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Milk and honey
- Author:
- GEORGE Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, September 2005, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The author provides a brief overview of whats in the social care green paper, 'Independence, Well-being and Choice', for mental health service users.
Care in the community: user run services
- Author:
- KNIBBS Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.5.94 Supplement, 1994, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Psychiatric hospitals offer few opportunities to question treatment or even to make day to day choices. Explains why user-run services are vital for good community care and looks at Brixton Community Sanctuary, a service set up and run by a group of users and survivors of the mental health system.
Personal recovery and mental illness: a guide for mental health professionals
- Author:
- SLADE Mike
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 288p.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
The central thesis of this book is that the main aim of mental health services should be to promote personal recovery. The book argues that this will require fundamental change in the values and working practices of mental health professionals, from a focus on treating illness in order to produce clinical recovery to a new focus on supporting personal recovery by promoting well-being. It is intended primarily for mental health professionals, and aims to convince that a focus on personal recovery is the right direction for mental health services, to crystallise what personal recovery means, and to promote practice focusing on personal recovery. It proposes a new conceptual basis for mental health services prioritising the person over the illness (the Personal Recovery Framework), and identifies the contribution of personal and social identity to recovery. It also discusses what recovery focused services look like and includes 26 case studies from around the world.
Best practice in relation to seeking and maintaining employment for people with depression and other mental illnesses
- Authors:
- MUNRO Ian, EDWARD Karen-Leigh
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 6(2), Autumn 2009, pp.229-250.
- Publisher:
- South West Yorkshire Mental Health NHS Trust and University of Huddersfield
Those who experience mental illness find reconnecting into employment difficult and complex. Aiming to evaluate the Disability Open Employment Services (now called the Disability Employment Network) developed by the Australian Federal Government to assist clients with health disabilities to seek and maintain employment, this pilot study was an in-depth exploration of employment factors and their impact on clients with depressive disorders and other mental illnesses who receive vocational support services. The study used a mixed method quantitative-qualitative approach with two participant groups, with a survey form and semi-structured interviews and focus groups. The findings were that male participants reported less symptom interference with work duties than females and reported lower levels of mental health than females, there was an association of employment goal on the degree to which symptoms interfered with work duties where those whose goal was full-time work experienced significantly more interference from their symptoms than others, and there was fragmentation of services and variability in the educational preparation of employment counsellors. The authors conclude that further research is required into the factors which clients perceive as enabling or inhibiting their participation in employment support services and how employment support services and mental health organisations can work together.
Service provision for young people with intellectual disabilities and additional mental health needs: service-providers’ perspectives
- Authors:
- SCIOR Katrina, GRIERSON Kate
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 17(3), September 2004, pp.173-179.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Very little is known about young people with intellectual disabilities who experience additional mental health problems. The perspective of service providers has been highlighted as one unresearched area. Semi-structured interviews were completed with senior service providers. Aims: (1) to explore experiences of working with young people with intellectual disabilities and additional mental health problems and their families; (2) to examine views on services’ ability to meet the needs of this group. Service providers identified a gulf between current policy and the reality for this group, not least in terms of all agencies working in partnership. All agencies described instances when young people in this group fall through gaps between services. Interviewees identified a range of factors that promote good outcomes. The results suggest that the focus of current policies to promote joint working needs to be broadened beyond health and social services to ensure much improved links with education providers and the voluntary sector if the needs of this group are to be met.
Direct payments in mental health: a research report
- Authors:
- MAGLAJILIC Reima Ana, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Breakthrough, 2(3), 1998, pp.33-43.
Reports on the Direct Payments Act 1996 and what it means for many users and professionals who have been lobbying for direct payments to become a legal option for people who want to have more control over their lives.
Mental health legislation: a time to act?
- Authors:
- RYAN Tony, HARDY Les
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 3(2), December 1996, pp.22-24.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Argues that new legislation could include supervision registers but might also give service users new rights to community-based services in their areas.
Involving service users in mental health services: social services departments and the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990
- Author:
- BOWL Ric
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 5(3), July 1996, pp.287-303.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Examines user involvement in community care services directed toward those experiencing mental distress. It analyses past experience of involvement in service delivery and planning and the issues this highlights. It reports on two research studies which reveal considerable confusion about the meaning and purpose of user involvement, little evidence of power-sharing with users and limited commitment of resources to make further participation possible. Interviews with users reveal enthusiasm of extending their own involvement if they receive appropriate support. The conclusion considers continuing barriers to developing effective participation of service users in the management and delivery of services.
All in the mind
- Author:
- ROSE Diana
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.4.96, 1996, p.28.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Community care was fully implemented three years ago this week, but a report reveals that people with mental health problems living in the community still suffer abuse, prejudice and harassment.
A suitable case for treatment
- Author:
- CERVI Bob
- Journal article citation:
- NCVO News, 69, November 1995, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- National Council for Voluntary Organisations
Charities are involved in metal health both as service providers and as advocates of particular approaches. But while they are at the centre of the national debate on mental health the organisations concerned rarely speak with a single voice.