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Open access. This is a narrative review of validation and outcome studies using the Weiss Functional Impairment Rating Scale (WFIRS). The objective of the review is to establish a framework for understanding functional impairment and create a definition for functional response and remission.
A woodland garden project in Camden that is a regular destination for service users from our mental health rehabilitation wards at St Pancras as part of their therapeutic activity, has won a top award that celebrates the use of church gardens and churchyards for wellbeing.
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The RCN protocol provides evidence-based best practice criteria so that hospitals and other health settings can introduce animals into the care environment.
Social recovery therapy not only increases structured activity levels but also appears to keep people in contact with services in the critical first nine months. It could be incorporated into early intervention services for people with persistent social withdrawal.
After receiving tonnes of referrals for patients to play football as a means of recovery and finding no suitable team in Brent, Richard decided to create one. People being referred came from areas of very low income where there are high numbers of gangs
The People Enjoying Nature (PEN) project is an outreach project at Pendle Hill LP which offers individuals who are dealing with mental health issues and social isolation to take part in a number of supported activities and learn new skills. The project was delivered in partnership by Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust’s Community Restart Team and the Forest of Bowland and included a programme of activities taking place between March and October 2017.
Patients at Penn Hospital are set to benefit from a collaborative working arrangement with health and wellbeing charity, Kaleidoscope plus group to aid continued recovery in the community. The drop-in sessions will provide a visual link with a facilitator from Kaleidoscope plus group and a friendly face from the occupational therapy team at Penn hospital which aims to help soften the anxieties of attending new groups in the community.
Langley Green Hospital has installed raised beds in each of the ward gardens to create allotments to help patients with their recovery, following a donation from Crawley Rotary Club.
Langley Green Hospital supports people with mental health issues such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, clinical depression and severe anxiety.
Our Community Mental Health IPU (Integrated Practice Unit) 11-17 team and their service users have been busy nurturing their allotment plot in Stratford recently.
The project, which is coordinated by Support Workers Tracey Pitcher, Julie McGhee and Richard Cantrill, is funded by Coffee and Chatz, a coffee shop run by volunteers within St Michael’s Hospital in Warwick.
Myplace is an exciting and innovative collaboration between Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust and The Lancashire Wildlife Trust and is funded by close to £1m in Big Lottery Funding that is administered by the national ‘Our Bright Future’ campaign for young people.
The Myplace project encourages young people aged 13 – 24 years old to explore the environment by offering opportunities to participate in eco-therapy based activities where they can develop new skills, increase their self-esteem, build resilience and improve their own self-confidence. By getting involved in activities outdoors young people can reduce their stress levels, prevent mental health problems and improve their concentration and mood.
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Despite advances in recovery focused mental health care, people with severe mental illness (SMI) experience multiple physical comorbidity compounded by unhealthy lifestyle behaviours including low levels of physical activity (Vancampfort et al. 2017; Walker et al. 2015). Responding to this, international policy is moving to include physical activity as part of fundamental care for people with severe mental illness (Pratt et al. 2016; Richardson et al. 2005). Incorporation of physical activity into mental health service provision should adopt an approach that is in keeping with best practice, recovery orientated guidelines of mental health service provision, with particular consideration shown to incorporating service users as partners in care plan development and delivery (Department of Health, 2001; Department of Health and Children, 2006). Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust’s Community Restart Team provides help and support to people living with mental health problems enabling them to improve their quality of life and experience positive new challenges. The team works with individual service users to provide tailored support for things such as employment, finances, housing and social inclusion.
The service had previously worked with service users and the community to develop community football groups to tackle social isolation and increase overall health and wellbeing. They have since worked with the Lancashire Football Association to develop a community league which teams from across Lancashire take part in every month. As part of the Trust’s week long programme of events the Community Restart Team are holding a football tournament at the Play Football in Preston between 12-4pm.