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Prevalence and characteristics of patients with severe mental illness and borderline intellectual functioning
- Authors:
- HASSIOTIS A, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 175, August 1999, pp.135-140.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Low cognitive ability and developmental delays have been implicated in the causation of mental illness. This multi-centre randomised controlled trial of case management explores the associations between mental illness and borderline intellectual functioning.
People with profound and multiple learning disabilities: a collaborative approach to meeting complex needs
- Editors:
- LACEY Penny, OUVRY Carol
- Publisher:
- David Fulton
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 268p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Aimed at practitioners working with children and or adults with profound and multiple learning difficulties. Includes chapters on personal and social aspects of complex needs, ways in which learning and development can be encouraged, and the practicalities of including people with profound disabilities in the community. Sets these issues in the context of multidisciplinary and multiagency collaboration, to ensure that a complexity of need does not lead to a fragmented life.
Meeting complex needs: the future of social care
- Authors:
- RANKIN Jennifer, REGAN Sue
- Publishers:
- Institute for Public Policy Research, Turning Point
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 82p.
- Place of publication:
- London
There is a significant gap in services for people with complex needs. People with complex needs may have to deal with a number of different issues in their lives, for example a learning disability, mental health problems, or substance abuse. The may also be living in deprived circumstances and lack access to stable housing or meaningful daily activity. This book presents a strategy for reform to meet complex needs. Arguing for government to make stronger connections between social care and social inclusion, it calls for a new kind of delivery model for people with complex needs who live in deprived neighbourhoods. The authors explore how frontline reforms might be achieved through a reformed commissioning process, as well as a commitment to purposeful cultural change. Attention to the process of translating policy into practice should ensure that social care services meet complex needs more effectively in the future.