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Psychiatric morbidity and people's experience of and response to social problems involving rights
- Authors:
- BALMER Nigel J., PLEASENCE Pascoe, BUCK Alexy
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 18(6), November 2010, pp.588-597.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Psychiatric morbidity is associated with the increased reporting of a range of social problems involving legal rights. Using a validated measure of psychiatric morbidity, this study investigates the relationship between psychiatric morbidity and rights problems and discusses the implications for the delivery of health and legal services. New representative national survey data from the English and Welsh Civil and Social Justice Survey (CSJS) surveyed 3,040 adults in 2007 to explore the relationship between the self-reported incidence of and behaviour surrounding, rights problems. It was found that the prevalence of rights problems increased with psychiatric morbidity, as did the experience of multiple problems. It was also found the likelihood of inaction in the face of problems increased with psychiatric morbidity, while the likelihood of choosing to resolve problems without help decreased. Where advice was obtained, psychiatric morbidity was associated with a greater tendency to obtain a combination of `legal' and `general' support, rather than legal advice alone. The authors suggest that integrated and outreach services are important to the effective support of those facing mental illness.