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Suicide and self-harm
- Authors:
- BIRD Lisa, FAULKNER Alison
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 30p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Discusses incidence of, and risk factors for, suicide and self harm.
Stress and psychiatric disorder in urban Rawalpindi: community survey
- Authors:
- MUMFORD David B., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 177, December 2000, pp.557-562.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Recent studies in rural areas of Pakistan have yielded high prevalence rates of common mental disorders, especially among women. This study investigates emotional distress and common mental disorders in a poor urban district using the same survey method. Results showed that, a conservative estimate 25% of women and 10% of men suffered from anxiety and depressive disorders. Levels of emotional distress increased with age in both men and women. Women living in joint households reported more distress than those living in unitary families. Higher levels of education were associated with lower risk of common mental disorders, especially in younger women. Emotional distress was negatively correlated with socio-economic variables among women. This study found levels of emotional distress and psychiatric morbidity in a poor district of Rawalpindi to be less than half those in a nearby rural village in the Punjab, although rates in women were still double those in men.
Missionaries with the hopeless? Inebriety, mental deficiency and the burdens
- Author:
- CARPENTER K. Peter
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 28(2), June 2000, pp.60-64.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century campaign for the treatment of 'inebriates' used many of the themes used by campaigners for the care of the 'feeble-minded'. The inebriate reformatories admitted mainly women, and their low rate of success was blamed on the inmates being 'mental defectives', rather than a result of the methods used. When the reformatories closed, these were reused as institutions under the Mental Deficiency Act 1913. Having been missionaries, the Reverend H. N. burden and his wives managed inebriate reformatories and then switched to running colonies for 'mental defectives'. The present article examines some of the links between the two movements.
Women and mental health
- Author:
- WETZEL Janice Wood
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 43(2), April 2000, pp.205-215.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article is based upon the author's presentation at the UN Third Annual World Mental Health Day, the first Day to be devoted to women and mental health. The author argues that the psychosocial conditions commonly shared by women throughout the world result in their universally high rates of mental illness and emotional distress. Solutions are global in origin, based upon a comprehensive personal, social and economical model for the prevention of mental illness and the promotion of mental health.
Mothers with a mental illness: stressors and resources for parenting and living
- Authors:
- MOWBRAY Carol, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 81(2), March 2000, pp.118-129.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
Reports on a US study of a large, primarily minority sample of women with serious mental illness who are mothers and who are being served in the public mental-health system of a large urban area. The author sought to collect more comprehensive information to better understand their situaions and improve service provisions. The women in the study report experiencing severe financial strains and health problems, even when compared with other low-income, urban-based populations. Many also have experienced crisis, loss of significant others, assaults, and other negative life events that are very stressful, along with a high number of chronic hassles. they do have resources available to them, through interpersonal supports, religion, and mental-health services. The discussion focuses on implications for micro-and macro-practice to improve these women's lives, their parenting, and the potential outcomes of their children.
Justice for women: the need for reform
- Author:
- PRISON REFORM TRUST
- Publisher:
- Prison Reform Trust
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 115p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report called for a rapid reduction in the use of imprisonment for women offenders. It argued that the majority of women offenders have not committed a serious offence and do not represent a threat to public safety. The report argued that imprisoning women, many of whom have been abused, attempted suicide and spent time in local authority care, only serves to exacerbate their problems and marginalise them still further from society. The average population of women in prison has risen to a level that has not been seen since the end of the nineteenth century. Between 1992-1996, the women's prison population doubled. The vast majority of women in prison are serving sentences for non-violent offences. Theft and handling stolen good is the main offence for which women are sentenced to custody. More than one third of women in prison have no previous convictions. Women on remand represent 20-25 per cent of the total female population. The majority of women in prison are young and have dependent children. Almost one in five female prisoners are black. More than a quarter of women in prison have themselves spent some time in care as a child. Around 40 per cent of women prisoners report receiving help or treatment for a mental health problem. Almost one in five have spent time as an in-patient in a psychiatric hospital or ward. One third of women in prison lose their homes as a result of their incarceration.
The Art of dis/appearing: Jewish women on mental health
- Editor:
- THORN Leah
- Publisher:
- Inspire Productions
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Collection of poems and autobiographical pieces by Jewish women on their experiences of mental health problems. Examines issues of sexism, anti-semitism, cultural identity and Holocaust trauma.
Gender differences in risk factors for suicide in Denmark
- Authors:
- QIN Ping, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 177, December 2000, pp.546-550.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Gender is one of the most frequently replicated predictors for suicide. This Danish study aims to identify risk factors for suicide among males and females and to investigate whether risk factors for suicide differ by gender. A history of hospitalised mental illness was the most marked risk factor for suicide for both genders. Unemployment, retirement, being single and sickness absence were significant risk factors for men, whereas having a child 2 years old was significantly protective for women. The relative risks for suicide differed significantly between genders according to psychiatric admission status and being the parent of a child 2 years. However, adjustment for these factors did not eliminate the gender difference in suicide risk.
Gender differences in depression: critical review
- Authors:
- PICCINELLI Marco, WILKINSON Greg
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 177, December 2000, pp.486-492.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
With few exceptions, the prevalence, incidence and morbidity risk of depressive disorders are higher in females than in males, beginning at mid-puberty and persisting through adult life. This article reviews putative risk factors leading to gender differences in depressive disorders. It is a critical review of the literature, dealing separately with artefactual and genuine determinants of gender differences in depressive disorders. Findings show that determinants of gender differences in depressive disorders are far from being established and their combination into integrated aetiological models continues to be lacking.
Challenging asylumdom
- Author:
- MURRAY-NEILL Robin
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 4(4), December 2000, pp.118-120.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Reports on the history of the Mental After-Care Association (MACA), and looks at how it encompasses important advances in the development of care in the community.