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Mental health promotion: options for Wales
- Authors:
- HODGSON Ray, ABBASI Tina
- Publisher:
- Health Promotion Wales
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 23p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
The third in a series from Health Promotion Wales (HPW) on mental health promotion. Consolidates some of the main findings from the first two reports, and sets out proposals for developing a coordinated programme of mental health promotion.
Housing for people who are severely mentally ill
- Editors:
- HAMMOND Terry, WALLACE Pat
- Publisher:
- National Schizophrenia Fellowship
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 30p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Kingston upon Thames
A guide aimed at statutory and voluntary bodies concerned with planning and developing services in the community for severely mentally ill people, and in particular planning of a housing strategy.
Age and birth cohort differences in the prevalence of common mental disorder in England: National Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys 1993–2007
- Authors:
- SPIERS Nicola, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 198(6), June 2011, pp.479-484.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
There has been concern that the prevalence of mental health disorders in the UK is increasing. Therefore, projections of future population mental health are important in planning treatment and services provision. This study investigated whether the prevalence of common adult mental disorders has increased over time, using cohort analysis. It consisted of a pseudo-cohort analysis of three cross-sectional surveys of the English population. The main outcome was common mental disorder, and secondary outcomes were neurotic symptoms likely to require treatment including fatigue, sleep problems, irritability and worry. There were 8670 participants in the 1993 survey, 6977 in the 2000 survey and 6815 in the 2007 survey. Findings revealed a significant increase in common mental disorder occurred for men between the cohort born in 1943–9 and that born in 1950–6, but prevalence in subsequent cohorts remained largely stable. More extended increases in prevalence of sleep problems and mental disorders were observed in women, but not consistently across cohorts or measures. In conclusion, there was little evidence for increase in common mental disorders across over this period.
From the 60s to their sixties. Baby boomers - challenges and choices for public mental health
- Author:
- WILLIAMSON Toby
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Public Mental Health, 7(1), August 2008, pp.4-8.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This commentary considers the demographic 'bulge' of the so-called 'baby boomer' generation and the public mental health challenge that this group will represent as they move into old age. It is argued that now is the time to start a debate with the aim of identifying long-term solutions to these new challenges.
Trailblazers
- Author:
- MARTELL Rael
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 27.1.99, 1999, pp.26-28.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Reports on how user involvement in service planning and integration with other professionals are propelling learning disability nurses into the limelight.
Mental health in London: developing a strategy for action; update report
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. National Health Service Executive
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. National Health Service Executive
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Charts the process of change and development for London's mental health services, beginning with the development of a strategic framework for action.
Service provision for people with schizophrenia: I.Clinical and economic perspective
- Authors:
- LANG Fiona H., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 171, August 1997, pp.159-164.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This article provides information of patients' current service use which could inform future decisions on service planning and resource allocation. Concludes that there is considerable variation in the services used by patients with schizophrenia and in the costs incurred in service provision. When planning services it is therefore important that detailed information on the patient population is available if resources are to be allocated cost-effectively.
Beyond mere existence: the auditing of care plans
- Authors:
- PERKINS Rachel E., FISHER Nigel R.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 5(3), July 1996, pp.275-286.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Discusses the importance of auditing and improving the quality of care plans for people who experience serious ongoing mental health problems. Describes the development of measures to assess the quality of care planning in a routine clinical setting, together with an audit procedure incorporating these assessments in a process of improving the quality of care planning. The assessments performed included the extent to which care plans addressed strengths and problems defined by staff and by the client him/herself in all areas of functioning, and the extent to which the targets set in care plans were based on the results assessments performed and achieved in practice. Goes on to describe the way in which these results were used to enhance the quality of care planning.
Prevention of suicide: guidelines for the formulation and implementation of national strategies
- Author:
- UNITED NATIONS. Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development
- Publisher:
- United Nations
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- New York
Contains guidelines and an example of a strategy in action from Finland.
The future of adolescent psychiatry
- Author:
- PARRY-JONES William L.L.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 166, March 1995, pp.299-305.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
An appraisal of the future of adolescent psychiatry is required urgently, in view of the increasing scrutiny of mental health service priorities and the need for informed planning of psychiatric training and manpower requirements. Presents future developments of adolescent psychiatry in the context of the changing concept and connotations of adolescence, the history and present position of adolescent psychiatry, and the rationale for separate services.