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Peace
- Author:
- TAYLOR Ben
- Journal article citation:
- Openmind, 140, July/August 2006, p.ii.
- Publisher:
- MIND
The author reports on Peace, an innovative outreach service providing practice and emotional support to women with mental health problems who have dependent children under the age of 16. The service operates in Bromley.
The safer sex
- Author:
- DENT Emma
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 22.06.06, 2006, pp.24-26.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
The author explains how there is now better medium secure provision for women, with services tailored to their needs. The article looks at examples of some PCTs who are now providing services in house.
Football mad
- Author:
- STRONG Susannah
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, May 2009, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Shift is working with organisations to encourage more people with mental health problems to play football. This article looks at some current initiatives, including Imagine Your Goals, a programme run by Everton in the Community to encourage mental health service users to play football. Benefits for service users involved in Imagine Your Goals included attending regular weekly coaching sessions, exercise and the chance to make friends in a normal social environment.
“We can feel good”: evaluation of an adapted DBT informed skills programme in medium security
- Authors:
- ASHWORTH Sarah, BROTHERTON Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, 12(5-6), 2018, pp.184-194.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide a routine evaluation of clinical effectiveness of an adapted DBT (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy) informed skills programme (“I Can Feel Good”; Ingamells and Morrissey, 2014), run on both male and female intellectual disability wards of a medium security psychiatric hospital. Design/methodology/approach: A pre–post evaluation study of routine clinical practice was undertaken utilising staff report scales collected as the primary source of evaluation. FindingsL Findings show a positive shift regarding each module for both gender groups. Due to observed baseline differences between gender groups, data were separated and analysed separately. Non-parametric statistical analysis demonstrates statistically significant improvement across three modules for the male sample (managing feelings, coping in crisis and people skills) and two modules for the female sample (managing feelings and people skills). Originality/value: There appears to be subtle outcome differences regarding this programme for both gender groups across modules. Potential reasons for this are discussed, along with clinical reflections regarding gender differences and adaptations. Reflections upon future revisions including the integration of the new DBT skills (Linehan, 2014) are made in light of these findings. (Edited publisher abstract)
The case for #BlackGirlMagic application of a strengths-based, intersectional practice framework for working with black women with depression
- Authors:
- WALTON Quenette L., OYEWUWO-GASSIKIA Olubunmi Basirat
- Journal article citation:
- Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 32(4), 2017, pp.461-475.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article puts forth a culturally relevant practice framework that integrates components of intersectionality and strengths-based perspectives. This framework incorporates key factors of Black women’s social identities and builds on their strengths to provide a richer understanding of how depression is experienced in their lives. To arrive at this framework, the authors provide a brief summary of intersectionality; use a case study to examine the influence of race, class, and gender on Black women’s lived experiences with depression; and apply the framework—#BlackGirlMagic—to the case study. Lastly, future directions for practice, research, and policy are explored. (Publisher abstract)