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Realising recovery: a national framework for learning and training in recovery focused practice
- Authors:
- SCOTTISH RECOVERY NETWORK, NHS EDUCATION FOR SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- NHS Education for Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The starting point for this framework is that recovery is possible and that service users and their families, friends and carers have a right to expect individualised mental health services that promote and foster recovery. The framework outlines the knowledge, skills and values mental health nurses require to work in a recovery focused way with people who use mental health services and their friends, family and carers. This framework should be seen as part of a process in supporting the development of rights, values and recovery focused practice. The purpose of this framework is to identify the knowledge skills and values mental health workers need to practice in a recovery focused way, identify the variety of learning that will support workers, assist mental health workers and their supervisors/managers in personal development planning, and to communicate to people who use mental health services and their friends, families and carers what they should expect from mental health workers in terms of recovery focused practice. Although written for nurses the content of the framework is equally applicable to other staff working in mental health in a variety of sectors and settings.
Consultation on guidance on 'finding a shared vision of how people's mental health problems should be understood'
- Author:
- CARE SERVICES IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 81p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP) has developed draft guidance for consultation on ‘Finding a shared vision of how people’s mental health problems should be understood’. The guidance is aimed at everyone concerned with the development and delivery of services including people that use services and their carers.
Mental health jargon and acronym buster: a simple guide to words used in mental health
- Authors:
- HEYES Simon, (comp.)
- Publisher:
- Speak Up Somerset
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 68p.
- Place of publication:
- Yeovil
Compiled by a service user this is a simple guide to words commonly used in mental health. Useful for anyone new to UK mental health services including service users, carers and professionals. It includes: a brief timeline outlining developments that have affected mental health service provision since 1796 to the present day; a list explaining acronyms from AA to YOTS; an encylopedia/dictionary of mental health, from 'Access' to 'Zito Trust', via 'Freud' and 'Person Centred Planning'.
Free to fly: a story of manic depression
- Author:
- KWOK Caroline Fei-Yeng
- Publisher:
- Inclusion Press
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 221p.
- Place of publication:
- Toronto
The author has had first hand experience with mental illness and has put that experience into words so that everyone can benefit. She describes her difficult times, her treatments and her mis-treatments. She also describes her recovery. The inner world of someone with bipolar disorder, stigmas associated with mental disorders, strengths and weaknesses of the mental health care system, and importance of cultural factors in mental health are told in a vivid manner.
An introduction to the mental health of older people: an introduction to mental health and older people
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, MILNE Alisoun, GEARING Brian, WARNER Joanne
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Place of publication:
- London
**This learning resource was removed in March 2023.** In this learning object you will have the chance to explore the nature and characteristics of the ageing population in the UK, what being 'old' means, and some of the complexity surrounding the concept of 'mental health'. As this learning object presents basic facts and concepts surrounding mental health and older people, it is recommend that you use this object to introduce yourself to this area. This learning object also contains a self-assessment section where you can test how far you have assimilated the key messages.
The impact of spirituality on mental health: a review of the literature
- Author:
- CORNAH Deborah
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 37p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A report written by Dr Deborah Cornah on behalf of the Mental Health Foundation looking at the impact of spirituality on mental health. The report aims to ‘explore the outcomes and consequences of spiritual belief or activity for mental health’. Quantitative and qualitative evidence is identified and explored in relation to a number of mental health problems. The report looks at the consequences of spiritual activity for mental health, factors mediating the relationship between spirituality and mental health, limitations of the research and provides guidance and recommendations for health professionals.
London's prison mental health services: a review
- Author:
- SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 27p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
London’s prisons are facing up to the significant challenges of offering the right support to prisoners with mental health problems.This policy paper shows that seven of London’s eight prisons now have specialist inreach teams for people with severe and enduring mental health problems. But more service improvement is needed before the complex needs of prisoners with mental health problems can be fully addressed. The report makes recommendations for improvement and ways that the primary care trusts and London’s prisons can work together to make more progress.
Women at risk: the mental health of women in contact with the judicial system
- Author:
- LONDON DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
- Publisher:
- London Development Centre
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 68p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Findings and recommendations regarding the mental health of women in custody are reported. This report is divided into the following sections: executive summary and recommendations; introduction; recommendations for the Department of Health and the National Institute for Mental Health in England (NIMHE); recommendations for all Primary Care Trusts (PCTs); recommendations for PCTs with a women's prison in their area; implementation plan; background data; questionnaire analysis; examples of good practice; websites; voluntary organizations.
Mental health the Czech Republic: current problems, trends and future developments
- Author:
- DAVID Ivan
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Public Mental Health, 5(2), June 2006, pp.43-47.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The Czech Republic suffers many of the problems reported in other Central European and Eastern European countries with respect to the care, treatment and prevention of mental ill health. Most psychiatric care is provided in long-stay hospitals and the transition to a community-based service has yet to be made. Mental health services suffer from chronic under-investment and there is a lack of mental health legislation protecting patients' rights and autonomy. This article looks at the background and development of mental health care in the Czech Republic.
Improving the mental health of the population: towards a strategy on mental health for the European Union: green paper
- Author:
- EUROPE. Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General
- Publisher:
- European Commission
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 25p.
- Place of publication:
- Brussels
The Green paper aims to launch a public consultation on how better to tackle mental illness and promote mental wellbeing in the EU, in line with the mandate for action at Community level. If confirmed, the initiative should lead to the development of a Commission proposal for an EU-strategy on mental health in late 2006.