scholarly journals Time in Between

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lora F. Heller
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
New York ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Therapeutic Process ◽  
Daily Routine ◽  
Mental Health Team ◽  
Health Team ◽  
Dominican Sisters

Molloy College, a private liberal arts college in New York, founded by the Dominican sisters of Amityville, partnered with PRN (Physicians, Residents, Nurses) Relief International and the Dominican Sisters in Jamaica to organize a twice-annual service trip providing primary care, speech-language pathology, psychiatric-mental health care, and medical/surgical teams in rural and urban Jamaica. During the week-long trips, medical staff and speech pathologists move in teams from clinic to clinic, while mental health professionals, along with midwives and psychiatric nurses, work exclusively with the residents and staff at Homestead Place of Safety in Stony Hill, St. Andrew in the northern outskirts of Kingston, Jamaica. The state-operated facility, established as a home away from home, houses girls between the ages of 12 and 18 who experienced neglect or abuse, victimization, and sexual assault, or those in conflict with the law. Music Therapy services were included as part of the mental health team for the first time in October 2016 and provided an outlet for self-expression, an opportunity to foster resilience, a strengthened sense of community, and a supportive response to trauma. In past years, the mental health team found that the girls engaged freely in creative outlets such as art [therapy], and that music was an integral part of their culture and daily routine. Music therapy was therefore recommended to help normalize the therapeutic process, increase engagement, and develop therapeutic rapport.

‘Recovery’ - towards integration into an Irish community mental health team

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 197-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
John McFarland ◽  
Paula Street ◽  
Esther Crowe Mullins ◽  
Anne Jeffers
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Community Mental Health Team ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Mental Health Team ◽  
Health Team ◽  
Made In

AbstractObjectives: We aimed to further our understanding of the concept of recovery by analysing comments made in small group discussions that occurred on a planning Away Day held by a community mental health team along-side service users and carers, which had recovery as its theme. The purpose of this was to reshape the structure and workings of the team.Method: Five small groups, of approximately 10 individuals each, comprised of service-users, carers, representatives from voluntary organisations and mental health professionals were asked to discuss three questions related to Recovery.Results: The commentary reflected previous qualitative research on the philosophy of recovery. Issues that were raised included defining wellness as independent to illness, constructive risk taking, the importance of social factors, medication issues and the importance of self-management and optimism. The comments subsequently went on to shape community mental health team service delivery.Conclusion: Discussion and reflection between mental health professionals, service users and carers can lead to a change in attitude and practice in a well-resourced, fully multi-disciplinary community mental health team, within which both the biological and non-biological aspects of mental illness are accepted. The result has been an introduction of service changes which have helped develop a team that is more accessible and increasingly collaborative.

A Pilot Survey of Inmate Preferences for On-Site, Visiting Consultant, and Telemedicine Psychiatric Services

CNS Spectrums ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 783-787 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Tucker ◽  
Mark Olfson ◽  
Steven Simring ◽  
William Goodman ◽  
Scott Bienenfeld
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Psychiatric Consultation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Mental Health Team ◽  
Treatment Progress ◽  
Health Team ◽  
Sexual Concerns

ABSTRACTObjectiveTo assess inmate preferences for in-prison mental health services, outside psychiatric consultants, and telemedicine psychiatric consultation for 16 mental health services.MethodsStructured interviews were conducted of the service modality preferences of 28 inmates who received psychiatric telemedicine consultations in NewYork State Department of Corrections facilities.ResultsFor five of the 16 mental health services assessed, a significantly larger proportion of inmates preferred delivery of mental services by their on-site mental health team to an outside psychiatric consultant, whether visiting or using telemedicine. For another eight services, inmate preferences were approximately equal. For three services (treatment progress, evaluation of childhood sexual abuse, and sexual concerns), inmates reported a trend toward preference for out-side consultation (visiting and telemedicine combined). For no service did inmates prefer telemedicine to a visiting consultant.ConclusionAlthough inmates prefer the use of on-site mental health professionals for many mental health services, some inmates prefer visiting or telemedicine consultants for the evaluation of safety and sexual issues. Because telemedicine is efficient and readily available, its role in these areas requires further evaluation.

scholarly journals Psychiatric Assessment and Screening for the Elderly in Primary Care: Design, Implementation, and Preliminary Results

