Modern Mental Health: Critical Perspectives on Psychiatric Practice

2013 ◽  
Vol 43 (8) ◽  
pp. 1668-1670
Author(s):  
W. J. Penson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychiatric Practice ◽  
Critical Perspectives

Detained – what's my choice? Part 1: Discussion

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 172-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn Roberts ◽  
Eluned Dorkins ◽  
James Wooldridge ◽  
Elaine Hewis
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Personal Responsibility ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Psychiatric Services ◽  
Psychiatric Practice ◽  
Personal Recovery ◽  
Collaborative Dialogue

Choice, responsibility, recovery and social inclusion are concepts guiding the ‘modernisation’ and redesign of psychiatric services. Each has its advocates and detractors, and at the deep end of mental health/psychiatric practice they all interact. In the context of severe mental health problems choice and social inclusion are often deeply compromised; they are additionally difficult to access when someone is detained and significant aspects of personal responsibility have been temporarily taken over by others. One view is that you cannot recover while others are in control. We disagree and believe that it is possible to work in a recovery-oriented way in all service settings. This series of articles represents a collaborative dialogue between providers and consumers of compulsory psychiatric services and expert commentators. We worked together, reflecting on the literature and our own professional and personal experience to better understand how choice can be worked with as a support for personal recovery even in circumstances of psychiatric detention. We were particularly interested to consider whether and how detention and compulsion could be routes to personal recovery. We offer both the process of our co-working and our specific findings as part of a continuing dialogue on these difficult issues.

The rise and fall of anti-psychiatry

1995 ◽  
Vol 19 (12) ◽  
pp. 743-746 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mervat Nasser
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Psychiatric Practice ◽  
The Past ◽  
Health Institutions ◽  
Mental Health Institutions ◽  
The Impact

A review is made of the anti-psychiatric movement through its major protagonists, Lacan, Laing, Cooper and Szasz. The ideology was set to challenge the concept of mental illness and question the authority of the psychiatrist and the need for mental health institutions. The anti-psychiatric movement received a lot of attention in the 1970s but is now considered to be of the past and of likely interest to the psychiatric historian. However, the impact of the movement on current psychiatric practice requires further re-examination and appraisal.

scholarly journals From taking to using medication: recovery-focused prescribing and medicines management

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elina Baker ◽  
Jason Fee ◽  
Louise Bovingdon ◽  
Tina Campbell ◽  
Elaine Hewis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychiatric Services ◽  
Psychiatric Practice ◽  
Medicines Management ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Recovery Tools

SummaryMental health services are increasingly supporting recovery-oriented practice as a basis for service delivery. There is considerable overlap between the values and approaches associated with recovery-based practice and those already endorsed as good psychiatric practice. However, these agreed principles may not be consistently applied and further steps may be needed if the reorientation of the relationship between psychiatrists and people using psychiatric services is to fully reflect recovery principles. This article describes ways in which psychiatric practice could develop, including conceptualising medication as one of many possible recovery tools that a person can actively use to support their well-being, and a range of practices available to professionals to support people in taking up an active stance in relation to medication. It also identifies recovery-supportive practices for when someone is unable to fully participate in decision-making, owing to crisis, loss of capacity or concerns about safety.

scholarly journals Physical examination in psychiatric practice

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gill Garden
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
General Population ◽  
Physical Examination ◽  
Mental Disorder ◽  
Physical Illness ◽  
Psychiatric Practice ◽  
Medical Illness ◽  
Physical Disease

Physical disease is more prevalent in people with mental disorder than in the general population. It is important for psychiatrists to maintain skills in physical examination to ensure that physical illness is diagnosed and treated appropriately. A sound knowledge of medical illness ensures that examination is targeted at the relevant diseases. Mental health units should provide adequate facilities and equipment. All detailed examinations should be undertaken in the presence of a chaperone. Opportunities for psychiatrists to refresh their knowledge and skill are suggested.

Critical Perspectives on Mental Health

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicki Coppock ◽  
John Hopton
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Critical Perspectives

Introduction

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.W.M. Fulford ◽  
Martin Davies ◽  
Richard G.T. Gipps ◽  
George Graham ◽  
John Z. Sadler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Psychiatric Practice ◽  
Philosophy Of Psychiatry ◽  
Mental Health Systems ◽  
Recovery Movement

In this introduction to the Section II, the thrust of the component chapters is described. An important strand in the philosophy of psychiatry since its beginnings has been sociopolitical critiques: criticism which aims to improve and humanize psychiatric practice and mental health systems. From this standpoint, the introduction provides an overview of this tradition, including considerations of "postpsychiatry," value commitments in psychiatry, the recovery movement, racism and sexism in the field, and technology.

scholarly journals Medical Assistance in Dying and Mental Health: A Legal, Ethical, and Clinical Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander I. F. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Clinical Analysis ◽  
Psychiatric Practice ◽  
Eligibility Criterion ◽  
Medical Assistance ◽  
Medical Assistance In Dying

Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) legislation is now over a year old in Canada, and consideration is turning to whether MAiD should be extended to include serious mental illness as the sole qualifying condition for being eligible for MAiD. This article considers this question from ethical and clinical perspectives. It argues that extending the eligibility for MAiD to include those with a serious mental illness as the sole eligibility criterion is not ethical, necessary, or supported current psychiatric practice or opinion.

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