This webinar discussed ‘dialogue and deliberation’. It focused specifically on engagement by NHS England and Improvement’s London region who have worked in partnership with residents to help shape policy and their response to the pandemic. The webinar focused on why citizen engagement is crucial to COVID-19 recovery and how Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) could benefit from adopting the same
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This webinar discussed ‘dialogue and deliberation’. It focused specifically on engagement by NHS England and Improvement’s London region who have worked in partnership with residents to help shape policy and their response to the pandemic. The webinar focused on why citizen engagement is crucial to COVID-19 recovery and how Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) could benefit from adopting the same approach. This is one of a series of Integrated Care Webinars for 2020/21 – the series offers all 42 Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs) and ICSs the opportunity to learn from good practice, connect with other systems and offer practical solutions to issues that systems may be facing as part of their ICS journey and in their response to COVID-19.
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Social Work in Mental Health, 19(5), 2021, pp.457-475.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Place of publication:
Philadelphia, USA
In England, implementation and adoption of recovery-orientated (RO) practice has been slow and uneven. This qualitative study explored the barriers and enablers to the implementation and adoption of RO practice in community mental health provider organizations. Thirteen registered managers took part in semi-structured interviews. Four themes were identified: RO practice is not an entirely alien concept; RO practice is a labor intensive and skilled activity; Families need to be on onboard with RO support; and Limited community capacity for RO support. The most salient barriers and/or enablers were: staff training, public misconceptions of mental illness, and joint-working with families.
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In England, implementation and adoption of recovery-orientated (RO) practice has been slow and uneven. This qualitative study explored the barriers and enablers to the implementation and adoption of RO practice in community mental health provider organizations. Thirteen registered managers took part in semi-structured interviews. Four themes were identified: RO practice is not an entirely alien concept; RO practice is a labor intensive and skilled activity; Families need to be on onboard with RO support; and Limited community capacity for RO support. The most salient barriers and/or enablers were: staff training, public misconceptions of mental illness, and joint-working with families.
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Subject terms:
community mental health services, mental health problems, severe mental health problems, recovery;
This Insight briefing provides an overview of peer support roles in mental health services and the role they can play in supporting both their own recovery and the recovery of other people. The briefing discusses the way peer support roles are being developed and the potential for further growth across all types of mental health services It also draws on research evidence to identify
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This Insight briefing provides an overview of peer support roles in mental health services and the role they can play in supporting both their own recovery and the recovery of other people. The briefing discusses the way peer support roles are being developed and the potential for further growth across all types of mental health services It also draws on research evidence to identify the positive impacts of peer provided support, which include hope, empowerment, social inclusion, empathy, and a reduction in the use of in-patient services. The final section looks at how peer support role can help organisations and services implement goals set by wider policy, such as the co-production of services; and adopting a strengths- and rights-based, as well as a recovery-focused approach.
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Subject terms:
peer support, mental health problems, mental health services, recovery;
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 35(1), 2022, pp.252-260.
Publisher:
Wiley
Background: A recovery approach within mental health services has gained momentum. Its meaning for adults with intellectual disabilities recovering from mental health disorders is less understood. Peoples' experiences of recovery were explored to help inform recovery-focused recommendations for clinical practise. Method: A qualitative design using interpretative phenomenological analysis was applied. Nine interviews with people with intellectual disabilities who had experienced mental health disorders were conducted. Results: Two themes that emerged focusing on entry to service and the recovery experience. Subthemes for entry to service included unfair treatment, valuing information and managing expectations. The recovery experience subthemes were therapeutic alliance, self-management, emotional development, autonomy, connectedness, positive identity and a belief in recovery. Conclusions: Hearing peoples' experiences directly allowed the current themes to emerge in the context of living with lifelong disabilities. This article adds to the sparse literature and highlights considerations for recovery-based interventions for people with intellectual disabilities.
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Background: A recovery approach within mental health services has gained momentum. Its meaning for adults with intellectual disabilities recovering from mental health disorders is less understood. Peoples' experiences of recovery were explored to help inform recovery-focused recommendations for clinical practise. Method: A qualitative design using interpretative phenomenological analysis was applied. Nine interviews with people with intellectual disabilities who had experienced mental health disorders were conducted. Results: Two themes that emerged focusing on entry to service and the recovery experience. Subthemes for entry to service included unfair treatment, valuing information and managing expectations. The recovery experience subthemes were therapeutic alliance, self-management, emotional development, autonomy, connectedness, positive identity and a belief in recovery. Conclusions: Hearing peoples' experiences directly allowed the current themes to emerge in the context of living with lifelong disabilities. This article adds to the sparse literature and highlights considerations for recovery-based interventions for people with intellectual disabilities.
