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Childhood foster care placement and adult mental health outcomes
Reports on studies of adults with placement in foster care are scarce. However, the studies document long-term detrimental mental health consequences. Some reported from a British longitudinal follow-up study of persons born in 1970 that adults who had experienced foster care during childhood had higher scores on the Malaise Inventory, indicative of current psychological morbidity, […]
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Mental health of adults with childhood abuse or adversity
Information about the long-term mental health problems of adults with experiences of child maltreatment or childhood exposure to household dysfunction is abundant. Some relevant studies include the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE). This key study documented a strong association between child abuse (l, and sexual abuse) or adversity (substance abuse, mental illness, family violence, and […]
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Experiences of mental health services
For many people with dementia and/or depression and their families, the prospect of using formal services can be daunting. Too often, services for older people with mental health needs are criticised for being inflexible, impersonal, institutional in form and unable to provide continuity. Where good-quality services, resourced by skilled staff, do exist, these tend to […]
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People with mental health have difficulty in making decisions
People with severe mental health conditions, including dementia, may have difficulty in making and communicating decisions. Very few people are unable to be involved in making choices at all, but some may have partial or fluctuating mental capacity and may need help with communication. Pioneering work within the area of communication with older people with […]
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Mental health orientation of the juvenile judge
The mental health orientation of the juvenile judge has been researched in only one study. This study found that, in theory, juvenile judges seem to have a rather positive orientation towards mental health issues by stating, for example, that the mental health status of the juvenile offenders should affect their decision. However, in reality, no […]
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Mental health report
Evidence of an association between the presence of a mental health report and confinement at the disposition hearing stage was found in all three studies that investigated the mental health aspect, even after controlling for the legal factors, type of offence and prior record. Moreover, the presence of a mental health report increased the likelihood […]
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Experiences of ageing and mental illness
Ageing is a very individual experience, although there are a number of common themes in accounts of growing older. For example, old age is often encountered as a time of multiple losses, requiring adaptation to new situations and circumstances. Similarly, individual experiences of mental illness in later life are also unique: nonetheless, there will be […]
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The mental health of older people
As in any time of life, older people can experience a range of mental health conditions and difficulties, both organic (where there is identifiable brain malfunction) and functional (mental illnesses not due to structural abnormalities of the brain). These include dementia, depression and adjustment reactions, schizophrenia, substance misuse, delirium and anxiety disorders. There are, however, […]
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The development of mental health services for older people
The history of mental health care is long and complex, but it is important to understand the legacy that current services have inherited as some influences from this remain today. Some of the earliest documentation refers to the founding of the BethlehemHospital in London in 1327 for the mentally distracted. One of the first attempts […]
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Older people’s mental health
There exists a broad assumption that older people’s mental health is all about dementia. This is untrue. According to Age Concern and the Mental Health Foundation, depression is the most common mental health condition in later life, and there are currently 2.4 million older people in the UK with depression severe enough to impair their […]
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