Month: April 2019

Caring alone: why Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic young carers continue to struggle to access support

Barnardo’s, April 2019
This report finds that young Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic children who care for ill or disabled relatives are more likely than other young carers to be isolated from support services.  The concept of a young carer is unfamiliar to many BAME communities as helping your family and extended family is often expected and there is stigma within many BAME communities in acknowledging mental health and disability issues and in seeking support.  The report makes recommendations including ensuring that allpatients who don’t speak English should have access to a translator instead of relying on children to translate for their family.  The NHS should work with communities to tackle stigma around within BAME communities to reduce the stigma of mental illness, special needs and disability and improve access to services.
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Tackling inequalities faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities

Women and Equalities Committee, April 2019
This report finds that Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people have the worst outcomes of any ethnic group across a huge range of areas, including education, health, employment, criminal justice and hate crime. The report makes 49 recommendations for change to policy and health provision.
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British Journal of Psychiatry – May 2019

The May edition of British Journal of Psychiatry has been published.  This issue includes articles on dietary intake of people with severe mental illnesses, evaluation of functional connectivity in subdivisions of the thalamus in schizophrenia, and self-management interventions for people with severe mental illness.
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The Global Mental Health Assessment Tool (GMHAT) pilot evaluation: Final report

Public Health England, April 2019
The Global Mental Health Assessment Tool (GMHAT is a computerised clinical assessment tool developed to rapidly assess and identify mental health problems in a range of settings. The tool was tested with 200 Syrian refugees aged 18+ years in one clinic in Beirut, Lebanon who were being processed for resettlement to the UK as part of the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme.
This report summarises the evaluation findings on how this tool worked in practice at identifying immediate mental health needs requiring urgent attention prior to departure and in facilitating diagnoses, referrals and treatment once in the UK.
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Specialist nursing support for unpaid carers of people with dementia: a mixed-methods feasibility study

Centre for Health Economics, April 2019
Admiral Nursing is the only nursing service that specifically focuses on supporting carers of people with dementia in the UK.  The information routinely collected by Dementia UK showed that, on average, the needs of carers with an Admiral Nurse reduced over time. However, the data were not detailed enough to show what caused this improvement. In interviews and focus groups, carers themselves said that the sorts of support provided by Admiral Nurses could positively influence their health, quality of life and confidence in caring.
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British Journal of Clinical Psychology – June 2019

The June edition of British Journal of Clinical Psychology has been published.  This issue includes articles on improving empathy with motivational strategies in batterer intervention programmes, a systematic review of the value for money of acceptance and mindfulness interventions, and a feasibility study of a cross‐diagnostic, CBT‐based psychological intervention for acute mental health inpatients.
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Prevention before cure: prioritising population health

British Medical Association, April 2019
This policy paper suggests a framework for a cross-government approach to prioritising population health. The framework outlines four areas that should be considered:

  • addressing the social determinants that influence health
  • increased and sustained funding for public health
  • prioritising prevention through the health service
  • effective regulation to tackle key drivers of ill-health.

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