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Focus on: people with mental ill health and hospital use: exploring disparities in hospital use for physical healthcare
- Authors:
- DORNING Holly, DAVIES Alisha, BLUNT Ian
- Publisher:
- QualityWatch
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 49
- Place of publication:
- London
Using hospital data, this study calculates the emergency and planned hospital activity rates for people with mental ill health, and examines how this changed over a five-year period (2009/10 to 2013/14) compared with a reference population. It also looks at what other factors, beyond mental ill health, are contributing to the differences. It examines whether people with mental ill health have more potentially preventable hospital admissions than those without mental ill health and explores whether people with mental ill health are more likely to have an emergency rather than a planned admission or stay longer in hospital for common physical healthcare procedures than those without mental ill health. The report shows that people with mental ill health use more emergency hospital care than those without mental ill health. In 2013/14, this was 3.2 times the accident and emergency (A&E) attendances and 4.9 times the emergency inpatient admissions. However, only a small part of this emergency care was explicitly to support mental health needs and deprivation is strongly associated with hospital use. The report also reveals that people with mental ill health had 3.6 times more potentially preventable emergency admissions than those without mental ill health in 2013/14. (Edited publisher abstract)
Barriers to help seeking for mental disorder in a rural impoverished population
- Authors:
- FOX Jeanne C., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 37(5), October 2001, pp.421-436.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Examines barriers to seeking mental health care reported by individuals in a rural impoverished population in the USA, by screening 646 randomly selected adults for depression, anxiety, and alcohol abuse. Respondents who screened positive were randomly assigned to one of three groups: (1) no intervention, (2) and educational intervention alone, or (3) the educational intervention in the presence of a significant other. Those who screened positive for disorders cited barriers to care at significantly higher rates than respondents who screened negative. Respondents who received the educational intervention endorsed several barriers at significantly lower rates in the follow-up telephone call (subsequent to the intervention) than in the original interview (prior to the intervention).
Preventing mental disorder in young people
- Author:
- PANKHURST Louise
- Journal article citation:
- Family Policy, Autumn 2000, p.10.
Since one in ten children are suffering from some kind of mental disorder, the author argues that preventative work must begin at birth.
Poverty and mental health: a review to inform the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s Anti-Poverty Strategy
- Author:
- ELLIOTT Iris
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 110
- Place of publication:
- London
To inform Joseph Rowntree’s Anti-Poverty Strategy, this review examines the evidence on public policies and services that effectively address mental health and poverty experienced by adults and children. It covers both preventative initiatives and initiatives that support people experiencing poverty and living with mental health problems to recover from mental health problems or move out of poverty. The review draws on an existing policy and research material, including systematic reviews and reports from government, public bodies and think tanks. It begins by considering the relationship between poverty and mental health, and proposes a conceptual framework for addressing this. It outlines mental health and poverty across the life course, including its cumulative impacts. The importance of promoting self-management, peer support, community development and movement building is discussed. The review then looks at the role of public services in reducing poverty and mental ill health. Health, social care, education, employment, social security, advice and planning services are briefly considered. It then looks at the challenges of costings and the evidence base for investing in mental health as a poverty reduction strategy. It then makes recommendations informed by Joseph Rowntree Foundations ‘4 Ps’ - Pockets (the resources available to households); Prospects ( people’s life chances); Prevention; and Places (people’s homes and communities). These recommendations address cross-cutting themes of data and research, stigma and discrimination, and MHiAP; actions at each stage of the life course and actions across the life course. (Edited publisher abstract)
Reducing re-offending by ex-prisoners: summary of the Social Exclusion Unit report
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Social Exclusion Unit
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Social Exclusion Unit
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report by the Social Exclusion Unit. Examines the causes, costs and measures for preventing reoffending. It is estimated that of those prisoners released in 1997, 58 per cent were convicted of another crime within two years. Thirty six per cent were back inside on another prison sentence. The system particularly struggles to reform young offenders.
Reducing re-offending by ex-prisoners
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Social Exclusion Unit
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Social Exclusion Unit
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 218p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report by the Social Exclusion Unit. Examines the causes, costs and measures for preventing reoffending. It is estimated that of those prisoners released in 1997, 58 per cent were convicted of another crime within two years. Thirty six per cent were back inside on another prison sentence. The system particularly struggles to reform young offenders.
Violence, homicide and suicide: strong correlation and wide variation across districts
- Authors:
- KENNEDY H.G, IVESON R.C.Y, HILL O.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 175, November 1999, pp.462-466.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The clinical assessment and management of the risk of violence and suicide by people with mental health problems may have to focus on environmental as well as individual factors. This study investigates possible associations between violence, homicide and suicide rates, population density and indices of deprivation, with particular reference to inner-city boroughs. Rates were found to be highest in boroughs with high population density and deprivation scores. This has implications for the delivery of preventive and mental health services for clinical management of risk.
Mental health and prevention for families
- Authors:
- RAPHAEL Beverley, SPRAGUE Titia
- Journal article citation:
- Family Matters, 44, Winter 1996, pp.26-29.
- Publisher:
- Australian Institute of Family Studies
There are many opportunities for improving mental health in family settings. Programmes in Australia supporting couples to build better relationships, specific parenting interventions through the period of childbirth and child rearing, and early childhood interventions have all been shown to have significant benefits.
Handbook of prevention and treatment with children and adolescents: intervention in the real world context
- Editors:
- AMMERMAN Robert T., HERSEN Michel
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 671p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- New York
Section one looks at general issues, focusing on children and poverty and children in the community. Section two is on intervention formats and settings and contains chapters on: individual and group interventions; residential services for children and young people; and interventions in the school and community. Section three is on preventive interventions and looks at: early intervention with at risk children and their families; substance use and misuse; conduct disorders and antisocial behaviour; mental health; health promotion; child abuse and neglect; child sexual abuse; and AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases. Section four examines treatment interventions, and includes: depressive disorders; anxiety disorders; post traumatic stress disorder; conduct disorder; attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder; eating disorders; and substance related disorders.
Social work in the 21st century
- Editors:
- REISCH Michael, GAMBRILL Eileen
- Publisher:
- Pine Forge Press
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 447p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Thousand Oaks, CA
Looks at the future of social work in the United states and includes chapters on: demographic changes and their implications; the future economic landscape; the impact and implications of multiculturalism; poverty and postmodernity; social work in international context; nonprofit organisations, social policy and public welfare; the future of child welfare; juvenile justice; family violence; social work and the workplace; retirement income; social work and healthcare; mental health services; prevention; community organisation; occupational social work practice; recognising the role of religious congregations and denominations in social service provision; social workers as advocates for older people; social work and philosophy; social work education; integrating research and practice; social work and psychiatry; ethical issues for social work; social work and social responsibility; the future of the social work profession; and international social work at the millennium.