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HUG - embracing people of the Highlands
- Author:
- ROTHERY Jo
- Journal article citation:
- Third Force News, 30.10.98, 1998, p.5.
- Publisher:
- Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
Reports on the work of the Highlands User Group, one of whose priorities is to ease the problems fared by users of mental health services living in scattered rural communities.
Social network meetings ease trauma of psychiatric admission
- Authors:
- REED Alex, WILSON Mike, STEVENSON Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 21.10.98, 1998, pp.52-53.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Explains how the first few days can be crucial in breaking down the boundaries between psychiatric unit and service user.
Nobody's priority
- Author:
- HANCOCK Mary
- Journal article citation:
- Open Mind, 90, March 1998, p.10.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Outlines why elderly people with mental health problems often 'fall through the net'.
Crisis services
- Author:
- WAKELING Dawn
- Journal article citation:
- Open Mind, 90, March 1998, p.16.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Surveys of service users' needs consistently call for alternatives to hospital in times of crisis. Outlines the recent development of crisis services.
Child friendly
- Author:
- CARLISLE Daloni
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.3.98, 1998, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Asks why the children of people with mental illness are often poorly supported and describes recent moves to remedy the situation.
Independent advice services for people with mental health problems: needs and provisions
- Author:
- BIRD Lisa
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 2(4), December 1998, pp.135-139.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
The author argues that the overwhelming evidence of need, and the known impact on mental health of financial, housing and such problems, health authorities should be actively ensuring independent welfare and benefits advice services are available to people using mental health services. This study of Citizens Advice Bureau mental health projects provides useful insight to needs and views of users, advisers and professionals.
Service users' perspectives on housing and support
- Author:
- SWANSTON Kenny
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 3(3), September 1998, pp.14-16.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Describes the principles and features of housing and support which are valued by mental health service users in Fife, Scotland.
A framework for the development of housing services for people with mental health problems
- Author:
- McCOLLAM Allyson
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 3(3), September 1998, pp.6-13.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Trends in housing policy and housing development over the last ten years have created a growing tension between the community care housing agenda and wider housing policies. In mental health, as the pattern of service provision across the UK has moved away from the more traditional institutional models of care, there continues to be an urgent need to develop stable and sustainable housing provision linked to effective support based on individual needs. Describes a framework for the development of housing services for people with mental health problems in Scotland.
User centred mental health assessments
- Author:
- COX Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 3(2), June 1998, pp.26-28.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Describes the Avon Mental Health Measure (AMHM), a user-centred approach to assessing need for those with mental health problems.
Supporting people with mental health problems in ordinary housing
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
In 1995, Home-Link, an interagency initiative, was set up in the East Riding of Yorkshire to provide permanent housing and low level, practical support to people with enduring mental health problems. The service offered ongoing individual tenancy support and also aimed to encourage a mutual support network by housing users within walking distance of each other. Outlines an evaluation, undertaken by the Centre for Housing Policy, University of York, which found that Home-Link represented a successful model for providing support to people with mental health problems in the community.