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert C. Abrams ◽  
Blanca Boné ◽  
M. Cary Reid ◽  
Ronald D. Adelman ◽  
Risa Breckman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Primary Care Physicians ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Mental Health Team ◽  
Health Team

Introduction. We describe the design and implementation of a psychiatric collaborative care model in a university-based geriatric primary care practice. Initial results of screening for anxiety and depression are reported. Methods and Materials. Screens for anxiety and depression were administered to practice patients. A mental health team, consisting of a psychiatrist, mental health nurse practitioner, and social worker, identified patients who on review of screening and chart data warranted evaluation or treatment. Referrals for mental health interventions were directed to members of the mental health team, primary care physicians at the practice, or community providers. Results. Subjects (N=1505) comprised 38.2% of the 3940 unique patients seen at the practice during the 4-year study period. 37.1% (N=555) screened positive for depression, 26.9% (N=405) for anxiety, and 322 (21.4%) screened positive for both. Any positive score was associated with age (P<0.033), female gender (P<0.006), and a nonsignificant trend toward living alone (P<0.095). 8.87% had suicidal thoughts. Conclusions. Screening captured the most affectively symptomatic patients, including those with suicidal ideation, for intervention. The partnering of mental health professionals and primary care physicians offers a workable model for addressing the scarcity of expertise in geriatric psychiatry.

scholarly journals Community psychiatry's achievements

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Burns
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Community Psychiatry ◽  
Psychosocial Interventions ◽  
Community Mental Health Team ◽  
Pattern Of Care ◽  
Mental Health Team ◽  
Health Team ◽  
Developed World

Mental health care in the second half of the 20th century in much of the developed world has been dominated by the move out from large asylums. Both in response to this move and to make it possible, a pattern of care has evolved which is most commonly referred to as ‘Community Psychiatry’. This narrative review describes this process, from local experimentation into the current era of evidence-based mental health care. It focuses on three main areas of this development: (i) the reprovision of care for those discharged during deinstitutionalisation; (ii) the evolution and evaluation of its characteristic feature the Community Mental Health Team; and (iii) the increasing sophistication of psychosocial interventions developed to support patients. It finishes with an overview of some current challenges.

scholarly journals To improve the communication between a community mental health team and its service users, their families and carers

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. e000914
Author(s):  
Priyalakshmi Chowdhury ◽  
Amir Tari ◽  
Ola Hill ◽  
Amar Shah
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Service User ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Not Given ◽  
Community Mental Health Team ◽  
Mental Health Team ◽  
Specialist Registrar ◽  
Health Team

This article describes the application of quality improvement (QI) to solve a long-standing, ongoing problem where service users or their carers felt they were not given enough information regarding diagnosis and medication during clinic assessments in a community mental health setting. Service users and carers had shared feedback that some of the information documented on clinic letters was not accurate and the service users were not given the opportunity to discuss these letters with the clinician. The aim of this QI project was to improve the communication between the community mental health team (CMHT) and service users and their carers. Wardown CMHT volunteered to take on this project. The stakeholders involved were the team manager and deputy manager, the team consultant, the team specialist registrar, team administrative manager, two carers and one service user. The project had access to QI learning and support through East London NHS Foundation Trust’s QI programme. The team organised weekly meetings to brainstorm ideas, plan tests of change to review progress and to agree on the next course of action. The outcome was an increase in service user satisfaction from 59.9% to 78% over a period of 6 months, and a reduction in complaints to zero.

Outcome of Referral to a Prison Mental Health Team

2006 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 321-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDREA FRIEL ◽  
TOM WHITE
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Team ◽  
Health Team

Reviews in Medical Ethics

2006 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 629-631
Author(s):  
Susan Herrick
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
New York ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Mental Health Law ◽  
Mentally Disabled ◽  
Circuit Court ◽  
Court Of Appeals ◽  
Alternative Setting

The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law (the Center), founded as the Mental Health Law Project by a group of attorneys and mental health professionals, has been a major advocacy force promoting the civil rights of persons with mental disabilities since the 1972 New York Willowbrook litigation.Named for D. C. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge David L. Bazelon, whose opinions first articulated the principles that the mentally disabled have a right to treatment in the least restrictive alternative setting, the Center has actively pursued greater rights for the mentally disabled in housing, education, and federal entitlements such as Medicaid, as well as in treatment-related issues.

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