...Ingunn Myraunet; Heidi Moen Gjersøe; Anita Strøm Purpose The flexible assertive community treatment (FACT) teams employ peer support workers (PSWs) and have been swiftly introduced in mental health services. PSWs contribute with experiential knowledge to the team. Earlier research lacks...

.... Design/methodology/approach A 10-month social prescribing pilot intervention was implemented in a family health organization which involved embedding a social prescribing link worker from a local community resource centre into the clinic to provide mental health and community resource navigation support...

... characteristics, interventions and outcomes. Findings Thirty academic studies met the inclusion criteria. Most targeted people with criminal justice system experience and mental health issues. Intervention types included psychological therapies, service redesign, peer support and creative approaches. Evidence...

...Panos Vostanis; Panagiotis Sofios; Alexandra Petrali; Diane Levine; Michelle O'Reilly Purpose This study explored trainers’ and managers’ perspectives during a national Train-of-Trainer programme on how to integrate mental health care across accommodation centres for unaccompanied minors (UAMs...

..., future evaluations of similar projects should use broader outcome measures to attempt to capture more fully the range of potential benefits (social, health, mental health, service-level e.g. healthcare usage, referrals) for these interventions. Originality/value The paper describes the process...

... to understand the functioning, dynamics, challenges faced and strategies adopted to improve the services. Design/methodology/approach In this study, a qualitative approach was used. Data collection was based on semi-structured interviews with the main managers of four mental health organizations...

... implementation barriers and strategies in low- and middle-income countries. In addition, a review identifies the innovative mental health practices and their benefits to strengthen the primary health care system, including improvement of mental health programs, non-specialist and community-based programs...

...Panos Vostanis; Sajida Hassan; Syeda Zeenat Fatima; Michelle O'Reilly Purpose Children in majority world countries (MWC) have high rates of unmet mental health needs, with limited access to specialist resources. Integration of child mental health in existing psychosocial care can improve provision...

...). Gambling Patient and public involvement Addictions Health and social care Mental health Engagement GambleAware Commentators are increasingly calling for adoption of public health (Wardle et al., 2019) and integrated approaches (Johnstone and Regan, 2020) to reducing gambling...

... enquiry. This case study is the result of a service audit at a mental health charity. The findings are a blend of reflections, observations and examples from service delivery, synthesised with national policy to provide evidence of best practice and processes that enable person-centred care...

...Chris Gibbs; Barbara Murphy; Deepika Ratnaike; Kate Hoppe; Harry Lovelock Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the development and experience of the Mental Health Professionals’ Network (MHPN) in building and supporting a national interdisciplinary professional development platform...

...Jill Manthorpe Mental health problems in later life are common and damaging experiences for individuals, their families and those who support them. Some become almost the defining feature of the older person and, while they are challenging professionally and costly for society, they are also...

...Tresa Andrews; Jessica Read The article shows how Southwark and Salford have attempted to bring alive government guidance by developing a mental health resource for those working at the intersection with integrated mainstream care. Although a local context receptive to partnership working...

... costly for service providers. In this, the fourth of this series on older people's mental health services, we describe what BPSD are, what we know about current service provision for this group and the gaps, and how commissioners might approach these issues when developing services for older people...

...Malcolm Firth; Frank Hanily; Paul Garratt This paper identifies the challenges of interpreting and implementing appropriate eligibility criteria and assessment processes in adult mental health services, with reference to an inner‐city Trust's own protocols. Central guidance, local interpretation...

...Jill Manthorpe; Steve Iliffe This article is the first of a series on older people's mental health services (OPMH Focus 2008‐09). It sets out some of the challenges facing commissioners, and uses recommendations from a recent inquiry to outline possible commissioning objectives. OPMH focus 2008...

...Joan Rapaport; Jill Manthorpe The modernisation of mental health legislation took time in England and Wales, and resulted in an amendment to the law through the Mental Health Act 2007. The changes under way are extensive, and will affect the mental health workforce. This article outlines some...

...John Dow The Mental Health Act 2007 makes significant amendments to the Mental Health Act 2003, and also amends the Mental Capacity Act 2005 with the introduction of ‘deprivation of liberty safeguards’. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Mental Health Mental Capacity Human Rights...

...Parveen Marrington‐Mir; Annette Rimmer This paper challenges the medically dominated mental health orthodoxy in Britain. It advocates an integrated community development approach underpinned by anti‐racist, empowering practice. It offers successful practice examples of a holistic, self‐governed...

...Philomena Harrison © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Community Development Multicultural Mental Health Community Development Worker Commentary BME focus 2007 Philomena Harrison SERIES EDITOR Community development is a set of values and practices which plays a special role...