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Behind closed doors
- Author:
- MUNRO Robert
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 11.11.98, 1998, p.17.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Looks at the bleak picture of acute inpatient psychiatric care painted in the report, 'Acute Problems', out this week.
Occupational therapy in mental health: a review of the literature
- Author:
- CRAIK Christine
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 61(5), May 1998, pp.186-192.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Reviews the literature on research, education and practice in occupational therapy in mental health. Highlights the way forward for individual therapists, occupational therapy services and the profession itself.
Power tools: a resource pack for those committed to the development of mental health advocacy into the millennium
- Authors:
- LEADER Alan, CROSBY Kate
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 142p.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Manual examining the steps required in establishing an independent advocacy service for people who experience mental and emotional distress.
Diagnosis: homophobic; the experiences of lesbians, gay men and bisexuals in mental health services
- Publisher:
- PACE
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 123p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Qualitiative research study looking at the experiences lesbians, gay men and bisexual people in mental health services.
Out of mind
- Author:
- WELLARD Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.11.98, 1998, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses how the growth in mental health problems among children and adolescents is stretching existing resources and shows the need for new initiatives. The author reports on some innovative projects.
The government's new employment agenda: implications for mental health service managers
- Author:
- GROVE Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 6(5), October 1998, pp.193-199.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
This article proposes a new engagement between mental health services and the social inclusion and employment agendas that are a core part of the government's programme. Initiatives such as Welfare to Work, New Deal and Health Action Zones are explained, and suggestions are made about some of the opportunities they present for improving mental health services and the lives of service users.
The sharing of roles between a social worker and members of a self-help group for mental ex-patients in Australia
- Author:
- KAM-SHING Yip
- Journal article citation:
- Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work, 8(2), September 1998, pp.30-50.
- Publisher:
- Times Academic
Describes a qualitative study on the collaboration of social workers and the members of GROW in South Australia. By means of participant observation in two self-help groups of GROW, the author discovered that professionally trained social workers collaborated well with members in the self-help groups as they had similar backgrounds and experiences. Also, the social workers' roles in running these two groups were shared by the members who took up roles as initiators, facilitators, leaders, evaluators, organisers and problem solvers with these self-help groups. The strengths and weaknesses of this model for the rehabilitation of mental ex-patients and its implications on social work interventions are also described.
Police use of CS spray: implications for NHS mental health services
- Authors:
- BELL Fraser, THOMAS Ben
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 1(12), August 1998, pp.402-404.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Anecdotal evidence suggests that the use of CS spray by the police has created a number of problems for mental health services. Reports the findings of the first ever survey of psychiatric units to examine the scale and nature of these problems.
Mental health problems in older adults with HIV referred to a psychological medicine unit
- Authors:
- MEADOWS J., LE MARECHAL K., CATALAN J.
- Journal article citation:
- AIDS Care, 10(S2), June 1998, pp.S105-S112.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Although HIV is still seen by many as a disease affecting younger adults, it is known that at least eleven percent of individuals with AIDS in Britain are over the age of 50. It is likely that this older age representation will continue and increase. Results of this study found that older adults differed significantly from younger individuals on a variety of social, psychological and medical variables including social isolation, employment worries, sexuality, previous psychiatric history and stage of HIV at referral. Finds that current HIV services may actually alienate a significant proportion of potential users through not being sensitive to the needs and views of older individuals. Concludes that this needs to be addressed by policy makers and practitioners to ensure that psychiatric and psychological services become more acceptable and accessible to the older adult.
Costs of mental illness in England
- Authors:
- PATEL Anita, KNAPP Martin
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Research Review, 5, May 1998, pp.4-10.
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
Discusses how each year, one in four adults will experience some form of mental health problem, and prevalence rate as high as this is likely to have enormous economic implications. In a small research study carried out at Centre for the Economics of Mental Health CEMH last year the authors tried to put some figures on the economic implications of mental illness. Describe the results and the methods that underpin them.