scholarly journals Aftercare: who attends section 117 meetings?

1995 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-107
Author(s):  
Rosemary Lethem
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Hospital Department ◽  
Health And Social Services ◽  
Mental Health Act ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Legal Duty

The purpose of aftercare is to enable patients to return to their home or accommodation other than a hospital or nursing home, and to minimse the need for future in-patient care. Under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983, local health and social services authorities have a legal duty to provide aftercare for certain categories of patients when they leave hospital (Department of Health and Welsh Office, 1993).

scholarly journals A survey of psychiatrists' views of the use of the Children Act and the Mental Health Act in children and adolescents with mental health problems

2001 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 304-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Mears ◽  
Adrian Worrall
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Project Report ◽  
Mental Health Act ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Consent To Treatment

Aims and MethodTo identify psychiatrists' concerns relating to the use of legislation in children and young people with mental health problems. Four hundred and eighty members of the child and adolescent faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists were asked to list their main concerns.ResultsTwo hundred and fifty-eight members responded. The four most reported themes were: choosing between the Mental Health Act and the Children Act; general issues around consent to treatment; issues with social services departments; and the stigma associated with using the Mental Health Act.Clinical ImplicationsThe range of themes identified from this survey have served to focus the evaluation of the use of the Children Act and the Mental Health Act in Children and Adolescents in Psychiatric Settings (CAMHA-CAPS), and informed the design of subsequent data collection tools. The project report has now been submitted to the Department of Health for consideration.

Depression in the Developing World

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry Minas
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
International Development ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Health And Social Services ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Culturally Informed ◽  
Global Understanding

This chapter provides an overview of what is known about prevalence, social determinants, treatment, and course and impact of depression in developing, or low- and middle-income, countries. The importance of culture in depression and in the construction and application of diagnostic classifications and in health and social services is highlighted, with a particular focus on the applicability of ‘Western’ diagnostic constructs and service systems in developing country settings. The role of international organizations, such as WHO, and international development programs, such as the SDGs, in improving our understanding of depression and in developing effective and culturally appropriate responses is briefly examined. There is both a need and increasing opportunities in developing countries for greater commitment to mental health of populations, increased investment in mental health and social services, and culturally informed research that will contribute to improved global understanding of mental disorders in general and depression in particular.

scholarly journals The dog that failed to bark

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (9) ◽  
pp. 361-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Burns
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Continuity Of Care ◽  
International Comparisons ◽  
Patient Dissatisfaction ◽  
Significant Potential ◽  
Mental Health Act ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Structural Discontinuity ◽  
Careful Thought

SummaryUK mental healh services have been distinguished by their continuity of care but recently there has been a move to separating consultant responsibility for in-patient and out-patient care. Local examples of the success of this approach have been published but there has been remarkably little careful thought about its longer-term impacts. International comparisons would suggest that there are significant potential disadvantages, including increased bed pressures. Some disadvantages, such as the poor fit with the Mental Health Act and patient dissatisfaction with structural discontinuity are already obvious. A more considered debate is called for.

Psychiatric In-Patients and Out-Patients: A Reply to Mezey and Evans

1972 ◽  
Vol 120 (557) ◽  
pp. 433-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. G. Morgan ◽  
R. M. Compton
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
National Health ◽  
Recent Article ◽  
Psychiatric Services ◽  
Outpatient Services ◽  
Department Of Health

Department of Health and Social Security statistics show a steady rise in the use of outpatient services from the inception of the National Health Service; since the Mental Health Act of 1959, the numbers of new outpatient and clinic attendances have increased by one-third and one-fifth respectively (D.H.S.S., 1971). However, as our knowledge of the actual functions of out-patient services and their relationship to in-patient care is at best only rudimentary, the recent article by Mezey and Evans (Journal, June 1971, 118, p. 609) is a much needed contribution towards evaluating these different facilities of the psychiatric services.

scholarly journals The Commission for Health Improvement (CHI) review of North Birmingham Mental Health Trust: What can we hope for from the CHI?

2002 ◽  
Vol 180 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Burns
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Health Improvement ◽  
Multidisciplinary Teams ◽  
Health Advisory ◽  
Advisory Service ◽  
Mental Health Act ◽  
Audit Commission ◽  
Health Trust

If you are working in mental health, you get used to being inspected and commented upon – the Mental Health Act Commission, Audit Commission, Social Services Inspectorate, Health Advisory Service (HAS, as was) and public inquiries into patient homicides. Working in multidisciplinary teams has made us used to operating with a variety of perspectives and for most of us this is a necessary and welcome part of the job. Few psychiatrists, however, are so sanguine about the former HAS or about homicide inquiries. The repeated complaint has been their inconsistency. Their quality and tone (potentially as damaging as their findings) have varied to quite an indefensible degree.

School Psychologists and Full-Service Schools: Partnerships with Medical, Mental Health, and Social Services

1997 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 603-621 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn D. Reeder ◽  
Gloria C. Maccow ◽  
Steven R. Shaw ◽  
Mark E. Swerdlik ◽  
Connie B. Horton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
School Psychologists ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Health And Social Services ◽  
Full Service Schools
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