Howard Meltzer
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 318255 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Howard Meltzer |
| NOMBRES | Howard |
| APELLIDO | Meltzer |
| FIRMA | MELTZER H |
| AFILIACIONES | Office for National Statistics |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1947 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2013 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Religion, spirituality and mental health
BACKGROUND: Religious participation or belief may predict better mental health but most research is American and measures of spirituality are often conflated with well-being. AIMS: To examine associations between a spiritual or religious understanding of life and psychiatric symptoms and diagnoses. METHOD: We analysed data collected from interviews with 7403 people who participated in the third National Psychiatric Morbidity Study in England. RES…
Religiosity and the mental health of adolescents in Great Britain
Most studies show that religion is a protective factor for mental health. A few argue that it is detrimental and the remainder conclude it makes no difference. We investigate the religiosity correlates of childhood psychopathology – strength of belief, importance of being able to practice one’s religion, and worship frequency. Questions on religiosity were included in the mental health survey of children in Great Britain administered to 2992 11–1…
Development and Psychometric Properties of the Mental Health Knowledge Schedule
Methods: We describe the development of the MAKS in addition to 3 studies that were carried out to evaluate the psychometric properties of the MAKS. Adults aged 25 to 45 years in socioeconomic groups: B, C1, and C2 completed the instrument via face-to-face interview ( n = 92) and online ( n = 403). Results: Internal reliability and test-retest reliability is moderate to substantial. Validity is supported by extensive review by experts (including …
The mental health of children who witness domestic violence
There is now considerable evidence that witnessing domestic violence can have adverse consequences for children. Our aim is to present the socio‐demographic correlates of children witnessing domestic violence and its association with childhood mental disorders. The biographic, socio‐demographic and socio‐economic characteristics of 7865 children and their families and measures of traumatic events including witnessing domestic violence were entere…
Debt, income and mental disorder in the general population
Background The association between poor mental health and poverty is well known but its mechanism is not fully understood. This study tests the hypothesis that the association between low income and mental disorder is mediated by debt and its attendant financial hardship. Method The study is a cross-sectional nationally representative survey of private households in England, Scotland and Wales, which assessed 8580 participants aged 16–74 years li…
Service Use by Looked after Children with Behavioural Problems
Panos Vostanis, Guv Bassi, Howard Meltzer, Tamsin Ford and Robert Goodman examine data from the England survey on the use of services by looked after children with behavioural problems (or conduct disorders — CD). Of the total 1,039 looked after children who participated, 384 (37%) fulfilled criteria for CD, of whom 57 (or 17% of children with CD) had an additional hyperkinetic and 46 (or 12% of the CD group) an additional emotional disorder. Chi…
Psychiatric disorder among British children looked after by local authorities
BACKGROUND: Children looked after by local authorities are at higher risk of poor psychosocial outcomes than children living in private households, but nationally representative and random samples of the two groups of children have not previously been compared. AIMS: To find explanations for the increased prevalence of psychiatric disorder in children looked after by local authorities. METHOD: We examined socio-demographic characteristics and psy…
Mental Health of Children and Young People in Great Britain, 2004
Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder in a national sample
Background: Despite an expanding epidemiological evidence base, uncertainties remain over key aspects of the epidemiology of the ‘antisocial’ disorders in childhood and adolescence. Methods: We used cross‐sectional data on a nationally representative sample of 10,438 5–15‐year‐olds drawn from the 1999 British Child Mental Health Survey to examine age trends, gender ratios and patterns of comorbidity in DSM‐IV Conduct Disorder (CD) and Oppositiona…
The Mental Health of Young People Looked After by Local Authorities in England
The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
The self-report version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) was administered to two samples of 11-16 year olds: 83 young people in the community and 116 young people attending a mental health clinic. The questionnaire discriminated satisfactorily between the two samples. For example, the clinic mean for the total difficulties score was 1.4 standard deviations above the community mean, with clinic cases being over six times more …
The British Child and Adolescent Mental Health Survey 1999
Using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) to screen for child psychiatric disorders in a community sample
Child psychiatric disorders are common and treatable, but often go undetected and therefore remain untreated. To assess the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) as a potential means for improving the detection of child psychiatric disorders in the community, SDQ predictions and independent psychiatric diagnoses were compared in a community sample of 7984 5-15 year olds from the 1999 British Child Mental Health Survey. Multi-informant (p…
