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A little knowledge
- Author:
- AYLWARD Nicola
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.5.03, 2003, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Attending courses can help young people with mental health problems improve their quality of life. Describes new research by the Young Adult Learners Partnership, on how courses can best meet their needs.
The effect of psychiatric rehabilitation on the activity and participation level of clients with long-term psychiatric disabilities
- Authors:
- VAN WEL Tom, FELLING Albert, PERSOON Jean
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 39(6), December 2003, pp.535-546.
- Publisher:
- Springer
During the last decades of the 20th century, many psychiatric hospitals changed the living environments of their clients with long-term psychiatric disabilities. Investigates the effect of this environmental psychiatric rehabilitation and normalization process on the activity and participation level of such clients residing in one Dutch psychiatric hospital. The seven years of panel research demonstrated that more normal living environments have a positive effect on clients' activity and participation level. This is controlled for the fact that younger clients, and clients with a relative high activity and participation level were selected for these normal living environments.
Worries and problems of young carers: issues for mental health
- Author:
- CREE Viviene E.
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Family Social Work, 8(4), November 2003, pp.301-309.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper reports on a research study which explored the worries and problems of young carers in Edinburgh. Sixty-one young carers took part in the study, conducted between April and June 2002. Findings indicate that young carers identify significant worries and problems in relation to their well-being, and that these come over and above any 'normal' adolescent difficulties. It is suggested that these findings may have important implications for young carers' mental health, now and in the future, and contain important lessons for child and family social work in general.
Just one per cent: the experiences of people using mental health services
- Authors:
- UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA, RETHINK
- Publisher:
- Rethink
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- Kingston upon Thames
Rethink regularly carries out social survey research to monitor expert opinion on standards of mental health care. The recent Our Point of View survey, upon which this report is based, asked are things getting better for the people who use mental health services, their families and friends at the beginning of the 21st Century in Britain? This report looks at what service users want in order to feel fully represented.
Social sensory stimulation groups: do the benefits last?
- Authors:
- MAGUIRE Siobain, GOSLING Anna-Louise
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 11(2), March 2003, pp.20-22.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Reports on a study to consider whether the benefits of running an activity and stimulation group have any demonstrable effect after the group itself has finished. An activity group was set up in a nursing home, with a minimum of four residents and a maximum of six residents attending each week. All residents in the study has a diagnosis of dementia. Group members were observed for 30 minutes before the group started and for 30 minutes after the group had finished. The study found the group was effective in stimulating activity resulting in improved levels of well-being, but no carry-over effect was found. Discusses the possible reasons for this.
The emotional lives of people with learning disability
- Author:
- ARTHUR Andrew R.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 31(1), 2003, pp.25-30.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper reviews accounts of research and therapy and makes an assessment of the current state of knowledge. Very little research actually exists when compared to the non-learning disabled, and so, studies of psychotherapy, child development, parent-infant bonding, psychological assessment and emotional disturbance in people with learning disability are examined. The review finds that there is evidence to suggest the presence of a significantly higher level of emotional developmental problems and disturbance in people with learning disability. This problem requires multidisciplinary attention if progress in improving quality of life is to be maintained.
From a ‘state mental Hospital' to new homes in the city: longitudinal research into the use of intramural facilities by long-stay care-dependent psychiatric clients in Amsterdam
- Authors:
- DUURKOOP Pim, VAN DYCK Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 39(1), February 2003, pp.77-92.
- Publisher:
- Springer
In 1986, the traditional psychiatric hospital where 70% of Amsterdam's intramural treatment took place, was closed down. The progress of two groups of long-stay patients was followed for five years after their transferral to new small-scale facilities in Amsterdam. The ADL (activities of daily living) functioning of the most severely impaired clients improved and their psychiatric symptoms decreased, while no improvement was seen in the functioning of the more independent clients. This evaluation makes clear that the improvement of the severely disabled patients depends on the intensity of care given. The improvement in the new facilities is no guarantee for a further development into a less care-intensive environment. The more independent clients, however, could more easily be transferred to less care-intensive facilities.
Exploring perceptions of quality of life of frail older people during and after their transition to institutional care
- Author:
- ESRC GROWING OLDER PROGRAMME
- Publisher:
- University of Sheffield. Department of Sociological Studies
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Sheffield
Reports on research to investigate the quality of life of older people with severe physical and/or mental conditions or disabilities at the end of their lives. The research aims to contributed to the understanding of the quality of life for frail older people, from the perspective of older people themselves. The research used a symbolic interactionist framework and takes a subjective, qualitative approach to quality of life as a multi-dimensional concept, including social, psychological, emotional, cultural, spiritual and environmental dimensions. This ethnographic research included six focus groups, naturalistic observation, and interviews with 52 individuals who had moved into care homes in the previous six months.
A window of opportunity: a practical guide for developing early intervention in psychosis services
- Author:
- SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 87p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Early intervention services can make a big difference in the lives of young people experiencing psychosis for the first time. This guide argues that if the NHS and social services invest new resources in early intervention they will increase young people’s chances of recovering from mental illness. Over time, they can also save money in other services. Young people across the country often wait for more than a year before receiving treatment for psychosis. Many seek help several times before they get treatment. This increases their chances of long-term mental ill health and social exclusion. The report shows that implementing early intervention services means creating a team with the skills to work with young people to help them not just with their mental health problems but with other aspects of their lives, such as education, work and personal relationships.
The economic and social costs of mental illness
- Author:
- SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The cost of mental illness in England adds up to £77.4 billion, twice as high as was previously estimated, when quality of life is considered alongside the costs of care and lost work. The figures are:: £12.5 billion for care provided by the NHS, local authorities, privately funded services, family and friends; £23.1 billion in lost output in the economy caused by people being unable to work (paid and unpaid); £41.8 billion in the human costs of reduced quality of life, and loss of life, amongst those experiencing a mental health problem. The costs of mental illness to businesses and to individuals dwarf the sums of money used in treating mental health problems. Some 39 per cent of working age adults with a mental health problem, for example, have no job. That represents a loss to the economy of £9.4 billion: more than the £6.5 billion the NHS spent on mental health services last year. Many of the costs of mental illness are hidden. For example, most people with mental health problems are looked after by relatives and friends on an unpaid basis. The value of this care is estimated at £3.9 billion.