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Out in the open
- Author:
- CORDREY Tanya
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.9.95, 1995, p.25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Female clients in mental health settings are often sexually harassed. Reports on a group in Islington, London which has produced a video to help workers tackle the problem.
Women on my mind
- Author:
- KNIBBS Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.5.94, 1994, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Care in the community may offer an opportunity to change the neglect and over-treatment that women currently receive under mental health services. Reports on the way women are treated.
Women and mental health: challenging the stereotypes
- Authors:
- BARNES Marion, MAPLE Norma Anderson
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers/Venture Press
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 100p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Uses research evidence to explore how the identification of mental disorder can be affected by gender and why women more often experience such disorder. Uses case studies to examine what responses women receive from mental health professionals and proposes alternative practices based on an understanding of the particular experiences of women.
Late life changes in mental health: a longitudinal study of 9683 women
- Authors:
- LEIGH Lucy, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 20(10), 2016, pp.1044-1054.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Objectives: To identify latent subgroups of women in late life who are alike in terms of their mental health trajectories. Method: Longitudinal data are for 9683 participants in the 1921–1926 cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health, who completed at least two surveys between 1999 (aged 73–78 years) and 2008 (aged 82–87 years). Mental health was measured using the five-item mental health inventory (MHI-5). Latent profile analysis uncovered patterns of change in MHI-5 scores. Results: Three patterns of change were identified for women who were still alive in 2008 (n = 7061), and three similar patterns for deceased women (n = 2622): (1) ‘poor mental health’ representing women with low MHI-5 scores, (2) ‘good mental health’ and (3) ‘excellent’ mental health, where scores remained very high. Deceased women had lower mental health scores for each class. Remote areas of residence, higher education, single marital status, higher Body Mass Index (BMI) and falls were the covariates associated with mental health in the survivor group. For the deceased group, education, BMI and falls were significant. Arthritis, stroke, heart disease, bronchitis/emphysema, diabetes and osteoporosis were associated with worse mental health for both groups, while asthma increased these odds significantly for the survivor group only. Hypertension and cancer were not significant predictors of poor mental health. Conclusion: The results show associations between chronic disease and level of mental health in older age, but no evidence of a large decline in mental health in the period prior to death. (Publisher abstract)
Poor quality employment is worse for mental health than no job at all and contributes to mental distress in new mothers
- Author:
- HOLTTUM Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Social Inclusion, 16(2), 2012, pp.66-71.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Two recent research papers on employment and mental health, one relating to all sectors of the working age population and the other to women who had recently had a child, are reviewed and summarised in this article. Both studies involved large samples of people in Australia. In the first study, information from a longitudinal survey was used to follow people over time and assess whether the quality of employment was related to mental health. It found that mental health was significantly better for people who were in jobs compared to those who were not, but that a poor quality job was no better than unemployment in terms of mental health and that, when the effect of other predictors of mental ill health was taken into account, a poor quality job was worse than no job at all. The second study focused on employed women who had given birth in the previous 12 months and had returned to work. It assessed the effect of working conditions on mental health, and found that quality of employment predicted whether they experienced mental distress, with psychological distress significantly associated with poor employment conditions. The author reports that the papers add to understanding of the relationship between mental health and employment, and comments that social inclusion through employment may depend not only on being in work but on the quality of that work.
Mental health needs of women with learning disabilities: services can be organised to meet the challenge
- Author:
- KOHEN Dora
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 9(4), October 2004, pp.12-19.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Women with learning disabilities have many social, personal and psychological problems stemming from neglect, as well as being doubly disadvantaged by gender and learning disability. Most such psychosocial problems are not addressed as they arise, leading to psychiatric diagnosis and medicalisation of non-medical issues. It is important to recognise parenting in women with learning disabilities, as well as concerns such as sexual and emotional abuse and violence, and address them by appropriate agencies. Research suggests trained mental health staff with good understanding of gender as well as of disabilities would be able to address needs before they turn into crises. International and national surveys give good understanding of where needs lie and how services could be structured most effectively. Recognition of problems, a robust gender-sensitive approach and management skills at community level seem most important in dealing with women with learning disabilities. Most need local, generic, gender-sensitive non-stigmatising services. Only a very small minority of women with behavioural problems will need the highly specialised psychiatric learning disabilities team.
Understanding our bodies, understanding ourselves: the menstrual cycle, mental health and women with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- DITCHFIELD Hedy, BURNS Jan
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 9(4), October 2004, pp.24-32.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Reviews the evidence for vulnerability in women with learning disabilities to a range of physical and mental health problems, with special emphasis on menstruation. Describes a qualitative research project on the experience of learning-disabled women in relation to menstruation, concluding by emphasising the need for services to communicate information on this subject in more sensitive and appropriate ways.
Women with learning disabilities and menstruation
- Author:
- RODGERS Jackie
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 9(4), October 2004, pp.33-35.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Discusses the importance of menstruation, the unhappy experiences with it of many women with learning disabilities, arguments that it should be suppressed, menstruation and womanhood, and what can be done and is being done to improve things. Concludes more profound change can only occur through the empowerment of women with learning disabilities through self-advocacy, disability rights and women's movements.
Mental health needs of women with learning disabilities: services can be organised to meet the challenge
- Author:
- O'HARA Jean
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 9(4), October 2004, pp.20-23.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The Department of Health recognises there are differences in the family and social context of women's and men's lives with consequences for how mental ill-health presents and is treated. Discusses what it means to be a woman with learning disabilities and mental health needs. asking if she will be able to access services sensitive to her situation, life experiences, aspirations and uniqueness as a woman and if systems in place to plan, deliver and monitor services take account of her and her individual needs.
Women, trauma histories, and co-occurring disorders: assessing the scope of the problem
- Authors:
- NEWMANN Joy Perkins, SALLMANN Jolanda
- Journal article citation:
- Social Service Review, 78(3), September 2004, pp.466-499.
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
Presents findings from one site in a federal study of services for women with co-occurring mental health and substance use problems and histories of physical or sexual abuse. Among sampled women with 2 or more publicly funded substance abuse or mental health treatment episodes in 1998, one-third reported co-occurring mental health and substance use problems. Compared to other sample members, they reported greater numbers of abuse experiences and other adverse life circumstances and had more complex diagnostic and treatment histories. They also show a greater tendency to suicidal ideation and are more likely to use prescription medications.