Prisoners with Psychosis in England and Wales
It is well established that significant numbers of prisoners have psychosis, yet little is known of what happens to them over time. One hundred and forty prisoners with probable psychosis from the National Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity in Prisons were re‐interviewed at one‐year follow‐up. During the follow‐up year 10% (95% CI 2‐17) were admitted to hospitals, detox or medium secure units. At follow‐up, 65% (95% CI 52‐77) had ‘caseness’ levels o…
The Mental Health of Children and Adolescents in Great Britain
Stigmatisation of people with mental illnesses
BACKGROUND: Recognition of the additional social handicaps and distress that people with mental illnesses experience as a result of prejudice. AIMS: To determine opinions of the British adult population concerning those with mental illnesses as baseline data for a campaign to combat stigmatization. METHOD: Survey of adults (n = 1737 interviewed; 65% response) regarding seven types of common mental disorders. Responses evaluated concerned eight sp…
The Development and Well‐Being Assessment
The Development and Well‐Being Assessment (DAWBA) is a novel package of questionnaires, interviews, and rating techniques designed to generate ICD‐10 and DSM‐IV psychiatric diagnoses on 5‐ldyear‐olds. Nonclinical interviewers administer a structured interview to parents about psychiatric symptoms and resultant impact. When definite symptoms are identified by the structured questions, interviewers use open‐ended questions and supplementary prompts…
The relationship between qualified and unqualified workers in health care
The role of knowledge has traditionally been studied in terms of education and training, not in terms of job practice and the division of labour. This article examines the meaning of knowledge in the work context and its role in legitimating the division of labour between qualified and unqualified remedial therapy workers. The main analytic framework is derived from the work of Schutz
Psychiatry for social workers
The mental health of children who witness domestic violence
There is now considerable evidence that witnessing domestic violence can have adverse consequences for children. Our aim is to present the socio‐demographic correlates of children witnessing domestic violence and its association with childhood mental disorders. The biographic, socio‐demographic and socio‐economic characteristics of 7865 children and their families and measures of traumatic events including witnessing domestic violence were entere…
Service Use by Looked after Children with Behavioural Problems
Panos Vostanis, Guv Bassi, Howard Meltzer, Tamsin Ford and Robert Goodman examine data from the England survey on the use of services by looked after children with behavioural problems (or conduct disorders — CD). Of the total 1,039 looked after children who participated, 384 (37%) fulfilled criteria for CD, of whom 57 (or 17% of children with CD) had an additional hyperkinetic and 46 (or 12% of the CD group) an additional emotional disorder. Chi…
The relationship between qualified and unqualified workers in health care
The role of knowledge has traditionally been studied in terms of education and training, not in terms of job practice and the division of labour. This article examines the meaning of knowledge in the work context and its role in legitimating the division of labour between qualified and unqualified remedial therapy workers. The main analytic framework is derived from the work of Schutz
Psychiatry for social workers
The relationship between qualified and unqualified workers in health care
The role of knowledge has traditionally been studied in terms of education and training, not in terms of job practice and the division of labour. This article examines the meaning of knowledge in the work context and its role in legitimating the division of labour between qualified and unqualified remedial therapy workers. The main analytic framework is derived from the work of Schutz
The Mental Health of Children and Adolescents in Great Britain
Stigmatisation of people with mental illnesses
BACKGROUND: Recognition of the additional social handicaps and distress that people with mental illnesses experience as a result of prejudice. AIMS: To determine opinions of the British adult population concerning those with mental illnesses as baseline data for a campaign to combat stigmatization. METHOD: Survey of adults (n = 1737 interviewed; 65% response) regarding seven types of common mental disorders. Responses evaluated concerned eight sp…
The Development and Well‐Being Assessment
The Development and Well‐Being Assessment (DAWBA) is a novel package of questionnaires, interviews, and rating techniques designed to generate ICD‐10 and DSM‐IV psychiatric diagnoses on 5‐ldyear‐olds. Nonclinical interviewers administer a structured interview to parents about psychiatric symptoms and resultant impact. When definite symptoms are identified by the structured questions, interviewers use open‐ended questions and supplementary prompts…
Prisoners with Psychosis in England and Wales
It is well established that significant numbers of prisoners have psychosis, yet little is known of what happens to them over time. One hundred and forty prisoners with probable psychosis from the National Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity in Prisons were re‐interviewed at one‐year follow‐up. During the follow‐up year 10% (95% CI 2‐17) were admitted to hospitals, detox or medium secure units. At follow‐up, 65% (95% CI 52‐77) had ‘caseness’ levels o…
