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Perceptions of professionals about the nature of rehabilitation relationships with persons with mental illness and the dilemmas and conflicts that characterize these relationships
- Authors:
- FINARET Anderea Eini, SHOR Ron
- Journal article citation:
- Qualitative Social Work, 5(2), June 2006, pp.151-166.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The development of rehabilitation relationships with persons with mental illness is a topic that has had limited attention in psychiatric rehabilitation literature. This research presents findings from in-depth interviews that were conducted with 10 psychiatric rehabilitation workers in Israel. Six of them were social workers, two were psychologists, and two were occupational therapists. Eight central components that characterize the development of rehabilitation relationships have been highlighted. These components indicate that the rehabilitation relationship is unconventional and differs in many ways from traditional therapeutic relationships. In addition, the challenge of coping with the conflicts and dilemmas which professionals encounter during the implementation of these components has been emphasized. The findings illuminate the need to develop a knowledge base that would prepare rehabilitation workers to cope with these difficulties and provide suitable professional training and supervision.
Measuring outcome in psychiatric rehabilitation
- Author:
- SCHOFIELD Pam
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 69(10), October 2006, pp.481-483.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Outcome measures are becoming an essential component in the everyday practice of occupational therapy. Within mental health rehabilitation this can present as a challenge, because quality of life needs to be balanced against quantifiable data from standardised assessments. Determining what is considered to be a positive outcome can demonstrate differences for each client and, as such, intervention needs to be provided in an individualised manner. This opinion piece explores the challenges of using occupational therapy outcome measures within psychiatric rehabilitation, including examples from the author's practice
Help us do it our way
- Author:
- MORGAN Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, July 2006, pp.31-33.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
HUG, the Highland Users Group, is a network of people who use, or have used, mental health services in the Highlands, with approximately 360 members and 13 branches. After being given a presentation by the Scottish Recovery Network (SRN), HUG discussed the idea of recovery in 11 of its branches, involving 67 people in total. This article reports on some of the main findings of the groups discussion about recovery, what it is and what helps and hinders people in their journeys. This includes thoughts on the role of mental health professionals and mental health services in recovery.
Through pain and isolation to acceptance
- Authors:
- WILLIAMS Shaun, BERTRAM Mark
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 10(2), May 2006, pp.13-17.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The importance of employment for people who use mental health services has been highlighted with the release of the Mental Health and Social Exclusion report. However, what remains less clear is what this process actually involves for service users and vocational rehabilitation staff. This article describes the process from the perspective of a person receiving mental health services and someone working in a vocational support role. Both accounts highlight how crucial supportive relationships and time are in helping people on their vocational journeys.
Understanding recovery: module 1
- Editors:
- COLEMAN Ron, TAYLOR Karen, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Working to Recovery
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 54p., DVD, CD ROM
- Place of publication:
- Wormit
A one day pack on recovery awareness which is the first in a new series of training packs by Working to Recovery Ltd. Recovery, Making it Happen, has been designed to enable professionals, users and carers to understand the concepts that underpin the notion of recovery, firstly within the mental health arena, but as importantly, within the wider world in which we live. Module One explores; the history of recovery, what is recovery, what are the elements of recovery, how, as workers, we can start recovery work, who needs to recover, what we currently do and the recovery process. The pack contains a course manual; a DVD lecture presentation entitled, ˜Recovery vs Maintenance"™, and a CD Rom with background notes, bibliography and powerpoint presentations.
Mental health, drugs and the call to reinstate harm reduction
- Author:
- CHAISTY David
- Journal article citation:
- Drugs and Alcohol Today, 6(4), December 2006, pp.21-26.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The author argues there is a risk that harm reduction is being taken for granted. He goes on to champion the logic and power of harm reduction to reassert its use not just among drug or alcohol problems, with also for people with mental health issues.
The madness of our lives: experiences of mental breakdown and recovery
- Author:
- GRAY Penny
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 204p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
What precipitates mental breakdown? How do people experience such extremes – and how do they see others’ interpretations and interventions? Most important, how do people recover from these episodes and get their lives back? These are some of the questions addressed in this anthology of first-hand accounts of mental breakdown and recovery. Eleven very different stories together shed light on what triggers mental breakdown, what it is like to be ‘mad’, whether treatment helps and how people reclaim themselves and their lives. Based on tape-recorded interviews with people who have been through a mental breakdown and come out the other side of it, the book breaks the silence around mental distress and offers hope and optimism to mental health service users and their carers.
Mental health vocational rehabilitation: an overview of occupational therapy service provision in Northern Ireland
- Authors:
- DEVLIN Ciara, BURNSIDE Lesley, AKROYD Lorna
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 69(7), July 2006, pp.334-338.
- Publisher:
- Sage
http://www.cot.co.uk/Homepage/Library_and_Publications/British_Journal_of_Occupational_Therapy_(BJOT)/
Harnessing the 'lived experience': formalising peer support approaches to promote recovery
- Author:
- BRADSTREET Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 11(2), June 2006, pp.33-37.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
In Scotland one of the four key aims of the Scottish Executive's 'National Programme for Improving Mental Health and Well-being' is 'promoting and supporting recovery'. In 2004 the Scottish Recovery Network was launched to work towards achieving this aim. The author, director of the Scottish Recovery Network, explains how formal peer support which creates specific roles within existing mental health services designed to be filled by people who have experienced significant mental health problems can be used to translate key recovery principles into practice. The article looks at some of the evidence, including practice from America.
Impacts of the job retention and rehabilitation pilot
- Authors:
- PURDON Susan, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 172p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Job Retention and Rehabilitation Pilot (JRRP) was undertaken to test out boosting the usual help for those off work due to sickness and ill health, to return to and retain their job. The report presents information about the experience of participating in the trial, and the second report provides a quantitative assessment of the impacts of the trial on return-to-work rates, health, and other measures. Key findings of the impact assessment were that this particular method of recruiting and assisting people to retain employment was not effective, the interventions had no significant impact on the group of people recruited into the trial across key return-to-work measures. Similar rates of return to work were observed in the intervention groups as in the control group. There were however some minor impacts, both positive and negative, on certain subgroups: specifically, improved return-to-work rates for those off work because of an injury; and lower return-to-work rates for those with mental health issues.