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Mental health in our future cities
- Editors:
- GOLDBERG David, THORNICROFT Graham
- Publisher:
- Psychology Press
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 290p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Hove
In this book services in London are compared with ten other cities, Amsterdam, Baltimore, Bangalore, Kobe, Madison, Porto Alegere, Sydney, Tehran and Verona. All these cities have mental health services with interesting and useful features. The reader can find examples of best practices . The examples indicate directions that have been travelled and arrangements that work in practice.
Mental health outcome measures
- Editors:
- TANSELLA Michelle, THORNICROFT Graham
- Publisher:
- Gaskell
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 325p.bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 2nd.
The principles of evidence based medicine demand that psychiatric outcomes are measurable and practical. However in many areas of psychiatric practice there are gaps in evidence and outcomes are notoriously difficult to quantify. Topics covered include: measuring carer burden levels; quality of life; measuring social disabilities in mental health; use and limits of randomised trials; outcome measures for the treatment of depression.
Mental health service evaluation
- Editors:
- KNUDSEN Helle Charlotte, THORNICROFT Graham
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 399p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Collection of papers reviewing research design, method and measurement in the field of mental health service evaluation.
Emergency mental health services in the community
- Editors:
- PHELAN Michael, STRATHDEE Geraldine, THORNICROFT Graham
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 374p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Provides a detailed overview of the provision of emergency mental health services in an era of community orientated care. Details major research findings, theoretical models, and innovations in service provision in Europe and North America. Includes chapters on: users perspective on emergency needs; the economics of mental health emergency services; suicide prevention; establishing a local emergency service; maintaining an emergency service; psychiatric emergencies in the casualty department; acute crisis respite care; family placement schemes as an alternative to short-term hospitalisation; acute day hospital care; acute in-patient wards; and the future of mental health emergency services.
Measuring mental health needs
- Editors:
- THORNICROFT Graham, BREWIN Chris, WING John
- Publishers:
- Gaskell, Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 328p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes the different approaches that can be taken to measuring the effectiveness of mental health services.