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Community Mental Health Journal
- Publisher:
- Springer
Community Mental Health Journal is sponsored by the American Association of Community Psychiatrists and subjects covered include: crisis intervention; planned change; suicide prevention; social system analysis; early case finding; family therapy; milieu therapy; human ecology; high-risk groups, and; social welfare. This journal is indexed and abstracted selectively on Social Care Online.
Challenging violence
- Author:
- NOLAN Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 15.6.00, 2000, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Violence against mental health nurses is common. The author discusses strategies for minimising and managing the problem.
The role of the community mental health center in prevention of infant, child and adolescent disorders: retrospect and prospect
- Author:
- BERLIN I.N.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 26(1), February 1990, pp.89-1O6.
- Publisher:
- Springer
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Youth engagement with an emerging Irish mental health early intervention programme (Jigsaw): participant characteristics and implications for service delivery
- Authors:
- O'REILLY Aileen, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 24(5), 2015, pp.283-288.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Background/Aims: The transition to adulthood represents a critical period which influences mental health problems, but access to and utilisation of mental health services by young people is poor. Jigsaw is a response to the challenge of transforming how young people access mental health support and attain positive outcomes. This article presents an overview of the characteristics of young people engaging with this service. Method: Data about young people who engage with Jigsaw are captured through an online system designed to record salient clinical, case management, service delivery, and outcome information. Participant characteristics are summarised to portray the young people who engaged with the service for the first time during 2013 (N = 2420). Results: The majority of young people engaging with Jigsaw were female, aged 15-17 years, and were referred by their parents. Over half were in full-time education, although many 21-25-year-olds were unemployed. Young people presented with a range of difficulties which varied by age and gender. They reported high levels of distress, with age and gender having a significant impact on their well-being. Conclusions: This study provides emerging evidence to support the need for an early intervention component within the system of mental health care. (Publisher abstract)
Community-based prevention for suicide in elderly by depression screening and follow-up
- Authors:
- OYAMA Hirofumi, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 40(3), June 2004, pp.249-263.
- Publisher:
- Springer
The aim of the study was to evaluate the outcome of a community-based prevention program against suicides among the elderly aged 65 and over in the Japanese rural town of Joboji (population 7,010), using a quasi-experimental design with two neighboring control areas. During the 10-year implementation of the program based on strategies including screening for depression, follow up with mental health care or psychiatric treatment and health education on depression, the relative risks estimated by the age-adjusted odds ratios for both males and females were reduced to almost one quarter more than a regional historical trend, with a better response to education for females than for males. A community-based management for later-life depression with mental health care supported by the psychiatric treatment can be effective against suicide among the elderly for both males and females.
Citizenship and community in mental health: a joint national programme for social inclusion and community partnership
- Author:
- MORRIS David
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 6(3), September 2001, pp.21-24.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Describes the key themes and projects of the Citizenship and Community Programme, an 18 month project.
The Dartmouth Assertive community treatment Scale (DACTS): a generalizability study
- Authors:
- WINTER Joel P., CALSYN Robert J.
- Journal article citation:
- Evaluation Review, 24(3), June 2000, pp.319-338.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article uses generalisability theory to assess the reliability of Dartmouth Assertive Community Treatment Scale (DACTS), which was developed to assess treatment reliability to assertive community treatment (ACT). The total scale scores for the DACTS demonstrated acceptable internal consistency and interrogator reliability. The generalisability analyses provide additional detail on the effects of site, occasion, and site by occasion interactions on the reliability of the DACTS.
Compelling arguments
- Author:
- HEATH Tony
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 2(1), September 1998, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Asks if compulsory treatment orders would prevent failures in community care. Outlines how the Department of Health seems to favour the idea, but community mental health nurses say no.
Management of imminent violence: clinical practice guidelines to support mental health services
- Author:
- ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS. Research Unit
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 111p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report presenting the findings of a comprehensive and systematic review of research into the management of violence in clinical settings. Sets guidelines for clinical practice to be implemented in hospitals and psychiatric units throughout the UK.
Integrated mental health care: a comprehensive community-based approach
- Authors:
- FALLOON Ian, FADDEN Grainne
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 352p.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Describes a new approach to the provision of mental health services to the community, using the Buckingham project as a model.