PMID: 8465239Feb 1, 1993Paper

Psychiatric morbidity in social workers' clients. A comparison between an inner-city area and a small town

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
P HuxleyC Jacob

Abstract

The rate of psychiatric disorder in a social services sample in a small town was compared to the rate in an inner-city sample. Nearly 40% of respondents in the small town had a positive General Health Questionnaire score and 37% had case status (ID greater than 5) on the Present State Examination. Most of these were cases of neurotic depression and were generally recognised as such by the social workers. The type of intervention undertaken by social workers differed in the two settings. Small-town social workers were more likely to offer advice, guidance, exploration and mobilisation of resources. The small-town social workers were more likely to have success in helping their clients with problems of social isolation and marital disharmony than were their inner-city counterparts. Mental illness problems, however, showed less improvement than in the inner-city sample, with over one-third of the small-town cases remaining unwell throughout the 12-month follow-up. Both previous psychiatric history and current depression were indicators of a poor outcome. The present findings provide further support for the argument that unless there is close collaboration between social workers, the medical profession, and health care teams, peopl...Continue Reading

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Feb 1, 1979·Psychological Medicine·D P Goldberg, V F Hillier
Sep 1, 1989·Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology·P HuxleyP Anthony
Feb 1, 1989·Psychological Medicine·P HuxleyC Jacob
Jan 1, 1988·Journal of Psychiatric Research·P HuxleyS Tolley

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