All Mental health articles – Page 164
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News
Who foots the bill: establishing responsibility for patient care
Delaying admission while PCTs decide who should pay disrupts care and adds to bureaucracy. Should we look to local government for guidance? Lynn Eaton reports
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Value for many - improving learning difficulties services
A consultation on learning difficulties services seeks to help most service users to live in the community, while increasing monitoring and support. Mark Gould reports
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Mental health partnership sets out to boost physical health
Improving the quality of life for people with severe and enduring mental illnesses has been the focus of a partnership in Bolton, writes Alan Jones
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Comment
Mental health funding rows must not hinder urgent care
Being sectioned under the Mental Health Act is traumatic, but a section being delayed because of a row over funding is even more distressing.
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News
Patients denied admission as PCTs argue over who will pay
Patients deemed to be a threat to themselves or others are being denied hospital beds while commissioners squabble over money.
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Depression peaks at 44, study finds
The probability of depression in men and women in the UK peaks around the age of 44, according to researchers in the US.
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HSJ Knowledge
Innovative Commissioning Award
Category: Innovative commissioningWinner: Older people’s home treatment teamContact: Simon Sullivan, tel 07786 707331E-mail: simon.sullivan@wolvespct.nhs.ukThe older people's home treatment service based at Penn Hospital in Wolverhampton is a unique and innovative service providing specialist integrated mental health assessment, treatment and support for older adults with complex mental health needs.Mental health nurse ...
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Information Sharing Award
Winner: Warwickshire drug and alcohol team - alcohol harm reduction informationContact: Lorna Ferguson, tel 01926 746808E-mail: lornaferguson@warwickshire.gov.ukWhen Warwickshire's drug and alcohol action team looked at information and advice for young people on drug and alcohol misuse, they did not find much that was up-to-date, easily accessible and relevant to the ...
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High-Impact Changes in Mental Health Award
Category: High-impact changes in mental healthWinner: People using specialist eating disorders service by improving flowContact: Ruth Carson, tel 0151 4717751E-mail: Ruth.Carson@merseycare.nhs.ukA year ago at theLiverpooland Sefton Eating Disorders Service, part of the Merseycare trust Eating Disorder Clinic, clients could expect to wait 33 weeks or more for an appointment.Clients and ...
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New Ways of Working Award
Category: New Ways of WorkingWinner: The Bromley and Greenwich New Ways of Working projectSince 2002, Oxleas foundation trust's mental health services in Bromley andGreenwichhave been operating aNew Waysof Working programme.Feedback from service users, carers and GPs revealed that a review of outpatient clinics and acute inpatient services was needed to ...
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Global challenge - volunteering abroad in mental health
Overseas volunteering is increasingly seen as a way for health professionals to get involved in improving global health. Here, Deji Oyebode explains how it works
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Strength in numbers - mental health partnerships
The providers of services for people with schizophrenia in Liverpool saw ISIP as a great chance to bring the NHS and local authority together, as Helen Mooney explains
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News
Dementia services lag behind need, MPs claim
The prevalence and scale of suffering from dementia has not been matched by NHS funds or status, the public accounts committee said today in a report.
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Dementia could gain same priority as cancer
A parliamentary report has called for dementia to receive the same priority as cancer and the Department of Health to appoint a dedicated lead for the condition.
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Dementia care: in search of the person behind the condition
There will be a massive rise in the number of people with dementia in the next 15 years. They will all require a gold standard of person centred care, where they are kept occupied and their identity recognised
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News
Research links diabetes to depression
A third of young adults with type-1 diabetes report symptoms of depression, according to new research.The study, published in Diabetic Medicine, found that 35 per cent of young people taking part reported symptoms of depression and 23 per cent had symptoms of severe depression.
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Will community treatment orders work?
Compulsory treatment orders are on their way but critics claim there is a worrying lack of evidence that they can help 'revolving door' patients, writes Mark Gould
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Mental health professions - whose job is it anyway?
New professional roles that have come with the Mental Health Act 2007 have been broadly welcomed, despite continuing debate about other opportunities that have been missed. Stuart Shepherd explains
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Age-appropriate mental healthcare - making strides
Services for children and teenagers have long been neglected but extra funds - and a drive to keep these users off adult wards - are positive steps, says Mark Gould
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Comment
Andrew Alonzi on legal requirements of the Mental Health Act
When the Mental Health Act 2007 is fully introduced, the existing Mental Health Act 1983 treatability test will be replaced by a new appropriate medical treatment test.