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Mental health issues within lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) communities
- Author:
- FISH Julie
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Although the majority of LGB people do not experience poor mental health, research suggests that some LGB people are at higher risk of mental disorder, suicidal behaviour and substance misuse. Evidence indicates that the increased risk of mental disorder in LGB people is linked to experiences of discrimination. LGB people are more likely to report both daily and lifetime discrimination than heterosexual people. Gay men and bisexual people are significantly more likely to say that they have been fired unfairly from their job because of discrimination. Lesbians are more likely to have experienced verbal and physical intimidation than heterosexual women. Discrimination has been shown to be linked to an increase in deliberate self-harm in LGB people; GB people demonstrate higher rates of anxiety and depression than heterosexuals; lesbians and bisexual women may be at more risk of substance dependency than other women.
Whole in one: achieving equality of status, access and resources for people with depression
- Authors:
- PAXMAN Jon, MANNING Julia
- Publisher:
- 2020 Health
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 50
- Place of publication:
- London
This report focuses on depression in adults, with particular emphasis on access to NHS services and treatment, the funding of services, depression in the workplace, and the role of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). It draws on evidence from interviews and discussions with researchers and people living with depression or in supportive roles. The report questions the lack of diagnosis, treatment options and the apparent discrimination in availability of medicines, as well as the continued separation of mental health from physical health. The report sets out a series of recommendations aimed at: improving access to treatment and services; closing the funding gap; improving mental health in the workplace; and encouraging parity of esteem through NICE. (Edited publisher abstract)
Spreading the load
- Author:
- BUTTERWORTH Lorna
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 10.12.97, 1997, pp.32-34.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Explores the hurdles facing nurses with mental health problems on the path to recovery.
How mental illness loses out in the NHS
- Author:
- LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS. Centre for Economic Performance. Mental Health Policy Group
- Publisher:
- London School of Economics, Centre for Economic Performance
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report, written by a team of economists, psychologists, doctors and NHS managers, looks at the scale of mental illness in Britain and the priority the NHS gives to treating these conditions. It is stated that only a quarter of all those people with mental illness are in treatment, compared with the vast majority of those with physical conditions. Within the term 'mental illness' the report includes in its coverage clinical depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and children conduct disorder. The report covers: the scale and severity of mental illness; the costs of mental illness to the NHS; the wider costs of mental illness to the government and to society; what treatments exist, such as psychological therapies and how successful and cost-effective they are; the extent to which treatments are available in the NHS, and the policy implications of our conclusions. The report makes six key recommendations. These include need to complete the national roll-out of Improved Access to Psychological Therapy by 2014, reflect IATP outcomes in the NHS Outcomes Framework, and the training of GPs in IAPT or CAMHS services.
The prevalence and costs of psychiatric disorders and learning disabilities
- Authors:
- SMITH Kirsteen, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 166, January 1995, pp.9-18.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Assesses the economic burden of psychiatric disorders and learning disability in order to aid decisions on priorities for research. A wide variety of data sources both on prevalence and on the usage and costs of relevant services were used to measure the economic burden of each condition.