The Mental Health of Young People Looked After by Local Authorities in England
The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
The self-report version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) was administered to two samples of 11-16 year olds: 83 young people in the community and 116 young people attending a mental health clinic. The questionnaire discriminated satisfactorily between the two samples. For example, the clinic mean for the total difficulties score was 1.4 standard deviations above the community mean, with clinic cases being over six times more …
The British Child and Adolescent Mental Health Survey 1999
Using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) to screen for child psychiatric disorders in a community sample
Child psychiatric disorders are common and treatable, but often go undetected and therefore remain untreated. To assess the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) as a potential means for improving the detection of child psychiatric disorders in the community, SDQ predictions and independent psychiatric diagnoses were compared in a community sample of 7984 5-15 year olds from the 1999 British Child Mental Health Survey. Multi-informant (p…
Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder in a national sample
Background: Despite an expanding epidemiological evidence base, uncertainties remain over key aspects of the epidemiology of the ‘antisocial’ disorders in childhood and adolescence. Methods: We used cross‐sectional data on a nationally representative sample of 10,438 5–15‐year‐olds drawn from the 1999 British Child Mental Health Survey to examine age trends, gender ratios and patterns of comorbidity in DSM‐IV Conduct Disorder (CD) and Oppositiona…
Mental Health of Children and Young People in Great Britain, 2004
Psychiatric disorder among British children looked after by local authorities
BACKGROUND: Children looked after by local authorities are at higher risk of poor psychosocial outcomes than children living in private households, but nationally representative and random samples of the two groups of children have not previously been compared. AIMS: To find explanations for the increased prevalence of psychiatric disorder in children looked after by local authorities. METHOD: We examined socio-demographic characteristics and psy…
Debt, income and mental disorder in the general population
Background The association between poor mental health and poverty is well known but its mechanism is not fully understood. This study tests the hypothesis that the association between low income and mental disorder is mediated by debt and its attendant financial hardship. Method The study is a cross-sectional nationally representative survey of private households in England, Scotland and Wales, which assessed 8580 participants aged 16–74 years li…
Service Use by Looked after Children with Behavioural Problems
Panos Vostanis, Guv Bassi, Howard Meltzer, Tamsin Ford and Robert Goodman examine data from the England survey on the use of services by looked after children with behavioural problems (or conduct disorders — CD). Of the total 1,039 looked after children who participated, 384 (37%) fulfilled criteria for CD, of whom 57 (or 17% of children with CD) had an additional hyperkinetic and 46 (or 12% of the CD group) an additional emotional disorder. Chi…
The mental health of children who witness domestic violence
There is now considerable evidence that witnessing domestic violence can have adverse consequences for children. Our aim is to present the socio‐demographic correlates of children witnessing domestic violence and its association with childhood mental disorders. The biographic, socio‐demographic and socio‐economic characteristics of 7865 children and their families and measures of traumatic events including witnessing domestic violence were entere…
Development and Psychometric Properties of the Mental Health Knowledge Schedule
Methods: We describe the development of the MAKS in addition to 3 studies that were carried out to evaluate the psychometric properties of the MAKS. Adults aged 25 to 45 years in socioeconomic groups: B, C1, and C2 completed the instrument via face-to-face interview ( n = 92) and online ( n = 403). Results: Internal reliability and test-retest reliability is moderate to substantial. Validity is supported by extensive review by experts (including …
Religiosity and the mental health of adolescents in Great Britain
Most studies show that religion is a protective factor for mental health. A few argue that it is detrimental and the remainder conclude it makes no difference. We investigate the religiosity correlates of childhood psychopathology – strength of belief, importance of being able to practice one’s religion, and worship frequency. Questions on religiosity were included in the mental health survey of children in Great Britain administered to 2992 11–1…
Religion, spirituality and mental health
BACKGROUND: Religious participation or belief may predict better mental health but most research is American and measures of spirituality are often conflated with well-being. AIMS: To examine associations between a spiritual or religious understanding of life and psychiatric symptoms and diagnoses. METHOD: We analysed data collected from interviews with 7403 people who participated in the third National Psychiatric Morbidity Study in England. RES…
Psychology (19 obras) · Psychiatry (18 obras) · Mental health (16 obras) · Medicine (14 obras) · Clinical Psychology (11 obras) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (8 obras) · Political science (4 obras) · Anxiety (3 obras) · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (3 obras) · Child and Adolescent Health (3 obras)