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Psychiatric Services
- Publisher:
- American Psychiatric Association
Psychiatric Services, established in 1950, is published monthly by the American Psychiatric Association for mental health professionals and others concerned with treatment and services for persons with mental health problems. It aims to improve care and treatment, to promote research and professional education in psychiatric and related fields, and to advance the standards of all psychiatric services and facilities. Coverage on Social Care Online from this journal is limited to relevant systematic reviews only. (Edited publisher abstract)
It wouldn't happen today
- Author:
- KOROTANA Prabjit
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 5.10.06, 2006, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author looks at the gains that have been made in treating mental health patients in the past 60 years and looks to the future.
Unleashing creativity
- Author:
- McCUE Isabel
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, June 2005, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Theatre Nemo is a community theatre company that aims to promote the creative arts in education, but especially for those affected by mental health issues. The theatre is based in Lanarkshire, Scotland and this article looks at some of the projects it has undertaken in prisons and psychiatric hospitals.
Acute mental health admissions in inner London: changes in patient characteristics and clinical admission thresholds between 1988 and 1998
- Authors:
- FITZPATRICK N.K., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 27(1), January 2003, pp.7-11.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
The authors undertook a retrospective case-note review of three cohorts of mental health admissions to determine the extent to which patient and service characteristics changed between 1988 and 1998. Changes in clinical admission thresholds were investigated by a psychiatrists' review of handwritten medical admission assessments. Patients admitted in 1998 were demographically less stable and clinically more complex than those admitted 10 years earlier. Clinical admission thresholds remained consistent. Findings suggest that the perceived increase in pressure on psychiatric services over this period was a response to a change in population need. This study highlights important questions about the clinical decision-making process leading to use of alternatives to admission and the appropriateness of acute admissions.
Hospital discharge and human rights: a practitioner's guide
- Authors:
- BRITISH INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RIGHTS, ST MARTIN TOURS HOUSING ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Human Rights
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide covers human rights and discharging people from mental health hospitals and is aimed at practitioners supporting people before, during or after discharge. It aims to provide practitioners with the knowledge to use human rights in practice, to design and deliver rights-respecting services. It focuses on three key issues for hospital discharge: delayed discharge from hospital, premature discharge from hospital, and discharge into an appropriate setting. It aims to promote independence and well-being, in the least restrictive setting possible; promoting recovery; focusing on the needs and wishes of the person and promoting autonomy. The guide is part of a series of toolkits on mental health/capacity and should be read in conjunction with ‘Mental health, mental capacity and human rights: a practitioner's guide’. (Edited publisher abstract)
A critical narrative analysis of shared decision-making in acute inpatient mental health care
- Author:
- STACEY Gemma
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Interprofessional Care, 30(1), 2016, pp.35-41.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Shared decision-making (SDM) is a high priority in healthcare policy and is complementary to the recovery philosophy in mental health care. This agenda has been operationalised within the Values-Based Practice (VBP) framework, which offers a theoretical and practical model to promote democratic interprofessional approaches to decision-making. However, these are limited by a lack of recognition of the implications of power implicit within the mental health system. This study considers issues of power within the context of decision-making and examines to what extent decisions about patients’ care on acute in-patient wards are perceived to be shared. Focus groups were conducted with 46 mental health professionals, service users, and carers. The data were analysed using the framework of critical narrative analysis (CNA). The findings of the study suggested each group constructed different identity positions, which placed them as inside or outside of the decision-making process. This reflected their view of themselves as best placed to influence a decision on behalf of the service user. In conclusion, the discourse of VBP and SDM needs to take account of how differentials of power and the positioning of speakers affect the context in which decisions take place. (Publisher abstract)
The approved social worker's guide to mental health law
- Author:
- BROWN Robert
- Publisher:
- Bournemouth University
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 128p.
- Place of publication:
- Poole
This book has been primarily written for those on the Mental Health Social Work Award (ASW) courses or those helping to provide placement opportunities for ASW trainees. It will also be of use to practising ASWs, other mental health professionals, service users and carers. Contents: civil admissions, guardianship, supervised aftercare; relatives and carers; the role of the approved social worker; patients concerned in criminal proceedings;and consent to treatment and mental capacity. Summaries of current mental health law are provided.
‘You don’t bring me flowers any more’: an investigation into the experience of stigma by psychiatric in-patients
- Authors:
- BROMLEY Joanna S., CUNNINGHAM Sara J.
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 28(10), October 2004, pp.371-374.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
A structured interview-based questionnaire was used to measure the number of cards and gifts received by 40 people undergoing psychiatric in-patient treatment, compared with an age- and gender-matched group of medical in-patients. The study also assessed the amount of disclosure of admission and diagnosis to family and friends in the two groups. The psychiatric patients received about half as many cards as the medical patients (60 v. 112). Gifts to the psychiatric patients were often practical in nature and seldom included luxury items such as flowers. Disclosure of admission for mental illness (compared with the physical illness group) was significantly lower, both to family members (139 v. 193, P=0.041) and friends (74 v. 332, P=0.0001). The stigma of mental illness is reflected in the secrecy surrounding disclosure of hospital admission and the lack of tokens of support. Clinicians should be aware of the resulting sense of isolation and shame, and the consequences for mental health in view of reduced social networks increasing the risk of future relapse rates. Reduced contact with mentally ill patients has implications for society as a whole in maintaining the status quo of stigma.
Psychiatry in Britain one hundred years ago
- Author:
- ROLLIN Henry R.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 183(10), October 2003, pp.292-298.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The items to be included in this paper, fall into the following, not necessarily mutually exclusive, categories: overcrowding in asylums; classification of lunatics; professional status of psychiatry; staffing and training in mental asylums; diagnoses ; treatment; the management of lunacy in general ; doctors v. lawyers; and the Medico-Psychological Association (MPA).
Psychosocial treatment for severe personality disorder: 36-month follow-up
- Authors:
- CHIESA Marco, FONAGY Peter
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 183(10), October 2003, pp.356-362.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
It has been found that a step-down psychosocial programme for severe personality disorders was found to be more effective at expected termination of treatment than a longer in-patient treatment with no planned after-care. The aim of this article is to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of these two psychosocial specialist programmes over a 3-year follow-up period. Two samples allocated to the in-patient treatment and to the step-down programme were compared prospectively on symptom severity, social adjustment, global assessment of mental health and other clinical indicators at 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after intake. Improvements were significantly greater in the step-down programme for social adjustment and global assessment of mental health. Patients in the programme were found to self-mutilate, attempt suicide and be readmitted significantly less at 24- and 36-month follow-up than patients in the in-patient group. Improvements associated with specialist residential treatment continued 2 years after discharge. A step-down model has significant advantages over a purely in-patient model.