Smoking Cessation within the Forensic Mental Health Service with Conditions of Special Security

Organisation:  The State Hospital, Carstairs
Lead / Main Contact:  Stephen Milloy / Carol Ann Topping
Duration:  3 years (Oct 2004-Oct 2007)
Target Group:  Mental Health

Project Profile:
The State Hospital at Carstairs aimed to address smoking cessation in a structured manner, by monitoring and recording patients' smoking status; developing and delivering a smoking cessation programme and providing uniform advice to patients who smoke; and by providing smoking cessation education, in the form of Brief Advice and Specialist practitioner training for key staff members.

• Executive Summary  (5 pages, 271Kb pdf)
• Final Report  (59 pages, 14.2Mb pdf)

Tobacco and Inequalities Project

ASH Scotland's Tobacco and Inequalities project targeted some of its work around the theme of mental health. 

A needs assessment was conducted, consisting of several components, to uncover the main issues and challenges surrounding the use of tobacco amongst this group, and to identify priorities for action. As a result various pieces of work have been produced:

• Literature review on tobacco and mental health (45 pages, 295Kb pdf)
• Briefing paper on tobacco and mental health  (6 pages, 171Kb pdf)
• A Mapping Exercise and Directory of Services, Resources and Training for Ethnicity, Mental Health and Older Adults  (45 pages, 229Kb pdf)
• Nine community-based pilot projects targeting mental health were funded, including two projects also covering the theme of older adults.
   

page last updated: 21 July 2009