scholarly journals Insights from homeless men about PRISM, an innovative shelter-based mental health service

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. e0250341
Author(s):  
Brigitte Voisard ◽  
Rob Whitley ◽  
Eric Latimer ◽  
Karl Looper ◽  
Vincent Laliberté
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
Daily Routine ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Resource Network ◽  
Homeless Men ◽  
Secure Environment

PRISM (Projet Réaffiliation Itinérance Santé Mentale–mental health and homelessness reaffiliation project), is a new shelter-based mental health service in Montreal, Canada. It offers short-term residential services in a shelter with the aim of housing and connecting the person to the appropriate services in the community. This qualitative research project was designed to gain a rich understanding of service-user experience within this program, and to apply these impressions to a broader reflection concerning how to best serve the needs of homeless people living with severe mental illness. We conducted in-depth interviews with 20 clients from the all-male PRISM-Welcome Hall Mission at program intake and departure between May 2018 and March 2019. We used methods stemming from grounded theory to analyze themes emerging from the interviews. Analysis revealed three core aspects endorsed by PRISM clients as helpful to their recovery: first, the community-based and flexible PRISM structure allows for continuity in daily routine through the preservation and expansion of the client’s existing informal resource network; second, the secure environment is conducive to improving one’s physical and mental health; and third, the multimodal mental health and social service approach used at PRISM is appreciated and stands in contrast to what most have experienced during other inpatient experiences. This led us to reflect more broadly on the benefits of a shelter-based intervention, as a catalyst to the achievement of longer-term goals such as housing, as well as flexible care adapted to the specific needs of these individuals. Even though this study took place in a specific program in Quebec, it sheds light more broadly on how to best meet the needs of individuals with mental illness living in homeless situations and contributes to the growing literature on men’s mental health.

Trends in mental health service use by age among adults with serious mental illness

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 71-73
Author(s):  
Natasha E. Latzman ◽  
Heather Ringeisen ◽  
Valerie L. Forman–Hoffman ◽  
Breda Munoz ◽  
Shari Miller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Service Use ◽  
Mental Health Service Use ◽  
Health Service Use

scholarly journals Mental health clothing bank - adDressing the issue

BJPsych Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (S1) ◽  
pp. S226-S226
Author(s):  
Louisa Ward
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Job Interview ◽  
Community Impact ◽  
Outpatient Mental Health ◽  
Outpatient Mental Health Service ◽  
The Future

AimsWe often have patients who are admitted to the ward wearing only the clothes they came in. These patients have no way of going to get more clothes due to being detained, poverty/ homelessness or covid restrictions. Many do not have friends or family who can bring them clothes. As such they might wear one set of clothes for a number of weeks which is bad for their physical and mental health. We are creating a clothes bank to provide a change of clothes for these patients, and help their recovery back into the community. Many have clothes that are inappropriate for the current weather, or do not have a set of smart enough clothes for a job interview. We feel that this simple intervention will have a big community impact.MethodWe have obtained support from a number of charities and companies to supply donations. The project will be led by a team of staff and patients.ResultWe will review the usage of this scheme in 6 months timeConclusionWe hope this intervention will tackle the issue of clothing on mental health wards. In the future we wish to expand this to outpatient mental health service users. We would then like to expand this project countrywide as are unaware of any other areas providing something similar.

Learning together about the needs of parents with a mental illness and their children: The implementation of the Mums' and Dads' Practice Research Project

2004 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmel Alakus
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Parent Education ◽  
Consumer Satisfaction ◽  
Practice Research ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Adult Mental Health ◽  
Difficult Issue

The busy clinical practitioner, while being encouraged to innovate and formally evaluate his or her work, has less time than ever before to do either.The Mums' and Dads' Project represented a modest attempt to implement a short-term parent education project in adult mental health and review it in the style of practice-research. A number of qualitative methods were employed to research the Project conducted in the Mid West Area Mental Health Service exploring consumer satisfaction and parents' perspectives of their children's needs.Consumers attended the sessions readily, demonstrating knowledge of child development and a willingness to confront the difficult issue of informing children about mental illness. They reiterated how much they appreciated meeting other parents with a mental illness.Service delivery to parents with a mental illness and their children deserves dedicated funding if their needs are to be addressed and programs carefully evaluated.

Prevalence of mental illness within families in a regional child-focussed mental health service

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 901-910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael F. A. Naughton ◽  
Darryl J. Maybery ◽  
Melinda Goodyear
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Service

Residential Transience Among Adults: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Association with Mental Illness and Mental Health Service Use

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 784-797
Author(s):  
Cristie Glasheen ◽  
Valerie L. Forman-Hoffman ◽  
Sarra Hedden ◽  
Ty A. Ridenour ◽  
Jiantong Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Service Use ◽  
Mental Health Service Use ◽  
Health Service Use

scholarly journals Reciprocity membership: A potential pathway towards recovery from mental illness in a Middle Eastern context

2019 ◽  
pp. 136346151989236
Author(s):  
Jason E. Hickey ◽  
Steven Pryjmachuk ◽  
Heather Waterman
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Mutual Exchange ◽  
Classic Grounded Theory ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Recovery Models

While recovery has become a popular framework for mental health services, there is limited understanding of its applicability outside of Western countries. In fact, recent studies in non-Anglophone populations suggest that recovery is contextually dependent and that the implementation of mainstream recovery models risks imposing inappropriate values. We used classic grounded theory to explore the main concerns of mental health service users in a Middle Eastern context and the strategies they use to resolve those concerns. The theory of ‘reciprocity membership’, a process involving ongoing mutual exchange with a group or community, was developed. Reciprocity membership becomes balanced when an individual is satisfied with their ‘contribution to’ the group, the ‘acknowledgement from’ other group members, the ‘expectations of’ the group, and their ‘alignment with’ the values of the group. Balance among these conditions is appraised by a sub-process called ‘valuing’, and developed or maintained by two further sub-processes called ‘positioning’ and ‘managing relationships’. Balanced reciprocity membership seems to be associated with recovery. This study is the first in-depth exploration of people's experience of mental illness in a Middle Eastern context; findings provide evidence for a novel potential pathway towards recovery.

Move your mind: embedding accredited exercise physiology services within a hospital-based mental health service

2020 ◽  
pp. 103985622094303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonnie J Furzer ◽  
Kemi E Wright ◽  
Azam Edoo ◽  
Andrew Maiorana
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Psychotic Disorders ◽  
Exercise Physiology ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Hospital Environments ◽  
Audit Period ◽  
Service Data

Objective: Despite support for the role of exercise in improving physical and mental health for various psychiatric disorders, few service implementation evaluations within diverse hospital environments exist. This study presents the feasibility and implementation of a clinical exercise physiology service within a hospital mental health service. Method: Feasibility and service data were collected from databases and self-report (consumer and staff) for 6 months from the commencement of new exercise services (gym and group sessions) for community and inpatients (one secure and three open wards). Results: One hundred and twenty consumers engaged with exercise services with 70 direct referrals over the 6-month audit period (mean age 40 ± 13 years (19–69); 41% male). The overwhelming reason for referral was related to weight loss/management (65.7%), with the majority of patients (51%) presenting with schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders. Further, 549 exercise service interactions were delivered and 78% gym attendees and 69% group session attendees rated the exercise sessions as ‘Good’ or ‘Great’, and intention to return ranged from 78% for inpatient gym sessions to 91% for community gym sessions. Conclusions: Embedding exercise physiology into a mental health service is feasible and well accepted and the evaluation of long-term consumer outcomes in ‘real-world’ will serve as a crucial step.

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