Mental Health Review Journal: Volume 21 Issue 1

Older adult recovery: “What are we working towards?”

Samantha Rankin, Stephanie Petty

The perspectives of frontline clinical staff working with individuals in later life within an inpatient mental health setting, of their role in recovery, have not yet been…

The short term effectiveness of day treatment for eating disorders in reducing psychosocial impairment: utilizing the clinical impairment assessment in routine practice

Zoe Meropi Hepburn, Sam Clark-Stone

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effectiveness of a day treatment programme (DTP) in reducing psychosocial impairment, changing attitudes, restoring body-weight and…

Relationships at work, burnout and job satisfaction: a study on Irish psychologists

Silvia Roncalli, Michael Byrne

The purpose of this paper is to examine the levels of job satisfaction (JS) and burnout among psychologists working in Irish community mental health teams (CMHTs), and the…

Section 5(4) of the Mental Health Act 1983: a review of local policy and guidance in England and Wales

Russell Ashmore, Neil Carver

– The purpose of this paper is to review policy or guidance on the implementation of Section 5(4) written by NHS mental health trusts in England and health boards in Wales.

Don’t just screen intervene; a quality improvement initiative to improve physical health screening of young people experiencing severe mental illness

Paul Jon Greenwood, David Edward Shiers

The purpose of this paper is to improve the quality of monitoring of risk factors that predict the likelihood of people with severe mental illness (SMI) developing cardiovascular…

The AMBIT approach: working with hard to reach youth

Peter Fuggle, Dickon Bevington, Fiona Duffy, Liz Cracknell

MBIT is a manualised mentalization-based approach to working with hard to reach young people at risk of a wide range of life adversities including severe mental illness, substance…