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Subject terms:
learning disabilities, recovery, user views, mental health problems, mental health services;
The purpose of this guide, developed in partnership with Public Health England (PHE), is to raise awareness about drug and alcohol related harms and empower councillors, as system leaders, by providing an introduction to treatment and recovery services, key considerations, signposting to useful resources, as well as any questions you need to ask to support effective decision making. The guide
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The purpose of this guide, developed in partnership with Public Health England (PHE), is to raise awareness about drug and alcohol related harms and empower councillors, as system leaders, by providing an introduction to treatment and recovery services, key considerations, signposting to useful resources, as well as any questions you need to ask to support effective decision making. The guide covers: key facts about drug and alcohol use; What investment has the government made to support drug and alcohol treatment? What extra funding have local authorities had this year? How does Public Health England support local authorities?
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Subject terms:
drug misuse, alcohol misuse, substance misuse, recovery, treatment;
HM INSPECTORATE OF PROBATION, CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
Publisher:
HM Inspectorate of Probation
Publication year:
2021
Pagination:
84
Place of publication:
Manchester
Probation services across England and Wales supervise nearly 156,000 people in the community. HM Inspectorate of Probation estimates that almost 75,000 of these individuals have a drugs problem, yet fewer than 3,000 people were referred by probation services to specialist drug misuse treatment in 2019/2020. HM Inspectorate of Probation partnered with the Care Quality Commission to examine how probation services supervise this cohort. Inspectors found: too few people on probation receive help to tackle drugs misuse – and when referrals are made, the quality of services is often not good enough; funding for treatment has reduced and criminal justice programmes to identify and refer people for treatment have “withered on the vine”; very few drug users on probation are being tested for drug use – just one in six of the inspected sample of known users; key information is missing, not captured properly or used to commission services – probation services were unable to tell inspectors how many Class A drug users were on their caseload or how many were in treatment; six out of 10 magistrates that the Inspectorate surveyed said they were not confident probation was delivering the necessary treatment.
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Probation services across England and Wales supervise nearly 156,000 people in the community. HM Inspectorate of Probation estimates that almost 75,000 of these individuals have a drugs problem, yet fewer than 3,000 people were referred by probation services to specialist drug misuse treatment in 2019/2020. HM Inspectorate of Probation partnered with the Care Quality Commission to examine how probation services supervise this cohort. Inspectors found: too few people on probation receive help to tackle drugs misuse – and when referrals are made, the quality of services is often not good enough; funding for treatment has reduced and criminal justice programmes to identify and refer people for treatment have “withered on the vine”; very few drug users on probation are being tested for drug use – just one in six of the inspected sample of known users; key information is missing, not captured properly or used to commission services – probation services were unable to tell inspectors how many Class A drug users were on their caseload or how many were in treatment; six out of 10 magistrates that the Inspectorate surveyed said they were not confident probation was delivering the necessary treatment.
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Subject terms:
drug misuse, substance misuse, recovery, probation service, access to services;
... the pandemic due to the intersection with the social, emotional, and financial consequences of COVID‐19. Furthermore, couples are likely to experience disruptions and delays to the affair recovery process during the pandemic, which can negatively impact their ability to heal. Therefore, recommendations for navigating affair recovery during the pandemic, including adaptations for therapy, are also discussed.
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Infidelity occurs in approximately 25% of marriages and is associated with various negative consequences for individuals (e.g., depression, anxiety, and post‐traumatic stress), the couple relationship (e.g., financial loss, increased conflict, and aggression), and the couple's children (e.g., internalizing and externalizing behaviors). Infidelity is also one of the most frequently cited reasons for divorce. The increased stress brought on by the pandemic may be putting couples at an increased risk for experiencing infidelity, and data collected during the pandemic have shown that people across the United States are engaging in behaviors that are associated with a high likelihood of experiencing infidelity. The negative consequences of infidelity are also likely to be exacerbated for couples during the pandemic due to the intersection with the social, emotional, and financial consequences of COVID‐19. Furthermore, couples are likely to experience disruptions and delays to the affair recovery process during the pandemic, which can negatively impact their ability to heal. Therefore, recommendations for navigating affair recovery during the pandemic, including adaptations for therapy, are also discussed.
