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Transitions: graduating between general and old age psychiatry services in England and Wales
- Authors:
- BAWN Sadie, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 12(1), March 2007, pp.21-26.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
In 2002 a report from the Royal College of Psychiatrists set out good practice for people with an enduring or relapsing mental illness under the care of working-aged adult mental health services who were making the transition to older adult mental health services. This study aimed to investigate how this report had influenced policies relating to the transfer of people with long standing mental health problems across the interface between working-aged adults and older adult mental health services (OAMHS). In the study 41 interviews were analysed relating to 40 healthcare organisations. The findings are discussed in relation to: needs-led versus age-led services; resource allocation and disadvantages and advantages of using the protocol.
A fear that knows no name
- Author:
- WOOLLER Rachel
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.2.00, 2000, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author argues that the lives of older people are often blighted because may psychiatrists do not recognise paraphrenia, a condition often diagnosed as schizophrenia.
Delivering the NHS Long-Term Plan's ambition of ageing well: old age psychiatry as a vital resource
- Author:
- ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS. Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 42
- Place of publication:
- London
This report aims to help local areas plan and deliver specialist services, led by old age psychiatrists, to meet the needs of older people in the context of the NHS Long-Term Plan. It examines the demographic and epidemiological imperatives within health and social care and sets out the case to focus on addressing the mental health needs of older people within integrated systems. It includes the views of older people, service users, carers and a wide range of health and social care professionals. It also highlights good practice and innovative service examples involving old age psychiatrists across different health and social care settings, including in care homes. It also sets out next steps for those developing and implementing policy, strategy and service changes within the context of the Long-Term Plan in England. (Edited publisher abstract)
The validation of the factor structure of the brief psychiatric rating scale-expanded version (BPRS-E) with geriatric and nongeriatric psychiatric inpatients
- Author:
- PANOS Patrick T.
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 14(3), May 2004, pp.180-190.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Focus on psychiatry in India
- Authors:
- THARA R., PADMAVATI R., SRINIVASAN T. N.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 184(4), April 2004, pp.366-373.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
India is a country with a population of over 1 billion, and immense diversity in the languages spoken, levels of literacy, and social and cultural practices. Organising mental health services for this predominantly rural population is indeed a daunting task. Compounding this problem are low budgetary resources, the presence of competing and conflicting healing systems, scarcity of mental health personnel, ‘brain drain’, and the stigma of seeking help for problems related to the mind. This paper looks at the mental health scene in India with respect to services and research. It deals with conditions such as schizophrenia, acute psychoses, minor mental morbidity and drug misuse, highlighting aspects unique to the Indian scene. Indian families exhibit great tenacity in caring for relatives who are ill, and are a great resource in treatment and rehabilitation.
The effect of ethnicity and gender on first-contact rates for schizophrenia-like psychosis in Bangladeshi, Black and White elders in Tower Hamlets, London
- Authors:
- MITTER Pamina R., et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 19(3), March 2004, pp.286-290.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
A recent study of very-late onset schizophrenia-like psychosis (SLP) in South London showed an increase in first contact rates amongst African- and Caribbean-born elders compared to British-born ones. This study investigates incident first contact rates in an area of East London with a high Bangladeshi population, to investigate if Bangladeshi-born elders also have an increased referral rate for SLP. Retrospective case note review of first contacts to the old age psychiatry service from 1997 to 2002 identifying cases of schizophrenia-like psychosis. In addition, a one-year review of first contacts for all diagnostic categories was completed. Gender, ethnicity and place of birth were established from the case notes. Among the African- and Caribbean-born, but not the Bangladeshi-born, the odds ratio (OR) of being referred with SLP was significantly higher than for the British-born population. We observed a loss of the reported effect of female gender. For Whites the odds ratio for female gender and psychosis was 2.5 (1.0-6.1) and for non-Whites 0.8 (0.3-2.7) which was a trend away from the expected male to female ratio. In the one-year review there was a higher rate of referrals for organic disease in Bangladeshi men compared to Bangladeshi women and British-born men and women. Bangladeshi elderly migrants do not have an increased rate of SLP compared to indigenous elders. The usual female preponderance of SLP is not apparent in this elderly migrant population. Old age psychiatry services in the UK should take into account the increasing needs of Bangladeshi elders with dementia.
Evidence-based practices in mental health care
- Editors:
- DRAKE Robert, GOLDMAN Howard
- Publisher:
- American Psychiatric Association
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 115p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Arlington, VA
Reprinted articles from the American Psychiatric Association: implementing evidence-based practices (EBP) in routine mental health service settings; EBP for persons with severe mental illnesses; strategies for disseminating EBP to staff who treat people with serious mental illness; integrating EBP and the recovery model; supported employment as an EBP; dual diagnosis services for clients with severe mental illness; moving assertive community treatment Into standard practice. EBP for services to families of people with psychiatric disabilities; a focus on guidelines and algorithms.; EBP in child and adolescent services and in geriatric mental health care
Communication and mental illness: theoretical and practical approaches
- Editors:
- FRANCE Jenny, KRAMER Sarah
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 478p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Aims to help professionals to understand the important role that communication plays in mental health and apply that knowledge in a variety of mental health settings. The first part of the book provides theoretical background to the methods of communication adopted by people with a range of diagnoses of mental illness. It also makes practical suggestions as to how this information can improve the professional's management of patients. Part Two looks at how information about communication in mental illness can influence service provision, with suggestions for future policy and practice. Concludes with a section describing the state of current research.
Social work, psychiatry and the law
- Authors:
- PRINGLE N.N., THOMPSON P.J
- Publisher:
- Ashgate
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 210p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Explores the approved social worker's role in contemporary mental health practice. Combines a description of various aspects of multi disciplinary working, with accounts of clinical signs and syndromes, set against the possibilities and challenges inherent in the ASW's duties. Includes chapters on: law, policy and practice; psychiatry, diagnosis and treatment; severe mental health problems; disturbances in children and young people; people with learning difficulties; culture and diversity; substance misuse; dangerousness, suicide and homicide; ethical issues; and developing a psychotherapeutic approach to approved social work.