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Table 1 Most and least commonly engaged in activities in 153 staff in the adult mental health teams in Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Mental Health Trust

From: A survey of engagement and competence levels in interventions and activities in a community mental health workforce in England

Title of Activity

%

Most commonly engaged in activities

 

Monitoring activities: Monitoring risk

97.6

Monitoring activities: Level of engagement/Therapeutic relationship

97.0

Monitoring activities: Mental state

96.4

Role support activities: Informal Counselling, listening

96.4

Assessment activities: Assessment of mental state, general observation: appearance, psychomotor activity, attitude.

95.8

Assessment activities: Assessment of mental state, thought processes

95.8

Assessment activities: Assessment of mental state, speech

95.2

Enabling activities: Assertive engagement, positive engagement to build a relationship of trust

95.2

Least commonly engaged in activities

 

Role support activities: Social Support, Music

9.6

Role support activities: Social Support, Cooking

9.6

Therapeutic interventions: Medical treatments, Assisting in the administration & recovery from ECT

7.8

Therapeutic interventions: Group Psychological Therapy, Psychodynamic therapy

7.8

Therapeutic interventions: Structured Psychological Therapy, Art/drama therapy

7.2

Therapeutic interventions: Group Psychological Therapy, Dialectic Behaviour Therapy

6.0

Therapeutic interventions: Medical treatments, Prescribing ECT

4.8

Therapeutic interventions: Group Psychological Therapy, Art/drama therapy

3.6