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Understanding Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) for mental health staff
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 5 minutes 34 seconds
- Place of publication:
- London
This film focuses on mental health staff's legal responsibilities to refer people for Independent Mental Health Advocacy, how they can support advocates and the benefits for staff. Actors are used in some of the scenes. (Edited publisher abstract)
Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) improving equality of access
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 7 minutes 11 seconds
- Place of publication:
- London
This film focuses explores issues of equality and diversity and ways of improving the take-up of Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA). It highlights groups of people that are less likely to be offered the IMHA service, such as people from black and minority ethnic communities, people with learning disabilities or people with different forms of communication and suggests ways to improve access to IMHA services. Key learning points include: working in partnership with community organisations; monitor who is using your services; use creative and innovative way to communicate with individuals and groups; and ensure policies and practice take account of equality and diversity. (Original abstract)
Back ...this time with keys: the perspective of a peer support worker embedding peer support in a hospital setting
- Author:
- NANNEN Nicole Margaret
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health Training Education and Practice, 10(5), 2015, pp.294-303.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Peer support workers are becoming more involved in mental health services in Australia. This paper explores the author’s perspective and experience of working as a peer support worker in a psychiatric hospital and how the skills, knowledge and values she has developed during her recovery from mental illness have been essential in undertaking the daily activities with consumers and clinicians, overcoming the challenges and dilemmas, and managing her own wellness. (Edited publisher abstract)
Reflections on recovery in mental health: perspectives from a Muslim culture
- Authors:
- ELTAIBA Nada, HARRIES Maria
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 54(8), 2015, pp.725-737.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article describes the outcomes of research into how individuals with mental health problems at the National Centre of Mental Health in Jordan perceived the causes of their mental health problems, the coping strategies they employed, how they sought help, and how they experienced what is termed the process of recovery. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 male and 10 female patients diagnosed with a range of mental health problems. The research suggests that each person perceived recovery uniquely and that, for some, religion was viewed as being central to recovery. The research also suggests that social workers and other mental health professionals working with Muslim patients can better contribute to their recovery if they understand and respect the central role of these patients’ religious beliefs and faith journeys. (Publisher abstract)
Attitudes and stigma held by healthcare and mental health care professionals towards people with mental illness
- Authors:
- NOBLETT Jo, HENDERSON Claire
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, January/February 2015, pp.24-27.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Summarises the key findings from a narrative review investigating the attitudes of health care professionals (excluding students and counsellors) towards people with mental health problems (excluding dementia and learning disability). Searches were carried out on five databases, including Medline and AMED. Key findings are discussed under the themes of: whether mental health professionals hold stigmatised attitudes to people using their services; the attitudes of other health professionals towards people using their services; the effects on quality of care of stigmatising attitudes of mental health and health professionals; and whether stigma and discrimination in the healthcare context can be reduced. Generally, mental health professionals tended to have move positive attitudes when compared to the general health professionals or the population. Theories put forward to explain negative attitudes included stress and burnout. Interventions identified to reduce stigma and discrimination included educational based interventions and improved supervision and training policies. (Original abstract)
Evaluation of the Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale Street Triage Service
- Authors:
- IRVINE Annie, ALLEN Lyndsey, WEBBER Martin
- Publisher:
- University of York
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 106
- Place of publication:
- York
Assesses the impact of the Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale (SWR) Street Triage service, which was introduced to bridge a gap between police and NHS mental health services, and to help reduce the number of detentions under s.136 Mental Health Act 1983. Street Triage refers to schemes where mental health professionals are available to advise and support police officers on incidents where an individual appears to be in mental health crisis. The evaluation used both qualitative and quantitative methods within a co-production framework and 46 key informants were interviews in individual and group interviews. They provided a very positive account of the SWR Street Triage service from the perspective of both the police and NHS mental health services. Street triage was described as a service that ‘prevents and avoids unnecessary escalation to admissions’. Its most significant impact appears to be a reduction in the use of community mental health services, though it is on the pathway to inpatient admission for a small number of people who require this. Its introduction was not associated with a reduction in s.136 detentions, but these appear to be already used sparingly in the SWR region where there is arguably no surfeit to reduce (Edited publisher abstract)
The experience of receiving and delivering consultation in a residential childcare setting for looked-after and accommodated children: a sequential exploratory design
- Authors:
- DURKA Katie, HACKER Thomas
- Journal article citation:
- Child Care in Practice, 21(4), 2015, pp.392-407.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Looked-after and accommodated children are at higher risk of poor mental health and behavioural difficulties and experience high levels of emotional and psychological distress. Consultation by clinical psychologists can play a pivotal role in providing indirect support to vulnerable children and young people by supporting staff in residential settings. The aim of this study was to explore the experience of consultation in three residential childcare settings to examine the perceived benefits of consultation, the perceived role of the consultant, and to identify the relevant aspects of the consultation relationship. A mixed-methods sequential exploratory design was used. In the initial phase, a questionnaire survey exploring consultees' experience of the consultation process was conducted in three residential care establishments (N = 30). In the second phase, focus groups were conducted with both staff groups and consultants (N = 15). Results from the first phase identified themes around the interpersonal skills of the consultant, the helpfulness and the limitations of consultation. Using a thematic analysis approach in this second phase, three consultee themes emerged: the value of consultation, a new way of working, and the consultation relationship. The three consultant themes identified were: understanding roles, challenges, and building the consultation relationship. Results are discussed with reference to the current literature. These findings may impact on service development and clinical practice to improve the quality of care for looked-after and accommodated children. (Edited publisher abstract)
A briefing for mental health professionals: why asking about abuse matters to service users: REVA Briefing 3
- Authors:
- SCOTT Sara, et al
- Publishers:
- DMSS Research and Consultancy, NatCen Social Research, London Metropolitan University, Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit, Truth
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 10
- Place of publication:
- London
One of five briefing paper presenting findings from the Department of Health funded REVA study, which looked at responding effectively to the needs of survivors of violence and abuse who are mental health service users. The study included specifically asking survivors of violence and abuse about their views on routine enquiry (the policy of asking routinely about experiences of abuse in service user assessments), their experiences of disclosing abuse and their recommendations for how staff should ask people using mental health services about abuse. Interviews with users of mental health services found that people are positive about routine enquiry and that those who had been asked by a professional about their experience of violence and abuse welcomed this. Service user recommendations for service providers about routine enquiry included: asking the question as early as possible, asking with interest rather than as a tick box requirement and asking the question more than once. (Edited publisher abstract)