scholarly journals Determinants of Capabilities Among Chronically Mentally Ill People: A Path Model

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 479-490
Author(s):  
Johanna Baumgardt ◽  
Dieter Röh ◽  
Anne Daubmann
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Clinical Social Work ◽  
Psychosocial Interventions ◽  
Path Model ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Chronically Mentally Ill

Background: In the context of political demands for social justice, we analyzed determinants of capabilities in community-based clinical social work. Within the scope of an explorative study with two measuring points, people with chronic mental disorders were questioned regarding capabilities as well as psychosocial, sociodemographic, disease-, and care-related aspects in community mental health-care services in Germany. Results: Overall, capabilities were rated as medium and did not change significantly over time. A path model showed empowerment and social inclusion to be the strongest determinants on the improvement of capabilities. Conclusion: Community-based clinical social work should foster empowerment and social inclusion through socio-therapeutic or, rather, psychosocial interventions in order to alter capabilities among chronically mentally ill people. This could include psycho- or socio-education as well as family interventions that aim to reduce stress in the family or training in life skills such as dealing with money, personal hygiene, or communication competencies.

Healthy Lifestyles: A Community Programme for Chronically Mentally Ill People

1996 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Lloyd ◽  
Pam Samra
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Daily Living Skills ◽  
Healthy Lifestyles ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Functional Deficits ◽  
Chronically Mentally Ill ◽  
Living Skills ◽  
Community Programme ◽  
Integrated Mental Health

This article outlines a Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HLP) for chronically mentally ill people in the South Coast Regional Health Authority in Australia, in the area of integrated mental health services. This programme has provided practical community-based experiences for chronically mentally ill people, focusing on functional deficits in daily living skills. Major reforms in service delivery in mental health have resulted in a move to community-based care. The 1994 Queensland Mental Health Plan set out specific objectives and strategies for the implementation of mental health service reform. One of the immediate priorities for Queensland is the establishing of mainstream integrated services to promote continuity of care across service components. The HLP reflects this priority in providing a community-based service in an integrated mental health setting, using the principles of community-based integration, family support, collaboration, rehabilitation and case management, as outlined in the community care model.

scholarly journals Residential Facilities for Psychosocial Rehabilitation: Planning Permit Regulations and Social Inclusion

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Evangelia G. Chrysikou ◽  
Eleftheria Savvopoulou
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Control Mechanisms ◽  
Potential Mechanism ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Fit For Purpose ◽  
Residential Use ◽  
Of Greece

Mental illness affects one in four people at some point in their lives, and the incidence is increasing. Yet institutions are still responsible for preventing mentally ill people from having integrated lives in the community. Existing planning legislation might contribute to this. A potential mechanism is the requirement for non-residential use of land for mental health accommodation and the consequent characterisation of accommodation as ‘special buildings’. However, change in mental health accommodation planning and licensing legislation could be more enabling for people’s social integration. This paper explores the planning legislation of Greece, a country with an extensive network of community-based mental health facilities, the consequences of planning legislation for the actual integration of its mentally ill people and how alterations to the change of use legislation for accommodation for mental health affected the national integration outcome. The research was top-down, led by the European Commission and the Ministry of Health. The sample comprised 112 out of 116 community-based facilities. The research highlighted those elements in the existing planning legislation that favoured segregated institutions. The uses of land framework promoted the development of mental health accommodation in buildings designed for other purposes (industrial, logistics or offices) or in segregated areas. The research identified planning legislation as a key disabler of social inclusion. Then, alternatives were tested, including the redefinition of uses – a change that initially generated functional complications. The condition of altering uses alone proved inadequate, so new design guidelines were introduced to act as quality control mechanisms – a set of fit-for-purpose guidelines incorporated into national legislation.

Review of Paradigms of Clinical Social Work.

1989 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 519-519
Author(s):  
No authorship indicated
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Clinical Social Work

Roles, rules and rituals: An ethnographic study of a community of the chronically mentally ill

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vadim Moldovan ◽  
Alexandru Ciobanu ◽  
William Divale ◽  
Anatol Nacu
Keyword(s):  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Chronically Mentally Ill

Social Capital and Sustainable Health Care: An Analysis of Community Based Palliative Care Model of Kerala

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Azeez. E.P
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Palliative Care ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Voluntary Organizations ◽  
Community Based ◽  
The Social ◽  
Palliative Care Units

Social Capital is the most crucial asset which significantly influence the efficacy and resilience of any community. Social capital is a dependent variable that depends upon the competence and coherence of the individuals in the community and mode of social relationships, trust and networks they maintain. It is one of the most sustainable social resources that originate from human relations and results on the mutual support of people. Utilization of Social capital has a wide applicability in the process of social inclusion, especially in dealing with the vulnerable and disadvantaged sections in the community itself. Voluntary organizations are very keen to utilize the social capital for community/social services and community development in a sustainable manner. Community based de-institutionalized Palliative Care is one of the foremost among such organizations that made social capital in a strategic way for social inclusion and community well being. This paper analyses the extent to which different elements of social capital helps in initiating the sustainable community based palliative care movement by assessing the unique intervention strategies carried out by the palliative care. This paper explores conceptual questions of how social capital and voluntary community based services are correlated. A case study method was adopted for the study in which ten palliative care units were analyzed. The results show that a number of social capital elements are playing a vital role in the sustainability of community palliative care movement in Kerala.

scholarly journals COVID-19 and the calls of humanistic social work: Exploring the developmental-clinical social work concerns of the pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 002087282110079
Author(s):  
Robert K Chigangaidze
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Clinical Social Work ◽  
Health Community ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Face

Any health outbreak is beyond the biomedical approach. The COVID-19 pandemic exposes a calamitous need to address social inequalities prevalent in the global health community. Au fait with this, the impetus of this article is to explore the calls of humanistic social work in the face of the pandemic. It calls for the pursuit of social justice during the pandemic and after. It also calls for a holistic service provision, technological innovation and stewardship. Wrapping up, it challenges the global community to rethink their priorities – egotism or altruism. It emphasizes the ultimate way forward of addressing the social inequalities.

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