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Maintaining mental health in older age: senior health mentors as the conduit for success
- Author:
- HUNT Frances C.
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 3(2), June 1998, pp.29-31.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Describes an innovative health promotion programme - Ageing Well UK - launched by Age Concern England in 1993. Sets out it's mission and it's achievements to date.
Attitudes towards mental health care in younger and older adults: similarities and differences
- Authors:
- ROBB C., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 7(2), March 2003, pp.142-152.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
It is commonly assumed that older and younger adults have very different attitudes about seeking mental health services and that this is a major factor in reducing the use of mental health services by the elderly. However, little evidence exists to illustrate how elders actually perceive mental health care. Responses from a survey of 474 older adults age 65 and over were compared with data from a national survey of 1001 persons age 21-65. Results indicate similarities in many attitudes including likelihood of seeking treatment for severe mental disorders, importance of mental health care, and concerns about cost and coverage as barriers to care. Differences included use of services, perceptions about less severe disorders, referral sources, and preferred providers. Clinical, policy and public education implications are discussed.
Differences in community mental health literacy in older and younger Australians
- Authors:
- FISHER Laura J., GOLDNEY Robert D.
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 18(1), January 2003, pp.33-40.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Depression has been traditionally considered to increase with age, although that may be due to sampling of those who have presented with depressive conditions. It is now recognised that patients' understanding of depression and beliefs about its appropriate treatment, mental health literacy, influences treatment-seeking behaviour. This study delineates depression, recent use of health services and mental health literacy in a random and representative community sample of younger and older South Australians. Compared with the younger group, older subjects did not report greater levels of current depression although they were more likely to have seen a medical practitioner in the last 12 months and be taking antidepressants. However, their mental health literacy in terms of recognition of a mental health problem in a vignette was somewhat poorer and fewer recommended treatment from a counsellor, telephone service or psychologist and more considered that a psychiatrist would be harmful.
A flourishing society: aspirations for emotional health and wellbeing in Northern Ireland
- Authors:
- LEAVEY Gerard, et al
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland Association for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 114p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Commissioned by the Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland (NI), this report undertakes a review of the current mental health promotion and suicide prevention strategies in NI. Specifically it aims to: consider progress achieved against the recommendations within the existing strategies; to identify the actions within the existing Mental Health Promotion Strategy 03-08 that will need to be carried forward to a new strategy; to highlight gaps that will need to be addressed in a new strategy; to review the relevant international research and advise on its transferability to the NI situation; to consider approaches to building resilience at both an individual and community level; to investigate the development of population metrics to measure improvement in mental health levels; to provide advice and direction to the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) to assist with the development of a new mental health and emotional wellbeing strategy.
Promotion and prevention in child, adolescent and young people mental health: the Greek experience of participation in the mental health network programme of the European Commission
- Authors:
- KOLAITIS Gerasimos, TSIANTIS John
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 5(3), August 2003, pp.31-35.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
In 1997 the European Commission established the Mental Health Promotion Network to seek out, disseminate and promote best practice in mental health promotion and the prevention of mental disorders. The Network has commissioned a number of projects including two projects addressing the promotion of mental health and prevention of mental disorders in children and adolescents. Anticipated results included the establishment of criteria to identify good practice, development of a European database of good practice and widespread dissemination of good practice that could be implemented throughout the Community. Discusses the involvement and experiences of the staff employed in one organisation, from Greece, who have participated in the work Network, and highlights some of the difficulties faced and lessons learnt from participation in a multi-national project.
Health improvement programmes
- Editors:
- RAWAF Salman, ORTON Peter
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Medicine Press
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 184p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Exploration by a series of expert groups on the Health Improvement Programme, the cornerstone of the white paper 'The new NHS: modern and dependable'. Contains papers on: the national perspective; approaches to health improvement programmes (HIPs); healthcare needs assessment and HIPs; organisational commitment and stakeholder involvement in implementation; HIP implementation in general practice; changing clinical behaviour; local government and HIPs; HIPs and the public; setting and monitoring clinical standards; assessment of performance and health outcomes; a US perspective on clinical quality; medical schools, universities and HIPs; new therapies and technology; coronary heart disease; equity in mental health; substance misuse; minority ethnic health; child health; older people's health; and strengths, weaknesses and the way forward in current approaches.