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Square 100
- Author:
- HARRIS Mary
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, December 2006, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
This article discusses new ways in which young people in Scotland are making their voices heard. The article focuses on the Snakes and Ladders project, developed by a Barnados support service for vulnerable young parents and tenants in Renfrewshire; and also briefly discusses the Participation Network and the In Ma Heid, Oot Ma Heid forum.
Gaining insight from experience: what are service users saying about employment?
- Authors:
- BERTRAM Mark, LINNETT Peter
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 7(4), November 2003, pp.3-6.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Describes the findings of a consultation conference which, through user-facilitated focus groups, was able to get mental health service users views about existing employment services. Discusses current services; suggestions for new services; and the role service users and user-led organisations can play in developing and running new services.
Young people and mental health services
- Author:
- COX Alistair
- Journal article citation:
- Outlook, 20, Autumn 2003, pp.6-7.
- Publisher:
- National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations
Too many people who struggle with mental health difficulties find that they are having to cope without proper support. Describes the Mental Health Foundation's Youth Crisis Project, which is enlisting the help of young people with mental health problems, to develop a framework for the kind of services they really need.
Keys to engagement: review of care for people with severe mental illness who are hard to engage with services
- Editor:
- SEYMOUR Emma
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 104p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Review focusing on the needs and aspirations of people with severe mental health problems who are not engaging with services. Examines how services can best address the needs of this group of people. Presents a core service model and a series of steps which need to be taken nationally and locally to enable systematic service development across the various agencies involved.
Rock solid
- Author:
- MAPP Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.6.94, 1994, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Brighton in Sussex has gained much praise from the Mental Task Force for its innovative and effective support in the community of people with mental health problems. The needs-led mental health service aims to give clients as much of a say as possible on how and where they live and what they do. Explores how the service is provided.
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.
Exploring the consumer's and provider's perspective on service quality in community mental health care
- Authors:
- MASON Karen, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 40(1), February 2004, pp.33-46.
- Publisher:
- Springer
A series of seven focus groups of community mental health care consumers were conducted to identify the factors that contributed to consumer satisfaction. Three major themes were identified: bonding with providers, provider competence/knowledge, and cultural/religious competence. These findings are compared with findings from several healthcare satisfaction studies. Four focus groups with providers were also conducted to identify barriers to service quality. The major theme identified was that providers strive to have more time with consumers but struggle with large caseloads and large amounts of paperwork. An important finding is that consumers want to have their culture and religion seamlessly woven into service delivery. Potential explanations for the consumers' and providers' discrepant perspectives, conclusions and future areas for research are explored.
Partnership, co-ordination of care and the place of user involvement
- Author:
- ROSE Diana
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 12(1), February 2003, pp.59-70.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
The context for this paper is current UK policy emphasis on both `partnership' and `user involvement' and discussion on the system of Care Programme Approach (CPA). The aim was to investigate whether increasing co-ordination of care at a structural level is associated with greater user involvement. Social survey techniques were adapted in order to be user-focused and the work was prepared and carried out by service users. Service users tend to be unaware of the major way in which their care is co-ordinated but even less involved in it. On the rare occasions that service users are involved in their care and other elements of empowerment are in place, they are more satisfied overall with the services they receive. Increasing co-ordination of care at a managerial level does not necessarily lead to greater awareness or involvement amongst individual users of CPA. This may be linked to the way service users are perceived by their mental health workers and it is argued that this should change if users are to be full `partners'.
Prayers, parties and participation
- Author:
- IBRAHIM Farzana
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, October 2003, pp.30-32.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Argues for the involvement of Asian women service users and survivors in the development and provision of mental health services if they are to be truly relevant. Emphasises the need for both specialist and mainstream services.
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.