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Art works
- Author:
- WELLARD Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.7.99, 1999, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The use of art as therapy and art as creative endeavour both play a role in helping people with mental illnesses deal with their problems. Looks at both approaches as seen through the work of two recent exhibitions and ongoing projects.
Dual diagnosis: expert testimony
- Author:
- IDDON Brian
- Journal article citation:
- Addiction Today, November 1999, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Addiction Recovery Foundation
The author, chair of the All Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group, gives his controversial views on the report on the link between drugs misuse and mental health.
On strike
- Author:
- MOORE Wendy
- Journal article citation:
- Openmind, 100, November 1999, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- MIND
General practitioners, despite a rhetoric of inclusion, are striking people with mental health problems off their lists. This article discusses issues and incidents of such discrimination.
Rationing rationale
- Author:
- HIRST Judy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.11.99, 1999, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Investigates suggestions that "clinical effectiveness" tests applied to new drugs for mental illnesses with fewer side effects are really jut another cost controlling strategy.
Pathways to care through an inner-city mental health service
- Author:
- HIRST Joanna F.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 8(4), August 1999, pp.373-384.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Although traditionally described as taking a linear course, patients' pathways to mental health care might be better summarised in terms of one or more circular sequential Distress-Appraisal-Action cycles. This systematic examination of the referral pathways of patients attending an inner-city psychiatric outpatients clinic revealed that three-quarters of patients' referral routes involved two or three Distress-Appraisal-Action cycles.
Complementary therapies
- Author:
- WALLCRAFT Jan
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 2(10), June 1999, pp.351-354.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Complementary therapies may have much to offer even people in very severe mental distress. Reviews the evidence.
Expanding a continuum of care: a report on a partial-day treatment program
- Authors:
- ROBINSON Kristin E., DOW Randal T., NICHOLAS Peter M.
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Youth Care Forum, 28(3), June 1999, pp.221-228.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Day treatment has been used to treat children with disruptive behavior disorders for over 20 years in the USA. This modality is increasingly appealing with the move toward providing children with the least-restrictive treatment. This article describes the design and implementation of an after-school partial-day treatment program for children referred to community mental health services for emotional and behavioral problems. Program evaluation is needed to determine whether these less intensive services can effective in treating referred children.
Psychosocial interventions in the treatment of psychosis
- Authors:
- BAGULEY Ian, BAGULEY Clare
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 2(9), May 1999, pp.314-317.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
In the third of a bi-monthly clinical update series, the authors describe the use and outcomes of psychosocial interventions to treat psychosis.
Treating the addicted nurse
- Author:
- STEPHENS Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 2(9), May 1999, pp.310-313.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Looks at how healthcare professionals are known to work under considerable stress, but a number of other factors also make them particularly vulnerable to drug or alcohol abuse.
The role of gender in engaging the dually diagnosed in treatment
- Authors:
- WATKINS Katherine E., SHANER Andrew, SULLIVAN Greer
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 35(2), April 1999, pp.115-126.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Individuals with both a serious mental illness and substance abuse are particularly difficult to engage in treatment. Given known gender differences in both substance abuse and schizophrenia, this article examines the impact of gender on treatment engagement. Qualitative interviews with ten males and eleven females focused on how the client perceived the engagement process, and what obstacles they faced. While both males and females are difficult to engage, the interviews suggest that they experience the process differently and that they face different obstacles. Discusses the implication for service providers.