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Costs and outcomes management in supported housing
- Authors:
- JARBRINK Krister, HALLAM Angela, KNAPP Martin
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 10(1), February 2001, pp.99-198.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Providers of housing engage with a variety of care needs among vulnerable mixed populations. This study aims to examine the relationship between the levels of care and support provided, on the one hand, and tenants' characteristics, needs and living environment, on the other. The costs of providing housing and the costs of services used by tenants independently of their accommodation arrangements are also explored in the context of assessed needs and characteristics.
Subjective health measures and acute treatment outcomes in geriatric depression
- Authors:
- LENZE Eric J., et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 16(12), December 2001, pp.1149-1155.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study examines measures of self-rated health, physical disability, and social function as predictors of treatment response in late life- depression, and to assess these same health measures as treatment outcomes. Results found subjects with poorer self-rated health as baseline were more likely both to drop out of treatment and to not respond to adequate treatment. This relationship was independent of demographic measures, severity of depression, physical and social functioning, medical illness, personality, hopelessness, overall medication use, and side effects or non-compliance with treatment. Although this finding is preliminary it suggests that lower self-rated health may independently predict premature discontinuation of treatment for depression. Additionally, subjects who recovered from depression showed significantly improvements in self-rated health, physical disability, and social functioning.
The Maudsley long-term follow-up of child and adolescent depression: 1; psychiatric outcomes in adulthood
- Authors:
- FOMBONNE Eric, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 179, September 2001, pp.210-217.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Strong links exist between juvenile and adult depression but comorbid conduct disorder in childhood may mitigate this continuity. This article aims to test the impact of comorbid conduct disorder on psychiatric adult outcomes. A group of 149 subjects assessed at the Maudsley Hospital in the period 1970-1983 and meeting DSM-IV criteria for major depressive disorder with or without conduct disorder were interviewed 20 years later. Data were collected on the lifetime history of psychiatric disorders. Found that adult depressive recurrence was high for major depression (62.4%) and any depression (75.2%) and survival analyses showed no difference between the two groups. The group with conduct disorders had higher rates of drug misuse and dependence, alcoholism and antisocial personality disorders. Concludes that adolescent depression carries an elevated risk of adult depression irrespective of comorbidity. Comorbid conduct disorder in childhood is associated with raised rates of other psychiatric outcomes.
Outcomes of residential treatment: a study of the adolescent clients of girls and boys town
- Authors:
- LARZELERE Robert E., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Youth Care Forum, 30(3), June 2001, pp.175-185.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Pre-treatment and post-treatment data was collected from adolescent clients of a new residential treatment centre in the USA. Young people who received treatment improved significantly on the Child Behaviour Checklist and the Children's Global Assessment Scale and were maintaining their treatment gains at follow-up. Ten months following discharge, the majority were stabilised and functioning adequately in school and with their primary caregiver. For these young people, residential treatment succeeded where other interventions failed.
A pilot community living skills group: an evaluation
- Authors:
- BROWN Fiona, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 64(3), March 2001, pp.144-150.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article presents the findings of a 12 week pilot community living skills (CLS) group for eight adults with enduring mental health needs; five of these adults met the inclusion criterion for the study. The group was established to promote skills for home management, community living, personal care and safety, and social and interpersonal functioning. The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) and client satisfaction questionnaire were used as broad measurement tools.
An investigation into auricular acupuncture
- Author:
- MILLER Carol
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This investigation into Auricular Acupuncture examines the impact of this therapy on women with mental health problems, and concludes that more should be done to make auricular acupuncture more widely available at a low cost. Women reported feeling more relaxed and calm, having improved sleep, more energy and greater confidence, and these benefits increased if the treatment was repeated regularly over a number of weeks.
An investigation into massage
- Author:
- WEBB Diana
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Massage, it is claimed, can reduce stress, tension, anxiety and insomnia and improve mood. Therapeutic massage methods are a simple and effective means of affecting the nervous system, and could be used to replace pharmaceuticals for mild manifestations of symptoms, and as a supporting adjunct to drug therapy to reduce dosages and duration of treatment, thus reducing the risk of side-effects.
Mental health services policy and the aging
- Authors:
- KASKIE Brian, ESTES Carroll L.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 36(3/4), 2001, pp.99-114.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
With the continued expansion of managed behavioural health care in the USA and the imminent increase in the number of older adults with mental illness, the intersection between managed behavioural health care and aging population presents several challenges. Managed behavioural health care has continued the costs of providing specialty mental health services to older adults but a number of other objectives remain unexamined. Asks how managed behavioural health care affects access and clinical outcomes for older adults with mental illness. The authors suggest that a more comprehensive policy agenda be pursued.
Mentally disordered parricide and strange killers admitted to high-security care 2: course after release
- Authors:
- MCCARTHY Lucy, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, 12(3), December 2001, pp.501-514.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
When deciding to transfer a patient from a high-security care, the most important determinant will often be the likelihood of further violence. Despite this, there are surprisingly few data to inform the clinician on the risks posed by particular groups. This study compares the outcome of a group of mentally disordered offenders convicted of either parricide or the killing of a stranger after their release from high-security care. All the patients were released still subject to restriction orders under the Mental Health Act 1983. Results found none of the sample committed a further homicide during the follow-up and their history of further violence was also low. These data add further evidence to the widely held view that transfer from high-security care may be unduly restrictive.
Developing services for people with mental health problems in the New Deal for Disabled People personal adviser pilots
- Authors:
- GORDON Janet, MILLS Barbara
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 5(3), August 2001, pp.9-15.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The authors, from the Employment Service, describe and reflect on some of the lesson from innovative ways of partnership working in the New Deal for Disabled People pilots.