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A framework for mental health research
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 53
- Place of publication:
- London
Policy document providing a collective view of how mental health research should develop in the UK over the next decade, developed in collaboration with academics, research funders and people who have mental health problems. The framework sets out a structure to improve co-ordination and strengthen the focus on areas where mental health research is likely to translate into significant health benefit. It describes the impact mental health problems can have on individuals, its wider societal and economic consequences. It also explains the importance of mental health research in driving innovation in mental health care and provides case studies to illustrate the UK’s current strengths and the difference UK-based research has already made. In identifying the current barriers to mental health research in the UK and future research opportunities, the Framework highlights the importance of taking a life-course approach to mental health research; the value of involving of people with mental health problems; the need for securing closer integration of mental and physical health research to maximise research capacity. It provides ten recommendations to address the barriers and opportunities for UK mental health research. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental health in Scotland: fundamental facts 2016
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 22
- Place of publication:
- London
An overview of key facts and statistics on mental health in Scotland, covering mental health across the lifespan. Facts and statistics cover: wellbeing, depression and anxiety, suicide, the relationship of social inequalities to mental health, services use and provision, and the cost of mental health care and treatment. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental health in Wales: fundamental facts 2016
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 20
- Place of publication:
- London
An overview of key facts and statistics of mental health in Wales. Areas covered include: prenatal and postnatal mental health services; child and adolescent mental health; mental health in the prison population; carers; self-harm; suicide; and the impact of poverty on mental health. The document also identifies key areas of data on mental health that are missing, specifically relating to Wales. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental health in Northern Ireland: fundamental facts 2016
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 29
- Place of publication:
- London
An overview of key facts and statistics of mental health in Northern Ireland. Brief facts and statistics cover: costs and expenditure of mental health care; mental health problems across the life course; mental health of minority groups, including Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community and Black and minority ethnic groups; suicide and self-harm; and the social determinants of mental health, including poverty an employment. The document also identifies key areas of data on mental health that are missing, specifically relating to Wales. (Edited publisher abstract)
Fundamental facts about mental health 2015
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 93
- Place of publication:
- London
A comprehensive summary of mental health research, providing a handbook of key facts and figures, covering all key areas of mental health. The document shows that in the UK mental health problems are responsible for the largest burden of disease – 28 per cent of the total burden, while mental health research receives only 5.5 per cent (£115 million) of total UK health research spending. One in four people experience a mental health problem in any given year and ten per cent of children and young people (aged 5-16 years) have a clinically diagnosable mental problem. Common mental health problems such as depression and anxiety are distributed according to a gradient of economic disadvantage across society with the poorer and more disadvantaged disproportionately affected from common mental health problems and their adverse consequences. (Edited publisher abstract)
Pathways to unlocking secure mental health care
- Author:
- NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT UNIT
- Publisher:
- Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 60p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Secure mental health services provide accommodation, treatment and support for people with severe mental health problems who pose a risk to the public. This report examines the extent to which pathways into and through secure mental health services can be improved through the different security levels and ensure a better flow between prison and secure services. It is based on a review of current secure service provision carried out by the Centre and commissioned by the National Mental Health Development Unit. The report finds that secure mental health services vary widely across the country in terms of who they admit and what support they provide. Most patients spend longer than a year in secure hospitals, with a lack of community support for those who could be discharged a common cause of bed blocking. It also finds that little evidence is available about the long-term outcomes secure services achieve for their patients. The report makes 15 recommendations to make secure services more efficient and better value for money.
Looking ahead: the next 25 years in mental health
- Author:
- SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 47p.
- Place of publication:
- London
In the 25 years since the National Unit for Psychiatric Research and Development was established as a charity in 1985. This paper looks forward at the next 25 years. Leading commentators consider what they think the most important changes will be for people with mental health problems and for the mental wellbeing of society. They also discuss the change that should be made in policy and practice over the next 25 years.
Prison mental health: vision and reality
- Authors:
- APPLEBY Louis, et al
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Nursing
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 25p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The need for better mental health care in prisons has been evident for some time. Reports throughout the last two decades have shown that prisoners have dramatically higher rates of the whole range of mental health problems compared to the general population. This report examines what has been achieved in prison mental health over recent years from a number of different personal perspectives and individual observations of working in England. It looks at the specific achievements of inreach teams and of efforts to divert offenders from custody. It also looks more broadly at the rapid growth of the prison population during the same period and the treatment of offenders with mental health problems outside as well as inside prison.
Mental health officers survey, Scotland, 2008-09
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Government National Statistics
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government National Statistics
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This Statistics Release presents for the first time, information in regard to Mental Health Officers (MHOs) in Scotland as official statistics. The survey data used in this report has been collected since annually since 2005, at Local Authority level. The survey has been developed each year with new questions being added when a need for further information has been identified There was a substantial under count of staffing in 2005, due to managers working as MHOs not being included, this report will present data from the 2006 survey onwards. The aim of the survey is to collect information about the number of qualified MHOs who are practising within Scotland on the 31 March for a given year. Practising is defined as using legislation directly in relation to working with clients, or potentially using legislation directly in relation to clients e.g. serving on rotas, during the previous 12 months.
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.