mental health matters too
- Author:
- GRUNDY David
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 9(7), October 2009, pp.28-30.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
In this article the author suggests that more could be done to prevent mental illness among people with learning disabilities. While much has been done to promote the physical health needs of people with learning disabilities, it is important that the mental health needs of this population are addressed too. The article outlines two projects aimed at promoting mental health awareness: the clear thoughts project and the candle project. The clear thoughts project was a three year Department of Health funded initiative providing people with a learning disability with information and resources about mental health. The candle project was another three year Department of Health funded project, which overlapped the work of clear thoughts. It focused on the needs if young people with a learning disability, their mental health, and how their culture and background influenced them. Both of these projects are explored in detail.
The experience of loneliness: main and interactive effects of interpersonal stress, social support and positive affect
- Authors:
- AANES Mette M., MITTELMARK Maurice B., HETLAND Jorn
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 11(4), November 2009, pp.25-33.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Loneliness is a mediating factor between the relationship of chronic interpersonal stress and psychological distress. Alleviating loneliness could reduce psychological distress even in the face of chronic interpersonal stress, and it is plausible that positive affect and social support may moderate chronic interpersonal stress-loneliness, as well as having a direct effect on loneliness. In a community based sample of 3733 Norwegian adults, direct and moderating effects of positive affect and social support were explored. Adding to a body of evidence suggesting a need for mental health promotion intervention research aimed at simultaneously reducing interpersonal stress and increasing social support, this study showed significant interrelations between interpersonal stress, loneliness, positive affect and social support, thus confirming stress, affect and social support are strong predictors of loneliness. The authors conclude that interventions to increase positive affect and social support may decrease loneliness due to direct affects, but cannot be expected to moderate the chronic interpersonal stress-loneliness relationship.
Correspondence of perceptions about centenarians’ mental health
- Authors:
- MACDONALD Maurice, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 13(6), November 2009, pp.827-837.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Often proxy and interviewer reports are obtained in studies of the oldest old people. This study aimed to uncover the criteria by which centenarians, proxies (usually caregivers) and interviewers rated centenarians’ mental health. Data were obtained from 137 mentally competent centenarians and near centenarians with an age range of 98 to 108. The dependent variables were based on alternative reports from the proxy, interviewer and the centenarian on the centenarians’ mental or emotional health. The results indicated similarity across the mental health ratings between the three sources. The authors note that caregivers tend to equate cognitive ability with mental health, but self-reported mental health ratings from the centenarians correlate with functional health and economic resources.
Mental health promotion for people with learning disabilities: supporting people with learning disabilities to stay mentally well
- Authors:
- HARDY Steve, et al
- Publisher:
- OLM-Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 79p., handouts, leaflets, CD ROM
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
A training pack designed to support health and social care staff in teaching people with learning disabilities about mental health and mental health problems. The pack was developed through work with the Tuesday Group, a mental health promotion group for people with learning disabilities. Pack sections include: emotions; mental health; staying well; mental health problems - depression and anxiety; what happens when someone has a mental health problem; helping people to get better; serious mental health problems; and my mental health plan. Each section includes a session overview, learning aims, materials needed and the session running time. Handouts, leaflets and OHPs are included.