Artistic activities can improve patients’ self-esteem

Artistic activities can improve patients’ self-esteem, Mental Health Practice, 2010 Dec 14 (4) 30-2 Hui, A Mental health practitioner and lecturer at the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy at theUniversity of Nottingham Abstract: This article describes an evaluation of the use of Guidelines to Art, a stencil kit and DVD, to encourage patients and [...]

Together launch mental health guide for criminal justice staff – Common Sense Approach to Working with Defendants and Offenders with Mental Health Problems

Common Sense Approach to Working with Defendants and Offenders with Mental Health Problems, Together for Mental Health, 2010 Together launch mental health guide for criminal justice staff Abstract: Practitioners at Together have joined forces with criminal justice and health agencies to produce a new mental health guide targeted at frontline criminal justice agency staff. Believed [...]

Partnerships & Wellbeing – Creating partnerships to improve community mental health and well-being in an area of high deprivation: lessons from a study with high-rise flat residents in east Glasgow

Creating partnerships to improve community mental health and well-being in an area of high deprivation: lessons from a study with high-rise flat residents in east Glasgow, Journal of Public Mental Health, 2010, Vol 9 (4) pgs. 16-21 Neil Quinn Senior Lecturer, School of Applied Social Sciences, University of Strathclyde, UK Hannah Biggs Researcher, Scottish Development [...]

Telepsychiatry for Children and Adolescents

Telepsychiatry for Children and Adolescents, Journal of Psychosocial Nursing & Mental Health Services, 2011, Volume 49, Issue 2: 19-22 Abstract: The shortage and inadequate distribution of psychiatric care providers decreases access to mental health care for children and adolescents. One solution to the shortage is telepsychiatry. Studies of telepsychiatry show that it is effective and [...]