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The Prince's Trust Macquarie youth index
- Author:
- PRINCE'S TRUST
- Publisher:
- Prince's Trust
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- London
YouGov runs an annual index of the happiness and wellbeing of young people in the UK on behalf of The Prince’s Trust. This report covers the third year of this study conducted in November 2010 and specifically focuses on tracking the changes in young people’s happiness and confidence over the 3 years. In addition, it explores some significant demographic differences between young people, comparing, with their peers: those not in education, employment or training (NEETs); those without a positive role model of their own gender in their lives; and those with fewer than 5 GCSEs graded A to C. A total of 2,170 16 to 25 year olds took part in this online poll. Of this sample, 340 were not in education, employment or training (NEETs). The results reveal that the Youth Index number is at its lowest point since the study was launched, with the most significant decline in young people’s emotional health. NEETS are considerably less happy across all areas of their lives with increased mental health problems due to unemployment. More than 1 in 4 young people claim that they do not a have a positive role model, and these young people are significantly less happy with all areas of their life. Young people with fewer than 5 GCSEs are twice as likely to feel anxious all or most of the time and to feel down and depressed. In addition, the number of young people who claim to have ever felt suicidal has increased from 1 in 4 to more than 1 in 3.
Health service units for people with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour or mental health problems in England
- Authors:
- MANSELL Jim, RICHIE Fiona, DYER Ricinda
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 15(4), October 2010, pp.45-50.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Following allegations of abuse in NHS residential units for people with intellectual disabilities, the Healthcare Commission carried out a national audit for specialist health services for people with intellectual disabilities. The audit comprised a national survey of health service in-patient units for people with intellectual disabilities, followed by visits to selected services. The survey included setting and patient characteristics, staffing and management arrangements, and care processes and outcomes. This paper summarises the published results, describing the characteristics of the services studied and comparing the different types of service (assessment and treatment units, low secure and medium secure units). It also compares National Health Service and independent sector units. The results raise a number of important issues. These include: in nearly two thirds of units some patients did not have an accessible care plan; independent sector units were bigger and had higher occupancy and lower staff ratios; a quarter of patients in assessment and treatment units had finished treatment but had no plans to move in the next month; and the large number of patients in low secure services with no clear specification of what the service is meant to do.
Supporting briefing note: community mental health survey 2010
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Key findings from a 2010 survey of people who use community mental health services are reported. The 2010 survey comprises a sample of service users aged 16 and over who had been in contact with NHS community mental health services in the period 1 July 2009 to 30 September 2009 and who were receiving specialist help for a mental health condition. A total of 17,199 questionnaires were returned, a response rate of 32%. The survey aimed to find out about the experiences of people using mental health services in the community. These services provide care and treatment to people who have been referred to a psychiatric outpatient clinic, local community mental health team, or other community-based mental health services. The survey results are presented separately for those on Care Programme Approach (CPA) and those not on CPA. The survey questions relate to: health and social care workers; medications; talking therapies; care coordinators or lead professionals; care plans; care reviews; day to day living; and crisis care. Overall, service users rated the care they received from mental health services in the last 12 months as: excellent 29%, very good 30%, good 20%, fair 12%, poor 5% and very poor 4%.
Mental health recovery competencies for mental health workers: a Delphi study
- Author:
- LAKEMAN Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 19(1), February 2010, pp.62-74.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Mental health recovery is a concept that is now widely promoted. However, there continues to be a lack of clarity around what constitutes recovery focused practice or which competencies are most helpful to assist people towards recovery. This study aimed to identify the most important or valued mental health worker competencies and practices that are supportive of mental health recovery. Experts by experience participated in an online Delphi survey to rate the importance of recovery competency statements, to reach consensus on the most important competencies and provide examples of specific practices that demonstrate competent practice. The participants were 31 individuals from the UK, US, New Zealand, Germany and Australia who self-identified, and were identified by peers, as being in or having achieved mental health recovery. The Delphi technique involves an iterative process in which respondents anonymously provide responses to questions or items in an attempt to reach group consensus. The results indicated that the top rated competencies emphasised mental health workers listening to and respecting the person's view points, conveying a belief that recovery is possible and recognising, respecting and promoting the person's resources and capacity for recovery. These results serve to clarify some boundaries around recovery-focused practices and demark these from other examples of good mental health practice.
