Search results for ‘Subject term:"mental health problems"’ Sort:
Results 1 - 8 of 8
The safer sex
- Author:
- DENT Emma
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 22.06.06, 2006, pp.24-26.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
The author explains how there is now better medium secure provision for women, with services tailored to their needs. The article looks at examples of some PCTs who are now providing services in house.
The family empowerment program: an interdisciplinary approach to working with multi-stressed urban families
- Authors:
- CLEEK Elizabeth N., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Family Process, 51(2), June 2012, pp.207-217.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The Institute for Community Living, a not-for-profit organisation providing support and services to adults, children and families in New York, designed and implemented a family therapy programme which partners multi-stressed families with an interdisciplinary resource team. It is intended as a proactive response to fragmentation of care, enabling families to address a broad range of mental health and other concerns using a multidisciplinary team. The 3 core components are: family advocacy (parents who have sought mental health services for their children and families), entitlements counselling (offering expertise in finance, benefits and housing), and family therapy (therapists from the agency's Outpatient Mental Health Clinic working with families from a strength-based family therapy perspective). The programme's aim is to support families in achieving their goals through co-construction of a service plan that addresses the family's needs. This article describes the programme and how it works, and includes a case example.
Holistic care for older inpatients
- Author:
- SMY Janis
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 16.05.06, 2006, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
This article reports on a team of nurses from Bradford who won a Nursing Times Award for training 'older people's champions' to ensure patients' mental health needs, as well as physical needs, are met.
Caring For Me and You: the co-production of a computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) package for carers of people with dementia
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 22(10), 2018, pp.1287-1294.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Objectives: Carers of people with dementia face barriers in accessing therapy for mental health difficulties. Computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) packages can be effective in treating a range of presentations; however, tailored packages for carers' unique needs are lacking. The authors' aim was to design a cCBT package for carers to address the limitations of previous online interventions, by including users and experts as consultants and collaborators throughout the project. Method: The authors adopted a three-phase approach to the development process. Firstly, a data-gathering phase in which current literature and best practice was reviewed, and semi-structured interviews conducted with service users, academic and clinical experts. Secondly, a co-production and refinement phase with carers testing materials and providing feedback. Thirdly, a pilot field testing phase of service users and the research team testing the package. Results: The ‘Caring For Me and You’ package adopted a transdiagnostic approach to take account of the range of difficulties that carers face. The package consisted of 20 short sessions with features built in to engage users and personalise content to meet individuals' needs. Conclusion: User involvement was central to the design of the ‘Caring For Me and You’ package which is currently being evaluated in a three-arm randomised controlled trial. (Edited publisher abstract)
St Basils psychologically informed environments: meeting the emotional and psychological needs of young homeless people
- Authors:
- CUMMINGS Jennifer, SKEATE Amanda, ANDERSON Giles
- Publisher:
- Housing Learning and Improvement Network
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 9
- Place of publication:
- London
This case study outlines how a West Midlands based housing service providing supported accommodation and other services to young homeless people, has implemented and evaluated a bespoke psychologically-informed environment (PIE) to meet the emotional and psychological needs of their clients. The service found that that many clients had suffered from some degree of emotional trauma and have a history of abuse, neglect, broken relationships and were increasingly presenting with complex trauma and multiple needs. The case study focusses on the transformation of St Basils into a psychologically-aware housing service through developing a psychological framework, developing the physical environment and social spaces, staff training and support, managing relationships and ongoing evaluation and evidencing of impact. (Edited publisher abstract)
Can Assertive Community Treatment remedy patients dropping out of treatment due to fragmented services?
- Authors:
- DRUKKER Marjan, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 50(4), 2014, pp.454-459.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Previously, many patients with severe mental illness had difficulties to engage with fragmented mental health services, thus not receiving care. In a Dutch city, Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) was introduced to cater specifically for this group of patients. In a pre–post comparison, changes in mental health care consumption were examined. All mental health care contacts, ACT and non-ACT, of patients in the newly started ACT-teams were extracted from the regional Psychiatric Case Register. Analyses of mental health care usage were performed comparing the period before ACT introduction with the period thereafter. After the introduction of ACT, mental health care use increased in this group of patients, although not all patients remained under the care of ACT teams. ACT may succeed in delivering more mental health care to patients with severe mental illness and treatment needs who previously had difficulties engaging with fragmented mental health care services. (Publisher abstract)
Meeting the psychological and emotional needs of homeless people
- Authors:
- NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT UNIT, GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 143p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A guide which describes effective ways of recognising and meeting the psychological and emotional needs of people who have experienced homelessness, are sleeping rough or living in insecure accommodation, in particular young people and rough sleepers with histories of complex trauma. The national policy context, the research evidence which informs developing practice, and the issues for service providers and commissioners are included. The guide also describes the common psychological problems associated with complex trauma and offers examples of treatment models available. Case studies are presented which describe a variety of existing services for rough sleepers and young people addressing emotional and psychological problems. The guide has been designed for supported accommodation key workers and managers, local authority housing options teams and managers and supported accommodation providers.
Lighting the way
- Author:
- McCURRY Patrick
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 48, 5.11.03, 2003, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Looks at some of the key lessons identified by the Beacon Councils Kensington and Chelsea, Surrey, Darlington in addressing the needs of children with mental health problems.