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A reading group in acute mental health care
- Author:
- McLAUGHLIN Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 30.10.12, 2012, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Training provided by The Reader Organisation enabled Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust to run reading groups for people in acute inpatient mental health wards. A five-week pilot project provided an opportunity for patients to spend some time of the wards to enjoy reading together. The group offered a therapeutic space and a valuable opportunity for engagement and self-expression. The programme also provides a model that builds partnership between library services, the health sector and the voluntary sector.
Promoting healthy choices for mental health clients
- Authors:
- ARNOLD Andrea, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 22.4.08, 2008, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
This article describes the implementation of an initiative by a multidisciplinary community mental health team to improve the health of clients with mental health problems. The projects developed were: an allotment; a coffee morning; a walking group; a healthy living group; and blood glucose testing. Evidence suggests that people with mental ill health are at greater risk of premature death than the general population. The project resulted in improvements in clients physical and mental well-being.
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.
Partners in care: service user employment in the NHS: a user’s perspective
- Author:
- HARDING Emma
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 29(7), July 2005, pp.268-269.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
The user employment programme at Southwest London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust is implemented by a small team of employment specialists working to support people with personal experience of mental ill health to attain and retain jobs within the NHS. There is a triad of support available in terms of enabling people to get jobs by providing weekly details of vacancies and assistance with application forms and interview skills. NHS user employment is particularly important as it enables people to consolidate and make use of what is to the rest of society misconstrued as a dirty secret or even a menace. For the individual themselves, the experience of distress is often a series of life-changing events; being able to make use of the revelations these bring is a natural panacea.
Description and evaluation of a novel service for "difficult to manage" psychiatric in-patients
- Authors:
- HAYES Adrian J., PRATT Daniel, SHAW Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Practice, 17(1), 2015, pp.69-78.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: A new service was developed to provide transitional care between acute and secure services for people with serious mental illness who are considered "difficult to manage" The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the work of the service by examining referrals made, strategies employed for each referral, and patient outcomes, as well as investigating issues in the service's development and implementation. Design/methodology/approach: A retrospective descriptive study by review of 38 case notes, and qualitative interviews of 47 staff within the service and those referring to the service. Findings: In the first eight months, 38 patients were referred due to violence, aggression and management problems. Most interventions provided by the service involved working with referring staff, rather than direct patient contact. Subsequently, 16 per cent required referral to higher levels of security. Interviews showed the team's aims needed to be more clearly established, but that ward staff found the service to be a useful and productive resource. Research limitations/implications: The study is descriptive and retrospective, but showed that the service provided appropriate interventions for managing patients with serious mental illness and challenging behaviour. Practical implications: A transitional service may have value in keeping patients in the least restrictive setting. Careful planning is needed in designing novel interventions, ensuring clear aims and effective management. Originality/value: The service under study was novel, and may be useful in facilitating successful transfer from, or preventing admission to, secure services. (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)
The expert patients programme (EPP): a resource for GPs treating chronic disease and co-existing common mental health problems?
- Authors:
- TURNER Andy, BARLOW Julie
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review Journal, 12(2), June 2007, pp.4-6.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article considers the potential of a self-management programme for primary care treatment of patients with chronic disease and co-existing mental health problems such as depression and anxiety. The authors conclude that a growing body of evidence suggests that such a resource should be high on the list of referral options for GP's and other health professionals.