WORKSTEP customer survey
- Authors:
- PURVIS Ann, LAW Rebecca, LOWREY James
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 127p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report presents the findings from a two stage piece of research into customer experience and a baseline of the existing WORKSTEP customers. WORKSTEP is supported employment programme aimed to help disabled people find and retain work either in jobs in the open labour market, via supported placements with mainstream employers, or within supported businesses established to employ disabled people. The first stage was a quantitative survey of 1,009 WORKSTEP customers. Stage two consisted of a smaller qualitative survey of 98 customer interviews. The survey was carried out between October 2008 and July 2009. The baseline data collected will feed into an evaluation of the Work Choice Programme, which is set to replace WORKSTEP in October 2010.
Mental health: part 1: report
- Authors:
- TNS OPINION AND SOCIAL, EUROPEAN COMMISSION. Directorate General Health and Consumers
- Publisher:
- European Commission. Directorate General Communication
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 64p.
- Place of publication:
- Brussels
This publication reports on the results of a survey on mental health and well-being across the 27 European Union Member States. The main themes addressed in this report are: the state of mental well-being; level of comfort at work (job security, job recognition, and whether jobs match skills); care and treatment (sources of professional help and antidepressant use); and perceptions of people with mental illness. Interviews were conducted with 26,800 EU citizens between February and March 2010. The results are presented for the total EU and by individual country, and compared to results from an earlier survey carried out between December 2005 and January 2006. The results show that about 1 in 7 EU citizens (15%) have sought help for a psychological or emotional problem in the past 12 months and 7% admit to taking antidepressants in the past 12 months. The mental health of an individual also pervades their attitudes and behaviours in the workplace, and the people with mental health problems are more likely to be absent from work and to feel undervalued in their job functions. The poorest in society, who are the most financially stretched or at the lower end of the social scale, are feeling the most negative and suffering the most from mental health problems.
Understanding the effect of ethnic density on mental health: multi-level investigation of survey data from England
- Authors:
- DASH-MUNSHI Jayati, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 23.10.10, 2010, p.871.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
This study used a nationally representative sample of 4,281 participants, aged 16-74 years, to investigate whether living in an areas where high proportions of people of the same ethnicity live is protective for common mental health problems, and whether any protective effect was mediated by reduced exposure to racism and improved social support. Participants included Irish, black Caribbean, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and whit British people. Results found that for Bangladeshi people, Irish people and the combined ethnic minority sample, living in areas of higher own-group ethnic density was associated with a decreased risk of common mental health problems. Some of the ethnic groups were less likely to report discrimination and limited social support, but those associations did not fully account for the density effects.
Survey of community mental health services 2010: full national results tables
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 45p., tables
- Place of publication:
- London
This document provides the full national results tables from a 2010 survey of people who use community mental health services. The 2010 survey comprises a sample of service users aged 16 and over who had been in contact with NHS community mental health services in the period 1 July 2009 to 30 September 2009 and who were receiving specialist help for a mental health condition. The survey involved 66 NHS trusts in England. A total of 17,199 questionnaires were returned, a response rate of 32%. The survey aimed to find out about the experiences of people using mental health services in the community. These services provide care and treatment to people who have been referred to a psychiatric outpatient clinic, local community mental health team, or other community-based mental health services. The survey results are presented separately for those on Care Programme Approach (CPA) and those not on CPA. The survey questions relate to: health and social care workers; medications; talking therapies; care coordinators or lead professionals; care plans; care reviews; day to day living; and crisis care.