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Service responses to people with learning difficulties and challenging behaviour
- Editor:
- HARRIS John
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 78p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
Papers from 3 seminars focusing on service provision for adults with a mental handicap who are mentally ill, who have behaviour problems, or who offend. Examples of service innovation are included.
Development of services for people with learning disabilities (mental handicap) or mental illness in England: third report prepared pursuant to Section 11 of the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Care of persons with a mental handicap or mental illness in Scotland; second statement prepared and presented pursuant to c.33 Section 11 of the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Scottish Office
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 12p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Community care: services for people with a mental handicap and people with a mental illness; Government response to the eleventh report from the Social Services Committee session 1989-90
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- HMSO/Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Caring for mentally disabled people in Scotland
- Author:
- TITTERTON M.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 25(2), June 1991, pp.136-148.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes differences in policy and practice from the situation in England and Wales in caring for the young mentally disabled.
Returning to work: a realistic aim?
- Author:
- HARDING Anne
- Journal article citation:
- ReHab NetWork, 24, Winter 1991, pp.6-8.
- Publisher:
- National Vocational Rehabilitation Association
Reviews recent changes in sheltered employment for people with mental health problems and particularly the development of small sheltered workshops.
Mental handicap: challenge to the church
- Editors:
- KELLY Brian, McGINLEY Patrick
- Publisher:
- Lisieux Hall Publications
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 294p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Chorley, Lancs.
The church has been both profoundly affected by and has contributed significantly to, the manner in which our society has sought to move from segregation to integration, and from marginalisation to inclusion in relation to people with disabilities. The position of people with mental problems in society and in the church and has always been a precarious one. Discrimination has been deep-rooted. This book describes the problems, and some of the pastoral services offered.
Do it yourself
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 9.5.91, 1991, pp.21-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Profiles a number of self-advocacy groups : the British Council of Organisations of Disabled People, People First, Survivors Speak Out, Standing Conference of Ethnic Minority Senior Citizens.
Independent living schemes: organization, resident characteristics and outcomes
- Authors:
- PHILLIPS D., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 21(2), April 1991, pp.157-172.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Reports on a follow-up survey of group homes and other independent living schemes, and the characteristics of their residents, to establish how far residents' needs were being met.
Mentally incapacitated adults and decision-making: an overview
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Law Commission
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 192p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Paper giving an overview of the civil law relating to mental incapacity, the present procedures available for making decisions on behalf of mentally incapacitated people, their shortcomings and some of the options for reform. Mentally handicapped people, elderly people with a mental infirmity, mentally ill people and brain damaged or physically ill or handicapped people are included.