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Whatever life brings: understanding your child's mental health
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This booklet from the Mental Health Foundation outlines for parents and carers the things that keep children and young people in good mental health and suggests what can help when children are troubled. It describes the mental health problems that can affect children and young people and outlines the help that is available. The booklet generally refers to children when they are aged 5 to 11 and young people when they are aged 12 to 18. Much of the information applies to any young person up to age 18. It also gives a list of organisations which can provide further information and advice.
Purchasing power: getting the best for older people
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, ILIFFE Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, November 2008, pp.26-29.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The authors discuss some of the challenges facing commissioners who are purchasing mental health services for older people. They briefly highlight some of the main complexities which include: the complexity of older people's identities; the make up of workforces; the difficult nature of work with older people; and the multiple agencies involved in working with older people. It is argued that consistent application of a long-term strategy, which allows the accumulation of small changes across agencies and disciplines, is likely to be the key to success. It sets out the issues that need to be addressed, the pitfalls to avoid, and examines a series of objectives for commissioners.
Managing mental health and employment
- Author:
- IRVINE Annie
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 144p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report presents the findings of an exploratory qualitative study commissioned in 2007 by the Department for Work and Pensions to investigate the experiences of people with a mental health condition who had continued to work in paid employment while unwell. The study was carried out by the Social Policy Research Unit at the University of York and was based on interviews with 38 people working for a range of small and large employers in the public and private sectors.
Getting healthier, staying healthier
- Author:
- HENDERSON Gregor
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, September 2008, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Discusses the National Institute for Mental Health in England's (NIMHE's) Wellbeing and Inclusion Programme, and its importance in improving mental heath services.
Recovery and mental health
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.9.08, 2008, p.32,34.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
There is increasing national and international interest in the concept of "recovery" in the field of mental health. This article discusses the role of mental health services in personal recovery.
The role of social work in mental health services
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.7.08, 2008, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This article discusses the role of social workers in co-ordinating and delivering services for people with mental health problems.
Community life for the mentally ill: an alternative to institutional care
- Authors:
- FAIRWEATHER George W., et al
- Publisher:
- Aldine Transaction
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 357p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- New Brunswick, NJ
Community Life for the Mentally Ill presents a social innovative experiment aimed at providing new and more participating social positions in American society for mental patients. It presents the events that occurred when a courageous group of former chronic mental patients abruptly left a hospital and established their own autonomous sub-society in a large, metropolitan area. In order to complete this experiment, the patients created a small society in the community where discharged patients could live and work. Others evaluated the effects of the newly created society upon the behaviour and perceptions of its members, which is also presented here. Both the descriptive and comparative aspects of this study are presented as they occurred in real life. The book is concerned with the medical, economic, sociological, and psychological facets of these former patients' daily lives. The effects of this small society upon the neighbourhood and city in which it was located, as well as its effects upon professional persons, are richly explored. Clearly defining a radical departure from standard methods for treating the mentally ill, the authors conclude that such an autonomous society can thrive in the appropriate setting; the ex-patient's chances of employment are increased and the chance of recidivism are reduced; the member's self-esteem is enhanced; treatment costs are greatly reduced; the community adjustment of all members is increased, especially among those who have been hospitalized for a long period. With new guidelines for identifying danger zones in urban settings, this becomes a critical work.
Putting recovery into mental health practice
- Authors:
- SHEPHERD Geoff, BOARDMAN Jed, SLADE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, May 2008, pp.28-31.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
While the concept of recovery requires further development, the author argues that it provides a framework that could bring a radical transformation of mental health services in the UK. This article, based on a longer policy paper produced by the Sainsbury Centre, presents some of the key ideas and their implications for the delivery of mental health services.
In their own image
- Author:
- DRINKWATER Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.01.08, 2008, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Ever since the invention of the camera, photography has played a role in psychiatry. The author examines these historical beginnings and highlights examples of photography in contemporary mental health services.
Irish mental health in Birmingham: what is appropriate and culturally competent primary care?
- Author:
- BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY. Faculty of Mental Health. Centre for Community Mental Health
- Publisher:
- Birmingham City University
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 107p.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
This study examined the views and experiences of Irish people who used mental health services in Birmingham, the views and experiences of mental health practitioners who provided treatment and care for Irish people. It also examined the range of primary care mental health services, both statutory and voluntary. Information was collected through interviews of 41 patients, and 41 mental health nurses and other NHS staff. Overall, there seemed to be a lack of engagement between service providers and Irish people with mental health problems. It was recommended that advertising promote awareness of Irish welfare organisations and the services they offer, and that attention was paid to the development of a resource that provides details of the principal agencies that provide help for Irish people with mental health problems.