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Spirituality, mental health and people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- FERGUSON Dave, SCOTT Jayne
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, 2(2), June 2008, pp.37-41.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article explores the spiritual dimension in mental health care and its relevance to people with learning disabilities. A discussion of the development of a working group to scope the issues in one learning disability service is explored, with practical commentary on the efforts made to gather more information from service providers. The findings from a brief survey are briefly discusses, as well as developments which have ensued to date. The authors conclude that, although spirituality can mean different things to different people, responding to the diverse spiritual needs of service users must take a person-centred and a flexible approach.
Not one word of welcome
- Author:
- NEUSTATTER Angela
- Journal article citation:
- Young Minds Magazine, 93, March 2008, pp.15-17.
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
The author looks at the difficulties facing unaccompanied asylum seeking children. She discusses the dangers of failing acknowledge their mental health needs.
The needs and experiences of parents of young people who have mental health difficulties
- Authors:
- HAMILTON Wook, SHEPHERD Julie
- Publisher:
- Trust for the Study of Adolescence
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 35p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
The Trust for the Study of Adolescence (TSA) has published a new report that considers the needs of parents caring for young people with mental health difficulties and that support is needed but not always forthcoming.
Equality and access to human rights for people with both learning disability and mental illness needs
- Authors:
- LAWSON Annette, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, 2(2), June 2008, pp.3-8.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The UK's policy architecture, goals and values, and its service frameworks, for people with disabilities have been set in the context of the global (United Nations) and European (EU) advances. This article examines the impact of these structures and contexts on people with learning disabilities and mental illness. It explores how identities which cut across recognised categories of disadvantage limit the rights of those with both learning disabilities and mental health problems, and looks at some of the ways in which this problem is being addressed.
Social comparison of distress and mental health help-seeking in the US general population
- Author:
- MOJTABAI Ramin
- Journal article citation:
- Social Science and Medicine, 67(12), December 2008, pp.1944-1950.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
The role of social comparison of distress in the mental health help-seeking process remains largely unexplored. The aim of this study was to examine the association of socially compared distress with mental health help-seeking and perceived need for mental health care in a population sample. In 36,679 adult participants of the 2003 US National Survey on Drug Use and Health, data on 12-month help-seeking and perceived unmet need for care were compared between participants who described themselves as more worried, nervous or anxious than others vs. participants who described themselves as no more worried, nervous or anxious than others. Compared to participants who described themselves as no more worried, nervous or anxious, than others, those who described themselves as more worried, nervous or anxious were significantly more likely to seek professional help or to perceive an unmet need for such help. It is concluded that social comparison of distress is a significant correlate of mental health help-seeking and perceived unmet need for such help. Individual variations in social comparison of distress may partly explain the discrepancy between need - as measured by non-compared distress - and help-seeking in the general population.
A new vision for mental health: discussion paper
- Author:
- FUTURE VISION COALITION
- Publisher:
- Future Vision Coalition
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Argues that the underlying aims of future mental health policy must be to: overcome persistent barriers to social inclusion that continue to affect those with experience of mental health problems; improve the whole-life outcomes of those with experience of mental health problems improve whole-population mental health. This will not be easy to achieve, since attitudes have been ingrained over many decades of use, and because medical models of mental health problems have long dominated the debate about the appropriate focus for policy.
Think family: a literature review of whole family approaches
- Authors:
- MORRIS Kate, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Cabinet Office. Social Exclusion Task Force
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 115p., bibliog.
The Social Exclusion Task Force commissioned the University of Birmingham to undertake a literature review looking at different conceptual models of a whole families approach being taken forward both nationally and internationally.
Think family: improving the life chances of families at risk
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Cabinet Office. Social Exclusion Task Force
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Cabinet Office. Social Exclusion Task Force
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 29p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The vast majority of families are a source of strength and protection. However, they can also face challenges. Parental and wider family problems such as poverty, parental worklessness, lack of qualifications, parental mental health, substance abuse, poor housing, and contact with the criminal justice system can cast a shadow that spans whole life-times and passes down the generations. These family experiences can limit aspiration, reinforce cycles of poverty, and provide poor models of behaviour that can impact on a child's development and well–being, with significant costs for public services and the wider community. They damage the ability of children to build up resilience to problems or to benefit from the opportunities they are given. At the moment adults' services don't sufficiently take account of the implications for the family when, say, an adult is taken into prison or has mental health problems.
Dementia and well-being: possibilities and challenges
- Author:
- COOK Ailsa
- Publisher:
- Dunedin Academic Press
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 90p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
In recent years, policy and legislation in both England and Scotland has sought to promote the well-being of users of health and social care services, such as people with dementia. Most recent policy across the UK has identified key objectives, attainment of which is essential to the well-being of service users as governments have introduced a range of initiatives to ensure that services deliver good outcomes to service users. To date, however, there has been very little consideration of how inclusive this agenda is to people with dementia. Ailsa Cook addresses this gap by reviewing critically recent health and social care policy in Scotland and England in light of the growing body of empirical research into the experiences and perspectives of people with dementia. She draws on this evidence to consider the particular challenges associated with delivering four key outcomes to people with dementia identified by policy makers as fundamental to well-being. These are: independence, health, choice and social inclusion. The book examines the potential for current policy proposals to meet the needs of people with diverse experiences of dementia and considers the particular issues relating to including people with dementia as partners in policy and practice - a key principle underpinning all health and social care. In so doing the book contributes a much needed policy perspective to the field of dementia, as well as providing a fresh lens through which to consider the difference that proposed policies can make to a diverse range of service users. Intended as a text for Dementia Studies and gerontology students the specific focus of this book on the inter-relationship of policy and dementia ensures its place as a key reference for policy makers and administrators assessing the impact of policies, both implemented and proposed.
Supporting parents with additional needs
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.11.08, 2008, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Summarises some of the key messages from a recent SCIE knowledge review, 'Supporting disabled parents and parents with additional support needs'. The knowledge review aimed to define the needs of parents at different stages of parenthoods and assess the type of support that they needed at each stage.