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'Alone with my thoughts' : recommendations for a new approach to young people’s mental health support
- Author:
- MINDFULL
- Publisher:
- MindFull
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 23
MindFull, a new mental health charity, commissioned YouGov to carry out this study of over 2,000 young people aged 16 - 25 to understand their experiences of mental health. Young people were asked to reflect on their experiences before they were 16, and complete an online survey. Presents the findings of the survey, which sheds light on the problems of poor mental health, the associated stigma, and young people’s experience of seeking support. It calls for early intervention and prevention as well as increased professional support and advice. This report has been released to accompany the launch of a free online counselling service for young people. (Edited publisher abstract)
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.
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.
Older people with mental health difficulties: user preferences and housing options
- Authors:
- ADAMS Angela, WILSON David
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 86p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Looks at the housing needs of older people with mental health problems in Edinburgh, focusing in particular on what the users themselves want.
Long-term mental health disability: going to the consumers to assess need in the community
- Author:
- ORFORD J.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 49(11), 1986, pp.357-361.
- Publisher:
- Sage
How to set up and carry out a small-scale survey.
Young people's and carers' perspectives on the mental health needs of looked-after adolescents
- Author:
- STANLEY Nicky
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Family Social Work, 12(3), August 2007, p.258–267.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
While the mental health needs of looked-after young people have been described in a number of clinical studies, the views of looked-after adolescents themselves concerning their mental health needs have only rarely been reported. This study used focus groups to elicit the ideas and experiences of looked-after young people in two local authorities in England. Front-line carers in the region were also surveyed. Young people and carers were agreed in highlighting the damaging effects of the discontinuity and change experienced in the looked-after system. Young people emphasized the importance of exercising choice and control when seeking and receiving support and identified the value of positive role models provided by ‘survivors’ of the care system. Carers reported high levels of risk behaviour, particularly self-harm, among young people in children's homes. These differing perspectives need to be openly acknowledged and negotiated within care settings in order that relevant and accessible therapeutic and support services can be offered to looked-after adolescents.
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.
Listen to the voices of experience
- Authors:
- KEADY John, NOLAN Mike, GILLIARD Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 3(3), May 1995, pp.15-17.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
It is necessary to listen carefully to the experiences and opinions of people with dementia to achieve the ideal of responsive, flexible, and individually-based services. Reports on interviews with people in the early stages of dementia.
Accommodation and employment: a survey into the circumstances and expressed needs of users of mental health services in a northern town
- Authors:
- HATFIELD Barbara, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 22(1), 1992, pp.61-73.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Interviews with service users with severe and long-term conditions revealed their greatest needs to be in the area of housing and employment.
Assessing the mental health needs of older people
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
This web-based resource provides an overview of information and current practice to all those involved in assessing the social care needs of older people with mental health needs. It is aimed primarily at practitioners undertaking assessments, in particular, those front-line staff who may be the first professional in contact with an older person or their family and friends. The Guide provides access to the information and skills that inform sound judgements in the support of service users and carers. Its coverage includes: messages from research; current policy and guidance; service users and carers; the social workers role in assessment; assessing need; black and minority ethnic older people; implications of the Mental Health Act 1983; and interagency working. Also incorporated in the contents are practice and service examples, useful further reading and links to additional information on the web and to full text of official guidance and standards. (Previously published as SCIE Practice Guide no. 2).