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Primary Health Care and Severe Mental Illness: The Need for National and State Policy
- Author:
- KING E Davies
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 21(2), May 1996, pp.83-87.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Discusses the need for national and state policy for primary health care and severe mental illness in the US.
Towards a sociology of schizophrenia: humanistic reflections
- Author:
- DOUBT Keith
- Publisher:
- University of Toronto Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 136p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Toronto
Presents a way of understanding not only what Schizophrenia is, but society's reactions to it.
Community care: care programme approach for people with severe and enduring mental illness including dementia
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Scottish Office
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Scottish Office
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Scottish Office circular providing revised guidance on the joint arrangements for implementing the Care Programme Approach.
Analysis of three interventions for substance abuse treatment of severely mentally ill people
- Authors:
- RIDGELY M.Susan, JERRELL Jeanette M.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 32(6), December 1996, pp.561-572.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Severely mentally ill people with co-occurring substance abuse disorders are difficult to treat and the course of their psychiatric treatment is worsened by substance abuse. Despite increased attention to the problem, few studies of specialised treatment are reported in the literature and most lack detail about the specialised interventions employed. This article presents qualitative data, gathered as part of a larger study of the cost-effectiveness of three substance abuse interventions for severely mentally ill people. Describes the interventions, their implementation in four community mental health centres over the study, and their relationship to the quantitative outcomes. Illustrates the difficulty of implementing innovative programmes and the need for vigilance concerning programme fidelity.
Quality of life and self-esteem in working and nonworking persons with mental illness
- Author:
- DONGEN Carol J. Van
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 32(6), December 1996, pp.535-548.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Examines the relationship between work status and quality of life and self-esteem in persons with severe, persistent mental illness. Goes on to examine the relationship between (a) demographic characteristics, attitudes toward psychotropic medications, and perceptions of the meaning of work and (b) quality of life and self-esteem in working and nonworking persons with severe mental illness. Results revealed that contrary to the nonworkers' fears, workers reported that work provided a distraction from symptoms and contributed to better mental health.
The course of schizophrenia over 13 years: a report from the International Study on Schizophrenia (ISoS) coordinated by the World Health Organisation
- Authors:
- MASON Peter, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 169, November 1996, pp.580-581.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Describes the 13 year course of illness in an epidemiologically defined and representative cohort of patients selected when they were experiencing their first episode of schizophrenia. Describes the survival after discharge to first readmission, and from remission to first relapse identified from a defined geographical area in Nottinghamshire. Findings suggest that after the initial episode the course of schizophrenia is relatively stable. The data support neither concepts of progressive deterioration nor progressive amelioration. No evidence was found of a 'late recovery'.
Unwantedness of a pregnancy and schizophrenia in the child
- Authors:
- MYHRMAN Antero, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 169, November 1996, pp.637-640.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Maternal stress during pregnancy has been suggested as a risk factor for schizophrenia. The authors tested the hypothesis that being the child of an unwanted pregnancy would be associated with later schizophrenia. Data were collected prospectively in the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort of 11017 individuals. In the sixth or seventh month of pregnancy mothers were asked whether the pregnancy was wanted, mistimed but wanted or unwanted. Results suggest that unwantedness may operate either directly as psychosocial stress during developing making children more liable to schizophrenia, or it may be a marker or behaviours associated with risk in either the mother or the child.
Care planning: the unequal partnership
- Authors:
- RYAN Peter, NEWTON Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 3(1), September 1996, pp.20-23.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Describes a study in four local authorities which has shown that people with severe mental health problems are still not fully involved or understand the assessment process.
Schizophrenia and learning disability
- Authors:
- JAMES David H., MUKHERJEE Tapati
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 24(3), September 1996, pp.90-94.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
A survey of individuals known to the learning disability service in Cornwall as having a dual diagnosis of schizophrenia and learning disability discovered that very often there can be a long delay between the start of symptoms in schizophrenia in this client group and a diagnosis. This article seeks to inform staff in learning disability services about the symptoms of schizophrenia, how it presents in people with a learning disability and possible diagnostic difficulties.
Managed care and people with severe mental illness: Challenges and opportunities for social work
- Author:
- SHERA Wes
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 21(3), August 1996, pp.197-201.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The managed care initiatives in the USA are having a profound effect on the way that social workers deliver services to people with severe mental illness. Describes what is meant by the term managed care and looks at the challenges and opportunities for social work.