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1. The subjective experience of community treatment orders: Patients’ views and clinical correlations.

Author

Newton-Howes, Giles and Banks, Doug

Subjects
*CONTROL (Psychology), *DISCRIMINANT analysis, *EMPLOYMENT, *FOCUS groups, *OUTPATIENT services in hospitals, *MEDICAL protocols, *PATIENT satisfaction, *PERSONALITY tests, *PSYCHOTHERAPY patients, *QUALITY of life, *QUESTIONNAIRES, *RESEARCH funding, *SCALE analysis (Psychology), *SELF-evaluation, *STATISTICS, *THERAPEUTICS, *DECISION making in clinical medicine, *QUANTITATIVE research, *INVOLUNTARY hospitalization, *PATIENTS' attitudes, *DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Abstract

The article discusses a study that aims to assess patients' perspectives of community treatment orders (CTOs), assessing for correlates with clinical and demographic variables. Details on the methods of the study and its results are offered. It highlights that more than half of patients under a CTO consider it negatively. The group is identified by patients who work, experience coercion and are unsatisfied with care.

Published
2014
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2. Implementing metabolic risk assessment in a secondary care mental health service.

Author

Dunbar, Lucy, Wheeler, Amanda, Harrison, Jeff, Brandt, Theo, Pulford, Justin, Condell, Wanda, and Stoepker, Jeremy

Subjects
*CARDIOVASCULAR diseases, *MENTAL illness, *RISK assessment, *DIABETES
Abstract

Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe a metabolic risk assessment programme that was established by community mental health teams working within one locality of a District Health Board in Auckland. Conclusions: Physical health disparities between people with serious mental illness and the general population are of great concern. We have described a systematic way to engage with clients about the prevention of two important contributors to these disparities: cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus. Around 15% of all adult service users of the mental health service in the locality attended this metabolic risk assessment clinic in the first 12 months of its operation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2010
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3. The impact of mental state disorder and personality on social functioning in patients engaged in community mental health care.

Author

Newton-Howes G

Subjects
Adult, Anxiety psychology, Bipolar Disorder psychology, Bipolar Disorder therapy, Depressive Disorder psychology, Female, Humans, Male, Neuropsychological Tests, New Zealand, Patients, Recovery of Function, Regression Analysis, Schizophrenia therapy, Schizophrenic Psychology, White People, Community Mental Health Centers, Mental Disorders psychology, Personality, Social Behavior
Abstract

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the degree to which mental state disorder and personality disorder impact on social functioning in patients engaged in secondary mental health care in New Zealand., Method: Patients were interviewed using peer-reviewed instruments able to provide an indication of severity to assess their social functioning, personality status and diagnosis. Univariate correlations and linear regression was used to identify the association between social functioning, mental state disorder and personality., Results: Using simple correlations all diagnostic categories associated with declines in social functioning. In the regression analysis depression and personality dysfunction accounted for 48% of the variance in social functioning., Conclusions: For patients engaged in secondary care, depression and personality dysfunction are significantly associated with poorer social functioning.

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2014
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