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Date: November 22, 2024 Fri
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2 results foundAuthor: Holmes, Lucy Title: Missing People Information Sharing Protocol Westminster Pilot: Evaluation Report Summary: This report presents findings from a six month pilot of an information exchange protocol to improve the joined up response to missing vulnerable adults in the City of Westminster. The protocol allows the charity Missing People and partner organisations to share information to try to locate missing adults and to identify unidentified service users, where there are concerns for their mental wellbeing. The protocol functions by allowing information to be shared in two directions: 1. Requests to Trace vulnerable missing adults may be made by Missing People to one or more of the partners to the protocol where there are reasonable grounds to believe the person may have made contact and where there are concerns for their mental wellbeing. 2. Requests to Identify may be made by protocol partners to Missing people to assist identify or find vulnerable adults, where there are specific concerns about their mental health. The Prime Minister‟s Missing Persons Taskforce, convened in 2009, recommended that “Department of Health (DH) will work with partners to develop an approach to managing risks related to adults with mental illness, learning disability or dementia who go missing” (Home Office, 2010: 16). Whilst this project pre-dated the Missing Persons Taskforce, the development of this protocol marks an important step towards meeting this recommendation. Details: London: Missing People, 2011. 69p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 24, 2012 at https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/component/option,com_docman/Itemid,131/gid,31/task,doc_download/ Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/component/option,com_docman/Itemid,131/gid,31/task,doc_download/ Shelf Number: 124734 Keywords: Evaluative StudiesMental Health (U.K.)Missing Persons (U.K.)Victim Services (U.K.) |
Author: Holly, Jennifer Title: Promising Practices: Mental Health Trust Responses to Domestic Violence Summary: The links between experiences of trauma and psychological distress are well understood, with much research having been undertaken to explore the mental health sequelae to experiencing abuse in childhood, being the victim of sexual assault and rape, or witnessing violence in conflict settings (Golding, 1999; Harold and Howarth, 2004; Rees et al, 2011: Tanielian and Jaycox, 2008). In terms of domestic violence, the last decade has seen a significant growth in the understanding of survivors’ mental health problems being a “symptom of abuse” (Humphreys and Thiara, 2003). Female survivors of domestic violence experience markedly higher levels of depression, anxiety, eating disorders, self-harming and suicidal ideation than the general female population (Campbell, 2002; Dutton et al, 2005; Howard et al, 2010a). Unsurprisingly, reported rates of lifetime experiences of domestic violence among psychiatric patients is higher than the general population. Despite the high prevalence of domestic violence in the lives of the people who use mental health services, experiences of abuse are not routinely enquired about (Howard et al, 2010b). Furthermore, practice-based evidence collated through the Stella Project Mental Health Initiative, a three-year project funded by the Department of Health to look at models of supporting survivors who have mental health and/or substance use problems, suggests that neither the links between experiences of abuse and service users’ current mental health problems nor the risk of further abuse are routinely assessed within mental health services in England. This research was completed to ascertain what Mental Health Trusts in England are currently doing to address domestic violence and to identify areas of good practice. Details: London: AVA ( Against Violence and Abuse), 2012. 27p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed November 12, 2012 at http://www.avaproject.org.uk/media/106656/promising%20practices%20-%20mental%20health%20trust%20responses%20to%20domestic%20violence.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.avaproject.org.uk/media/106656/promising%20practices%20-%20mental%20health%20trust%20responses%20to%20domestic%20violence.pdf Shelf Number: 126915 Keywords: Domestic Violence (U.K.)Mental Health Services (U.K.)Victim Services (U.K.)Victims of CrimeViolence Against Women |