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Supporting briefing note: community mental health survey 2011
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing note provides key findings from the 2011 survey of people who use community mental health services. The survey comprises a sample of service users aged 16 and over who had been in contact with NHS mental health services in the 3 month period from July 2010 to September 2010 and who were receiving specialist care or treatment for a mental health condition. Over 17,000 service users from 65 mental health trusts in England responded to the survey, a response rate of 33%. This publication summarises the survey findings with regards to: health and social care workers; medications; talking therapies; care coordinators; care plans; care reviews; crisis care; and day to day living. Where comparisons are possible, it highlights notable changes from the 2010 survey and identifies areas where further improvement is required. Overall, service users rated the care they received from mental health services in the last 12 months as: excellent 29%, very good 30%, good 20%, fair 13%, poor 5% and very poor 4%. The ‘very poor’ category showed a small yet statistically significant decrease of less than 1% compared with 2010.
Streetcred?: values and dilemmas in mental health work with young people
- Author:
- DAVIES Bernard
- Publisher:
- National Youth Agency
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 127p.
- Place of publication:
- Leicester
Discusses the work of 42nd Street, a Manchester-based community mental health resource for young people under stress. explores the values and ideology behind the project with reference to ideas about young people and mental health; the services it provides in the way of youth work, therapy and informal support; equal opportunities and participation issues;and relations with external agencies.
National summary of the results for the 2013 community mental health survey
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 21
- Place of publication:
- London
This national summary provides key findings from the 2013 survey of people who use community mental health services, and highlights statistically significant differences between 2012 (the last time the survey was carried out) and 2013. The 2013 survey involved 58 NHS trusts in England (including combined mental health and social care trusts, Foundation Trusts and community healthcare social enterprises that provide mental health services). Responses were received from more than 13,000 service users, a national response rate of 29%. Service users aged 18 and over were eligible for the survey if they were receiving specialist care or treatment for a mental health condition and had been seen by the trust between 1 July 2012 and 30 September 2012. The survey finds that the care people receive in the community needs to improve. Of particular concern is people’s lack of involvement in their care plans or having their views taken into account when deciding which medication to take. (Edited publisher abstract)
Improving access to psychological therapies - the story so far
- Author:
- GRAY Penny
- Journal article citation:
- Therapy Today, 18(2), March 2007, pp.18-21.
- Publisher:
- British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
The author reports on the first six months of the Doncaster Improving Access to Psychological Therapies pilot. The aim of the service is to provide rapid access and assessment and to deliver a wide range and choice of evidence-based interventions in non-traditional ways.
Helping the helpers not to harm: iatrogenic damage and community mental health
- Authors:
- CAPLAN Gerald, CAPLAN Ruth B
- Publisher:
- Brunner-Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 256p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- New York
In this book the authors use the term 'iatrogenic' to refer to the damage caused, often inadvertently, to a child or adult with mental health problems by any caregiver, whether physician, psychiatrist, therapist, teacher, school guidance counselor, social worker, or judge, in the course of a professional intervention.
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.
The coping with unusual experiences for children study (CUES): a pilot randomized controlled evaluation of the acceptability and potential clinical utility of a cognitive behavioural intervention package for young people aged 8–14 years with unusual ex...
- Authors:
- JOLLEY Suzanne, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 57(3), 2018, pp.328-350.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Objectives: Health care guidelines recommend psychological interventions for childhood unusual experiences that are associated with distress or adverse functional impact (UEDs), based on adult, rather than child‐specific, evidence. This is a report of the first randomized controlled evaluation of the acceptability and potential clinical utility of cognitive behavioural therapy for childhood UEDs (CBT‐UED). Design: Pilot randomized controlled trial. Methods: Participants aged 8–14 years were recruited from referrals to community services for children with emotional/behavioural problems and screened for self‐reported UEDs. Results: Of around 1,000 referrals over 36 months, 304 (30%) were identified to the research team, 174 (57%) were successfully contacted, 110 (63%) consented to screening, 96 (87%) attended a screening assessment, and 51 (53%) reported UEDs. Forty‐nine (96%) consented to randomization to either CBT‐UED (9–12 weekly sessions of 40–50 min, adjunctive to usual care, n = 24) or treatment‐as‐usual/waitlist control (TAU/WL, n = 25). Childhood internalizing emotional symptoms (e.g., feeling ‘nervous’/'scared’/’tearful’/’worried’/'sick’; proposed primary outcome), UEDs, depression, anxiety, and childhood psychopathology (secondary outcomes) were measured at baseline, at 12 weeks, and, where therapy was ongoing but incomplete (<12 sessions) at 12 weeks, at end‐of‐treatment (EOT). Twenty‐two CBT‐UED participants (92%) attended ≥5 sessions. Forty‐four participants (90%) completed 12‐week assessments (CBT‐UED, n = 21/24, 88%; TAU/WL, n = 23/25, 92%). Preliminary findings were encouraging for emotional symptoms and UEDs, but otherwise mixed. Conclusions: Retention, screening, and consent rates were as anticipated; recruitment took longer than planned. Trial procedures were acceptable to young people, their families, and clinicians. Therapy exceeded 12 weeks, but was well‐received, with no serious adverse events attributed to participation. Further evaluation is needed. (Edited publisher abstract)
Users' views of therapeutic community treatment: a satisfaction survey at the Cassel hospital
- Authors:
- CHIESA Marco, PRINGLE Pamela, DRAHORAD Carla
- Journal article citation:
- Therapeutic Communities: the International Journal of Therapeutic Communities, 24(2), Summer 2003, pp.127-141.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Explores the experience of 85 patients through the systematic survey of their views following their inpatient stay at the Cassel Hospital. Patients who had been resident for treatment for at least 6 weeks were invited to complete the Cassel Satisfaction Questionnaire. Data was examined through a separate quantitative and qualitative approach. Results show that although patients were generally satisfied with the treatment they received, their negative experiences and criticisms highlighted important deficiencies in specific aspects of the treatment programme in the areas of the transitional phase of treatment (admission and discharge), nursing organisation and adequate provision of aftercare.
This is madness too: critical perspectives on mental health services
- Editors:
- NEWNES Craig, HOLMES Guy, DUNN Cailzie
- Publisher:
- PCCS Books
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 202p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Ross-on-Wye
Offers a compassionate scholarly critique of the treatment of children, government policy, the use of anti-depressants and other areas fundamental to mental health services. The book brings together the views of service users and professionals. Contents include: The lunatics have taken over the asylum; risk and dangerousness; rights and wrongs; an end to madness.
Community-based psychotherapy with young people: evidence and innovation in practice
- Editor:
- BARUCH Geoffrey
- Publisher:
- Brunner-Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 208p.bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Addresses the particular problems of engaging young people with mental health problems and conduct disorders in psychotherapy. Although underpinned by psychoanalytic ideas, the book also takes into account developmental, biological and cultural issues that affect young people. Part one considers the theoretical and practical aspects of engaging and maintaining young people in treatment. Part two describes services that have been devised to meet the needs of particular groups such as persistent young offenders and those that are disabled, who are difficult to reach with a traditional clinical approach. The particular needs of young women seeking contraception are also discussed. The third part concludes with an examination of tried and tested methods for routinely evaluating the effectiveness of clinical interventions.