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Strategies for managing auditory hallucinations
- Author:
- WESTACOTT Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 18.1.95, 1995, pp.35-37.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Reviews some of the recent literature and describes how a number of strategies can be used to help individuals gain control over their hallucinations and reduce the level of distress experienced.
Voice-overs
- Author:
- CLARKE Liam
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 4.3.98, 1998, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Hearing voices is distressing and frightening, but cognitive psychology can provide a range of interventions that enable people to live with auditory hallucinations. Looks at ways to empower this patient group.
Working alongside people with long term mental health problems
- Authors:
- PERKINS Rachel E., REPPER Julie M
- Publisher:
- Chapman and Hall
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 235p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Concentrates specifically on day to day work with long term users of mental health services, focusing on empowering users as far as possible. Contains sections on: people and their needs; roles and relationships; contexts of support; therapeutic interventions; and challenges for the future.
Mental health in a multi-ethnic society: a multidisciplinary handbook
- Editor:
- FERNANDO Suman
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 248p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Includes chapters on: social realities and mental health; professional interventions (therapy and care); law and guidelines; sectioning - the black experience; consulting and empowering black mental health system users; training to promote race equality; women's neighbourhood mental health services; culture and family therapy; and psychotherapy in the context of race and culture.
Etiological paradigms of depression: the relationship between perceived causes, empowerment, treatment preferences, and stigma
- Authors:
- GOLDSTEIN Benjamin, ROSSELLI Francine
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 12(6), December 2003, pp.551-563.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
There is a growing trend to view depression as a biological illness rather than a psychosocial condition, even though there is no consensus as to what causes depression. Furthermore, there are mixed data on the impact of advocating the biological model. This study examined public perceptions concerning the etiology of depression as well as the relationship between such perceptions and treatment preferences, empowerment, and stigma. Survey techniques were used to assess how 66 college students view the etiology of depression. Etiology beliefs, as well as demographic data, were regressed upon measures of treatment preference, empowerment, and stigma. Factor analysis produced three distinct models of etiology: biological, psychological, and environmental. Regression analyses showed that endorsement of the biological model was associated with increased empowerment, preference for psychotherapy, and decreased stigma. Endorsing the psychological model was associated with an increased belief that people can help themselves and increased stigma. Endorsing the environmental model was associated with a mixture of positive and negative beliefs concerning depression. Endorsement of each etiological model is associated with both positive and negative consequences. The current public emphasis on viewing depression as biologically based should thus be viewed with some caution.
Shock treatment
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.6.96, 1996, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Doctors can force electric shock therapy on psychiatric patients, but a court judgment makes inroads on what many regard as excessive powers, reports the author.