This video clip shows how a service is making a difference to Ed and his mum, Jill. Hear their views alongside some of the key professionals involved.
Please note: The phone number in the contact details at the end of this video has changed to : 01227 812390
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The video is hosted by www.vimeo.com
More about this film and further EI resources are at www.iris-initiative.org.uk
Resources on Iris include:
GP COMMISSIONING & SERVICE PLANNING RESOURCES
PRACTICE & SERVICE DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES
Early Intervention in Psychosis Programme
Start Date: 1st September 2004 ; Programme end Date: 31st March 2010
Overall aim of the Programme:
A national EI programme facilitated those functions which can only be achieved at the national level or which may be best achieved through national co- ordination of regional activity. These functions included:
- Provide a national steer, identity, leadership and vision
- Carry out functions that may be best done at a national level
- To encourage collaborations between regions
NMHDU EI Programme Overview
Established in 2004, the programme provided development support for EI policy service implementation through:
- Nationally coordinated and regionally delivered work programme which aims to continuously integrate the 3 essential vectors of change- policy, research and practice development
- Value driven programme - articulated by the Early Psychosis Declaration endorsed by the WHO (2004); the experiences of young service users and their families are demonstrably at the heart of the work of the programme
- Credibility: programme leas are fully engaged and ‘visible' to the field
- Leadership: as leads we have been involved with EI for 12 years, for the ‘field' this provides authenticity which is respected locally, nationally and internationally together with a corresponding range of effective networks
- Provide topic expertise: providing advice vie regional EI leads to the local enquiries; Knowledge brokering (two way) rapidly and effectively connecting ‘field' with ‘centre'
- Established programme products: resource tools, factsheets, guidance, discussion papers, publications
- UK EI as International field leader
What did the programme deliver nationally?
- Knowledge Brokering
- EI Research
- Public Health
- Social Inclusion
- DRE
- Offender Health Application
- CAMHS Adult MH Service Transition
- Primary Care Support
- Acute Care Implementation
- Psychosis Care Pathway
Websites: www.nmhdu.org.uk; www.iris-initiative.org.uk
In
Our Own Words' is a DVD for training services to take account of
the needs of children and young people who may require admission for
mental health problems. It details the experiences, both good and bad,
of young people and their parents, and includes reflections by advocates
and professionals on issues such as admission, treatment, safety, age
appropriate environments and discharge planning.