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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.
The psychology of the psychopharmacology triangle: the client, the clinicians and the medication
- Author:
- BRADLEY Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Mental Health, 1(4), 2003, pp.29-50.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The psychopharmacological triangle generated by recent changes in mental health practices in the USA requires social workers to deepen their understanding of the psychological meanings of such treatment. Many clients receive concurrent psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacological interventions from different providers, creating a triangular treatment relationship. To facilitate a successful outcome, social workers need to understand how meaning, transference and countertransference are stimulated by this arrangement. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Mental illness: treatments - the facts
- Author:
- SIDDALL Rhonda
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.4.94 Supplement, 1994, pp.10-13.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Many types of treatment are offered to people diagnosed with mental illness including: counselling, psychotherapy, medication, and electro-convulsive therapy (ECT). Looks at current treatments.
Bipolar disorder: the assessment and management of bipolar disorder in adults, children and young people in primary and secondary care: CG185
- Author:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
This guideline covers the recognition, assessment and management of bipolar disorder in children, young people and adults. It includes specific recommendations for diagnosis in children and young people because presentation in these age groups can be complicated by other conditions such as ADHD. The recommendations apply to people with bipolar I, bipolar II, mixed affective and rapid cycling disorders. The guideline highlights the key priorities for implementation in relation to: care across all phases of bipolar disorder; recognising and managing bipolar disorder in adults in primary care; managing mania or hypomania in adults in secondary care; managing bipolar depression in adults in secondary care; managing bipolar disorder in adults in the longer term in secondary care; and recognising, diagnosing and managing bipolar disorder in children and young people. (Edited publisher abstract)
Depression in adults quality standard: QS8
- Author:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
This quality standard covers the assessment and clinical management of persistent subthreshold depressive symptoms, or mild, moderate or severe depression in adults (including people with a chronic physical health problem). It describes markers of high-quality, cost-effective care that, when delivered collectively, should contribute to improving the effectiveness, safety and experience of care for people with depression in the following ways: preventing people from dying prematurely; enhancing quality of life for people with long-term conditions; helping people to recover from episodes of ill health or following injury; ensuring that people have a positive experience of care; and treating and caring for people in a safe environment and protecting them from avoidable harm. (Edited publisher abstract)
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)
DSM-IV-TR casebook and treatment guide for child mental health
- Editors:
- GALANTER Cathryn A., JENSEN Peter S., (eds.)
- Publisher:
- American Psychiatric Publishing
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 702p.
- Place of publication:
- Washington, DC
This book is based on detailed case studies and is organised into four parts: Classic cases, where the diagnosis is fairly clear; Comorbid complexity, where the diagnosis may be complicated by co-existing conditions; Toughest cases, where the diagnosis is unclear or the patient has been unresponsive to treatment; and, finally, Kids in crisis, where the patient's psychopathology exists in the context of extreme social stressors. For each clinical condition there is a detailed case presentation, followed by psychotherapeutic perspective, a psychopharmalogic a perspective and an integrative perspective.
Can humanistic and existential therapies help the problems of adolescents in the National Health Service
- Author:
- GUISHARD-PINE Jeune
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Critical Psychology Counselling and Psychotherapy, 6(1), Spring 2006, pp.48-55.
This article argues that existentialism has been neglected in therapies available to children and adolescents, to the advantage of biological interventionists, and the disadvantage of families. The article presents a background to the 'medical/biological model' and its relevance to work with children and families in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. Secondly, it gives a brief description of childhood and adolescence and the mental and emotional health issues widely known to pervade this phase of the life cycle. Thirdly, the article looks at the development of the humanistic and existential ideas promoting the restoration of emotional and mental health in reference to childhood and adolescence.
Presentations and management of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the elderly: a need for investigation
- Author:
- BUSUTTIL Walter
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 19(5), May 2004, pp.429-439.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
With an aging population increasing presentations of cases of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can be expected to old age services. While progress has been made in recent years in relation to the understanding and development of aetiological theories, classification, assessment and management strategies and protocols in the adult population, similar advances have lagged behind for the elderly. The aim was to review the adult literature regarding PTSD and discuss how this might apply to an elderly population. An attempt is made to highlight a better awareness of the field of psychological trauma in the elderly in the hope of stimulating debate and research. A review of the adult literature is conducted relating to classification, aetiology, demographic features, vulnerability, assessment, clinical management including psychotherapy and medications and how these may apply to the elderly. Little has been published in this field that directly relates to the elderly. The adult literature allows insight into understanding how PTSD may present in the elderly, and how they may be managed. Further specific research is needed in the elderly in order to facilitate a better understanding of PTSD that present in this unique population. This will lead to better clinical assessment, management and treatment provision.
The drugs don't work
- Author:
- WADDELL Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.09.02, 2002, p.26.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Psychiatric service users and mental health professionals have long debated the merits of therapy as opposed to medication, or at the very least therapy in addition to psychiatric drugs. And with the safety of so-called "clean" SSRI (selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor) antidepressant drugs being brought into question by users and professionals, the need for effective, client-focused rather than "clock-focused" therapies seems ever more important.