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Removing barriers: the facts about mental health and employment
- Author:
- SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 7p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This paper looks at barriers to employment for people with mental health problems and at efforts that are being made to support their efforts to find and sustain work. Barriers include: stigma and discrimination; low expectations and a lack of resources; financial disincentives. There is some discussion of government policy and the Pathways to Work scheme. The section on developing new ways of working lists some key ways in which people with mental health problems can be helped to find and retain jobs. These include: re-designing vocational and day services; vocational rehabilitation; the Access to Work Scheme; provision of appropriate primary care. It concludes by looking at employers and the case for developing effective programmes with which to manage mental health at work.
Mental health care and the criminal justice system
- Author:
- SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 7p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing paper examines the provision of mental health care in the criminal justice system. It looks at what has been achieved to date and identifies priorities for further work. It starts with an overview of the prison population, looking at ethnicity, gender, young people and Imprisonment for Public Protection. The section on mental health care in prison covers: identifying mental health problems; transfer to NHS care; primary mental health care; dual diagnosis; personality disorders. Alternatives to imprisonment including diversion and community sentences are discussed. The report concludes that the introduction of in-reach teams has lead to an improvement in mental health care in some prisons but the picture is still mixed. The Bradley Report has set the government an ambitious agenda to make improvements.
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.
Primary solutions: an independent policy review on the development of primary care mental health services
- Author:
- SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Primary care plays a fundamental role in caring for people with mental health problems. It also plays an important role in determining the way in which secondary care resources are utilised. However, despite the fundamental role of primary care in addressing mental health problems, there is no clear and comprehensive national policy framework on primary care mental health.
Breaking the circles of fear: a review of the relationship between mental health services and African and Caribbean communities
- Author:
- SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 102p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The key findings of this report include the following. Mainstream services are experienced as inhumane unhelpful and inappropriate by black people. The care pathways are problematic. Primary care is limited and community based crisis care is lacking. There is a divergence in professional and lay discourse about mental illness. Service user, family and carer involvement is lacking. Black led initiatives are not valued. The feeling of stigma is wide spread.
The national service framework for mental health: an executive briefing
- Author:
- SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Critically examines seven standards proposed by the National Service Framework for Mental Health covering, mental health promotion, primary care and access to services, effective services for severe mental illnesses, caring for carers, and preventing suicide.
Working for excellence in mental health services: a complete set of all the current executive briefings
- Author:
- SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Place of publication:
- London
Eleven briefing papers: keys to engagement, review of services; open all hours, twenty four hour response for emergencies; implications of the consultation paper 'partnership in action'; acute problems; briefing on the new mental health strategy; a first class mental health service; conclusions of the first annual mental health forum; national service framework for mental health; taking your partners, using interagency cooperation; finding and keeping, review of recruitment and retention; implications of the NHS plan.