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Schizofreni, familjen och sprket. (Schizophrenia, the family, and language.)
- Authors:
- GOTTFRIES Ingrid, SVENSSON Birgitta
- Journal article citation:
- Nordisk Sosialt Arbeid, 13(4), 1993, pp.3-18.
- Publisher:
- Universitetsforlaget AS
Describes therapeutic work in a family with an adult son suffering from schizophrenia, the therapy taking the form of conversations between a psychotherapist and the mother in the family. The treatment included several methods of psychotherapy: psychodynamics, family therapy, crisis therapy, and cognitive therapy.
'Aggressive' and 'problem-focused' models of case management for the severely mentally ill
- Authors:
- CORRIGAN Patrick W., KAYTON-WEINBERG Donna
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 29(5), October 1993, pp.449-458.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Discusses the relative merits and limitations of two models of case management - 'aggressive' and 'problem-focused'. Although aggressive case management has a well-established history of improving the community tenure of deinstitutionalised patients, individuals participating in this treatment are likely to become dependent on health care providers and hence require indeterminate assistance. Problem-focused case management teaches patients how to identify and resolve community-based predicaments thereby making them relatively more independent of the mental health system. Patients receiving problem-focused case management however, need reasonably competent cognitive functions thereby ruling out participation of the most severely disabled individuals. An interaction of the two approaches is proposed in which aggressive and problem-focused case management is selected depending on the patient's current needs, cognitive deficit, and level of social support.
Outside risk
- Authors:
- FAUGIER Jean, GREENWOOD Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 6.10.93, 1993, pp.56-58.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Outlines the practicalities involved in assessing the risk of vulnerable people living in the community.
Comparison of community based service with hospital based service for people with acute, severe psychiatric illness
- Authors:
- DEAN C., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 21.8.93, 1993, pp.473-476.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Reports on research in Birmingham, which found that community based service is as effective as the hospital service and is preferred by relatives. It is more effective in keeping people in long term contact with psychiatrists.
Taking control
- Author:
- LINEHAN Tim
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 28.7.93, 1993, p.19.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Considers the controversy surrounding the Health Select Committee's rejection of community supervision orders.
The trade-offs of developing a case management model for chronically mentally ill people
- Author:
- BELCHER John R.
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 18(1), February 1993, pp.20-31.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Addresses the role of case management in the care of chronically mentally ill people. Trade-offs often occur because case management is frequently used to achieve the conflicting goals of reducing service costs and raising the quality of life for clients. Despite these trade-offs, case management can be effective if it is designed so that services match client needs and the costs of services are measured accurately. Case management for chronically mentally ill people is particularly difficult to design because their level of functioning and need for intensive services are such that the cost to deliver the appropriate services is great. The profit-maximising nature of the US health care system makes some form of capitation likely in the design of case management services for this population.
Research strategies for consumer empowerment of people with severe mental illness
- Authors:
- RAPP Charles A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work: A journal of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), 38(6), November 1993, pp.727-735.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
US research concerning the care and treatment of people with severe mental illness has not been consonant with the well-established emphasis on consumer empowerment in social work and the psychiatric rehabilitation field. Provides a set of research strategies that would help bridge the gap, arguing that research should amplify the voice of the consumer by attending to the context of research, the vantage point, the process of formulating research questions, the selection of interventions to be tested, the selection of outcomes and measures, and the dissemination of research results.
Care Programming and Care Management in Rochester
- Authors:
- ONYETT Steve, DAVENPORT Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care Management and Planning, 1(4), October 1993, pp.116-123.
- Publisher:
- Pavillion
Reports on the utilisation of the care programme approach (CPA) and care management approaches in Rochester in Kent to promote interagency working for the most difficult to service mental health service users.
The professionals' double standards
- Author:
- LINEHAN Tim
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 15.7.93, 1993, p.11.
Black and Afro-Caribbean people are at least six to ten times more likely to be diagnosed as having schizophrenia. The National Schizophrenia Fellowship have published a position statement on this over-representation. Services for black and ethnic minority people need to be made more effective and sensitive.
Valuable insights
- Authors:
- REPPER Julie, BROOKER Charles
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 23.6.93, 1993, pp.28-31.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Clarifies some of the problems schizophrenia presents for individuals and their families, and identifies the role of the nurse in the care, treatment and rehabilitation of people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia.