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Pulling together: the future roles and training of mental health staff
- Authors:
- DUGGAN Maria, et al
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 88p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of a review looking across the board at the roles and training of mental health staff working in the community and identifying the core knowledge, skills and attitudes they require.
Focus on exercise: client and clinician perspectives on exercise in individuals with serious mental health illness
- Authors:
- BROWNE Julia, PENN David L., MIHAS Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 52(4), 2016, pp.387-394.
- Publisher:
- Springer
The health benefits of exercise are well established, yet individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) have a shorter life expectancy due in large part to physical health complications associated with poor diet and lack of exercise. There is a paucity of research examining exercise in this population with the majority of studies having examined interventions with limited feasibility and sustainability. Before developing an intervention, a thorough exploration of client and clinician perspectives on exercise and its associated barriers is warranted. Twelve clients and fourteen clinicians participated in focus groups aimed at examining exercise, barriers, incentives, and attitudes about walking groups. Results indicated that clients and clinicians identified walking as the primary form of exercise, yet barriers impeded consistent participation. Distinct themes arose between groups; however, both clients and clinicians reported interest in a combination group/pedometer based walking programme for individuals with SMI. Future research should consider examining walking programmes for this population. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental health and wellbeing and personality disorders: a guide for criminal justice professionals
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Justice
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Justice
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 29
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This guide aims to provide practical advice and information for criminal justice professionals on recognising, working with, and supporting people who are experiencing mental health distress and who come into contact with the criminal justice system. Section one provides information on why criminal justice professionals are likely to come across people with mental health conditions in the criminal justice system and how to recognise when someone might be experiencing mental health distress. Section two provides a three step guide to working with and supporting someone who may be experiencing mental health distress. This could include victims and witnesses, or individuals who have been convicted of an offence. Section three provides information on the support available for people with mental health problems in different parts of the Northern Ireland criminal justice system. Section four provides more detailed information on the main range of mental health conditions, mental health issues and personality disorders. The guide is relevant for police officers, advocacy and support workers, solicitors, barristers, prosecutors, magistrates, the judiciary and courts and probation, prison, youth justice and Department of Justice staff. (Edited publisher abstract)
National care standards: care homes for people with mental health problems
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 62p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Outlines the national care standards for mental health problems in Scotland. Contents: before moving in, standards one to six; settling in, standards seven to eleven; day to day life, standards twelve to eighteen; choosing to leave or move on, standard nineteen.
Survey of staff perceptions of illicit drug use among patients in a medium secure unit
- Authors:
- DOLAN Mairead, KIRWAN Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 25(1), January 2001, pp.14-17.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
This study is a survey of staff perceptions of illicit drug among in-patients in a medium secure unit. Results showed that sixty per cent of staff were aware of drug misuse on the unit. Less than one-third of staff were clear about the unit's policy for dealing with in-patient drug use and few have had adequate training in the management of patients with dual diagnoses. Strategies for dealing with drug misuse appear to focus on security rather than therapeutic issues. Services need to provide adequate training for staff on the management of patients with co-morbid substance misuse, introduce patient education programmes and develop and disseminate clear policies that emphasise both therapy and security.
Dimensions of staff burnout in assertive community treatment and psychosocial rehabilitation programmes for persons with severe mental illness
- Authors:
- COOK A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 2(4), December 2000, pp.6-12.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This American Study tested differential predictors of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) dimensions of emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and personal accomplishment among 129 urban, community-based providers delivering psychiatric rehabilitation services to persons with severe mental illness. Results of ordinary least squares regression analyses suggest that different client, provider, and organisational characteristics influence different dimensions of the MBI. Suggests that mental health programme administrators can use the MBI to minimize turnover and thereby enhance provider continuity and quality of care for persons with severe mental illness.
Dimensions of staff burnout in assertive community treatment and psychosocial rehabilitation programmes for persons with severe mental illness: occupational environment and mental health
- Author:
- DALGARD O.S.
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 2(4), December 2000, pp.13-15.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Comments on the article by Cook, Pickett-Schent and Nageotte, in this issue of ' International Journal of Mental Health Promotion'.
Staff attributions and management of violent incidents in hostels for homeless people
- Authors:
- MEDDINGS Sara, LEVEY Susan
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 9(5), October 2000, pp.481-494.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
The attitudes, attributions and preferred management strategies of workers in direct access hostels for homeless people were examined in relation to a hypothetical vignette of a violent incident. Half the participants were told that the man described had schizophrenia. Staff reported internal temporary, internal enduring and external attributions for the incident. They made fewer internal enduring attributions about the violent behaviour of a homeless person with schizophrenia than without, otherwise they made quite similar attributions. Staff rated psychiatric strategies as more useful in managing the behaviour of a person with schizophrenia. External attributions, positive attitudes and talking/caring management strategies were associated. Clinical implications of the study are discussed. Staff training and integrated multi-agency approaches to working with people who are homeless and experience mental health problems are recommended.
A critical appraisal of violent incident measures
- Author:
- BOWERS Len
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 8(4), August 1999, pp.339-349.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Instrumentation for the recording of violence incidents in psychiatric wards for the purpose of research remain rudimentary and underdeveloped. This article provides a critical review of the currently available research tools. All have potentially fatal handicaps which have not been identified in previous reviews, the most serious of which is the conflation of severity of a violent incident with the outcome in terms of injury.
Psychoeducation
- Author:
- FADDEN Grainne
- Journal article citation:
- Open Mind, March 1999, p.16.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Looks at a West Midlands initiative to train mental health professionals to work in effective partnership with users and their families.