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British Journal of Social Work, 50(1), 2020, pp.42-61.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
... client vignettes (n = 398) and completed standardised measures of recovery knowledge and expectations. The final predictive model was significant (p < 0.0001), accounting for 61 per cent of the variance of the degree of endorsement of recovery-oriented services. Recovery knowledge explains the largest portion of the variance, followed by psychotic symptoms. The finding that client characteristics predict endorsement of recovery-oriented services suggests a fundamental misunderstanding of recovery. Recommendations include training and supervision to enhance application of recovery-oriented principles to service provision.
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Providers inconsistently provide recovery-oriented services to adults with serious mental illness despite US federal mandate. An online randomised factorial survey was used to identify and evaluate predictors of social workers’ degree of endorsement of recovery-oriented service provision. Respondents (N = 107) each rated scale items indicating support for recovery-oriented services for four client vignettes (n = 398) and completed standardised measures of recovery knowledge and expectations. The final predictive model was significant (p < 0.0001), accounting for 61 per cent of the variance of the degree of endorsement of recovery-oriented services. Recovery knowledge explains the largest portion of the variance, followed by psychotic symptoms. The finding that client characteristics predict endorsement of recovery-oriented services suggests a fundamental misunderstanding of recovery. Recommendations include training and supervision to enhance application of recovery-oriented principles to service provision.
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Subject terms:
social workers, mental health, recovery, mental health problems, service provision;
Using the responses from an online survey, this study captures the experiences of family members who had a family member in, or attempting, recovery from dependent drinking. A total of 1,565 family members completed the survey, including parents, spouses, children and siblings. The report looks at changes in family members life experiences during the user's addiction and recover across the following areas: finances, family life, health, work and education, and relationships. It also discusses the coping strategies of family members, and whether they see themselves as in recovery. Key findings from the report highlight: that dependent drinking is associated with a range of secondary problems within families, including financial problems, mental health issues, problems at work and interpersonal violence; and that family members are both a resource to recovery and people who will benefit from their family member’s recovery journey. It concludes that it is essential to develop an integrated approach to reducing alcohol harms, and understanding the experiences of family members plays a key role in achieving this goal. The research was carried out by the Department of Law and Criminology
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Using the responses from an online survey, this study captures the experiences of family members who had a family member in, or attempting, recovery from dependent drinking. A total of 1,565 family members completed the survey, including parents, spouses, children and siblings. The report looks at changes in family members life experiences during the user's addiction and recover across the following areas: finances, family life, health, work and education, and relationships. It also discusses the coping strategies of family members, and whether they see themselves as in recovery. Key findings from the report highlight: that dependent drinking is associated with a range of secondary problems within families, including financial problems, mental health issues, problems at work and interpersonal violence; and that family members are both a resource to recovery and people who will benefit from their family member’s recovery journey. It concludes that it is essential to develop an integrated approach to reducing alcohol harms, and understanding the experiences of family members plays a key role in achieving this goal. The research was carried out by the Department of Law and Criminology at Sheffield Hallam University and Adfam, and funded by Alcohol Research UK,
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IRELAND. Department of Health, IRELAND. Department of Public Expediture and Reform
Publisher:
Ireland. Department of Health
Publication year:
2021
Pagination:
83
Place of publication:
Dublin
This Focused Policy Assessment (FPA) profiles labelled expenditure on drug and alcohol misuse; estimate unlabelled expenditure based on medical and judicial costs and lost productivity; and examines the performance of the Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery 2017 to 2025 (RHSR) strategy in Ireland. Findings: the available evidence base on the costs of drug and alcohol misuse is typically limited
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This Focused Policy Assessment (FPA) profiles labelled expenditure on drug and alcohol misuse; estimate unlabelled expenditure based on medical and judicial costs and lost productivity; and examines the performance of the Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery 2017 to 2025 (RHSR) strategy in Ireland. Findings: the available evidence base on the costs of drug and alcohol misuse is typically limited by data availability and is estimated using varied methodological approaches. findings indicate that unlabelled expenditure and productivity costs contribute significantly to the overall economic burden of problem drug and alcohol use. Therefore, they are an important component (alongside labelled expenditure) of any examination of the value of policies to address drug and alcohol misuse which relates changes in inputs (planned programmes to tackle these issues) to changes in outputs and costs. Conclusion: improved ability to evaluate public expenditure would ensure that the health and wellbeing of individuals, their families and communities are best served by public policies that address the harms associated with drug and alcohol misuse.
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