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Schizophrenia
- Author:
- ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Part of a series of booklets describing a range of mental health problems, aiming to make people more understanding of what these are and of the people who suffer from them. This pamphlet looks at Schizophrenia.
It's time to move over Darling
- Authors:
- HOGMAN Gary, CHAPMAN Martin
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.11.98, 1998, p.13.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The authors argue that benefit shake-up is very bad news for mentally ill people.
The Lancashire quality of life profile: first experiences in the Netherlands
- Authors:
- van NIEUWENHUIZEN Chijs, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 34(5), October 1998, pp.513-524.
- Publisher:
- Springer
In the Netherlands, as in many other European countries, there is a strong desire for a reliable, valid and feasible instrument to assess the quality of life of people with long-term mental illness. After careful evaluation, it was decided to translate and adapt the Lancashire Quality of Life Profile (LQOP) developed by Oliver and associates. This article presents the preliminary results of a pilot study using the LQOLP. Results indicate that the psychometric properties of the translated LQOLP are encouraging and that the instrument can be used for people with mental illness who live in the Netherlands.
Premorbid adjustment and personality in people with schizophrenia
- Authors:
- MALMBERG A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 172, April 1998, pp.308-313.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Discusses how schizoid personality and poor social adjustment have been thought of as common antecedents of schizophrenia but the existing literature is inconclusive. Describes a cohort study of the premorbid personality and adjustment of Swedish men who were assessed on entry into the army. Individuals who developed schizophrenia or another psychosis after 15-year follow up were identified. Concludes that some aspects of premorbid personality and adjustment may act as risk factors for schizophrenia. The results appear to be most consistent with a multi-factorial aetiology for schizophrenia and offer tentative support for psychological disturbance mediating genetic and environmental effects on the causal pathway to the illness.
Towards a sociology of schizophrenia: humanistic reflections
- Author:
- DOUBT Keith
- Publisher:
- University of Toronto Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 136p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Toronto
Presents a way of understanding not only what Schizophrenia is, but society's reactions to it.
How exercise can help people with mental health problems
- Author:
- ADAMS Lesley
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 6.9.95, 1995, pp.37-39.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Describes the outcomes gained by a young man with a diagnosis of chronic schizophrenia who participated in a 12-week progressive exercise programme.
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.
The efficacy of case management services for severely mentally disabled clients
- Author:
- SOLOMON Phyllis
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 28(3), June 1992, pp.163-180.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Review of published and unpublished research studies of case management of severely mentally ill adults.
The quality of life of the chronically mentally ill: a comparison of public, private, and voluntary residential provisions
- Authors:
- OLIVER J.P.J, MOHMAD Hadi
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 22(4), 1992, pp.391-404.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Reports on a pilot survey of the quality of life of mentally disabled people in the community; describes the methodology used; makes comparisons, based on specific criteria, to identify whether any particular form of provision affects quality of life.
The support networks of people with severe, long-term mental health problems
- Authors:
- HATFIELD Barbara, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 6(1), 1992, pp.25-40.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Examines the areas of relationships and professional support to mental health service users with severe, long-term mental health problems. The tenuous nature of support available to many service users both in the community and in staffed settings is identified, and it is argued that for real improvements in quality of life, the newly-emerging care manager role will need to address explicitly the relationship environment of people with such problems.