Characteristics of Female Alcohol and Drug Substance Users Engaged in Treatment Programs

1999 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica A. Vines ◽  
Colleen J. Mandell
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Chemical Dependency ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Treatment Programs ◽  
Collaborative Relationships ◽  
Substance Users ◽  
Household Roles ◽  
Community Agencies ◽  
Head Of Household ◽  
Multiple Challenges

The primary purpose of this study was to identify characteristics of substance-using females engaged in chemical dependency treatment programs. A sample of 104 women involved in six treatment programs completed the “Participants' Background Information Survey” developed by the researchers and the “Revised Beck Depression Inventory” (Beck & Steer, 1993). The findings of this study indicate that female substance users in treatment face multiple challenges in addition to those associated with efficacious treatment outcomes, including parenting, assuming head-of-household roles and responsibilities, and physical and/or mental health issues. Implications of this study include the need for chemical dependency programs to develop collaborative relationships with other community agencies: vocational rehabilitation, children's services, early intervention, and mental health. Suggestions for prevention and intervention are discussed, as well as areas of further research.

Consumerism for Neurobiological Disorders: An Assessment

1996 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 644-656
Author(s):  
Richard E. Peschel ◽  
Enid Peschel
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Physical Nature ◽  
Outcome Data ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
Medical Community ◽  
Treatment Programs ◽  
Equitable Treatment

AbstractConsumerism is a growing phenomenon in U.S. health care, yet its exercise is still inhibited by powerful forces within the medical community. Despite the neuroscientific framework that stresses the commonalities between mental and physical illness, consumerism is even more problematic and difficult in mental health care than in other areas of health care. People with severe mental illness and their advocates must contend with limited public understanding of neurobiological disorders, poor definitions of effective treatment, and a paucity of outcome data, especially from prospective randomized and long-term studies. The only clear way for consumerism to grow in mental health care is for its advocates to align themselves with the neuroscientific revolution and to demand that effective and equitable treatment programs be created based on the documented evidence of the physical nature of neurobiological disorders.

The Greater Vancouver Mental Health Service Society: 20 Years' Experience in Urban Community Mental Health

1993 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 308-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Sladen-Dew ◽  
Douglas A. Bigelow ◽  
Ralph Buckley ◽  
Stephen Bornemann
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Multidisciplinary Teams ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Mentally Disabled ◽  
Community Agencies ◽  
Persons With Schizophrenia

Caring for people in the community with persistent and disabling mental illnesses presents a major challenge to government, planners and mental health professionals. The success with which mentally disabled people are integrated into community life says much about the society in which we live. This article describes the experience of the Greater Vancouver Mental Health Service Society in offering community-based mental health services to persons with schizophrenia and other major mental disorders over the past 20 years. The key to its success lies in a decentralized, relatively non hierarchical organizational structure which allows committed and skilled multidisciplinary teams to work with patients and their families in their community. The resulting services are fully integrated within the fabric of the community and are responsive to local needs. Partnerships among professionals, patients, families and community agencies result in work that is creative, productive and effective.

Life Charting of Affective Disorders

CNS Spectrums ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 21-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriele S. Leverich ◽  
Robert M. Post
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Affective Disorders ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Treatment Approaches ◽  
Bipolar Illness ◽  
Longitudinal Course ◽  
Assessment And Treatment ◽  
Number Frequency ◽  
Chronic Course

AbstractThe recurrent and frequently chronic course of affective disorders requires careful delineation of the number, frequency, and pattern of prior and current episodes and their response to pharmacotherapies to help develop optimal assessment and treatment approaches for these Potentially lethal medical illnesses. To better track and monitor the longitudinal course of unipolar and bipolar illness and to promote more effective management, we developed the retrospective and prospective National Institute of Mental Health Life Chart Methodology (NIMH-LCM). The principles of retrospective and prospective life charting are the focus of this article. Following introductory background information on affective disorders, the influence of Kraepelin's work and his use of life charts are reviewed as the basis and framework for the NIMH-LCM. The use of life charting both retrospectively and prospectively is discussed, with examples of its utility and benefits.

scholarly journals A Corpus Linguistic Analysis of Public Tumblr Blog Posts on Non-Suicidal Self-Injury

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mandy M. Greaves ◽  
Cass Dykeman
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Current Treatment ◽  
Treatment Programs ◽  
Emotional Pain ◽  
Corpus Linguistic ◽  
Self Compassion ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
Compassion Focused Therapy ◽  
Blog Posts

Rates of Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) has have steadily been on the risen among in adolescents and young adults. This study collected pro-NSSI public blog posts from Tumblr on pro-NSSI and analyzed the content linguistically using LIWC software. , examining the The NSSI -specific words, the linguistics properties and the psychological linguistic properties were examined. The results align with similar studies conducted on understanding the language markers of mental health. For NSSI specific word categories, the methods of engaging in NSSI was the most frequently used in the Tumblr blogs. This aligns with literature about the need for people to express their emotional pain to others who may understand. The linguistic properties demonstrated some unique results that can be best explained by the numbing feeling that is found in individuals who utilize NSSI and their tendency to avoid expressing painful experiences in a manner that would increase their vulnerability. The psychological properties of these public Tumblr posts were revealed through the dominantly in a negative emotional tone of the writing, which is also indicative of anyone struggling with severe mental illness. These findings suggest that treatment which specializes in shame and increasing self-compassion, such as Compassion Focused Therapy, would be more beneficial to these individuals who struggle with pain, shame and emotional distress than current treatment programs.

scholarly journals A strategic approach to police interactions with people with a mental illness

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry G. Coleman ◽  
Dorothy Cotton
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Community Agencies ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
Police Agencies ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Police Interactions

Since the birth of modern policing in the early 1800s, police agencies have interacted with persons with mental health problems (P/MHP) whether in crisis, as victims, or in a support role. Given the nature of policing, this is unlikely to change. What has changed is how police handle these situations. This paper identifies and explains the two phases of the evolution, to date, of police responses and the now necessary third phase. It is time for police agencies to apply a focussed corporate approach to this important social issue and to establish a mental health strategy (third generation) in order to clearly take a strategic approach in concert with relevant community agencies to improve outcomes for P/MHP who come into contact with police personnel. While many standalone programs have been primarily reactive, this paper makes the case that a strategic approach enables the design and implementation of multiple programs congruent with the mental health strategy that are proactive as well as reactive, all with the aim of improving the outcomes for persons with mental illness and mental health problems.

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