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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.
Shunned: discrimination against people with mental illness
- Author:
- THORNICROFT Graham
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 301p.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
People with mental illness commonly describe the stigma and discrimination they face as being worse than their main condition. The book presents clearly for a wide readership information about the nature and severity of discrimination against people with mental illness and what can be done to reduce this.
Actions speak louder: tackling discrimination against people with mental illness
- Author:
- THORNICROFT Graham
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 77p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The report criticises the government's mental health anti-stigma campaign, entitled Shift and launched in 2004, for offering policymakers few recommendations for action to combat discrimination. Instead of pumping millions of pounds trying to change society's negative attitudes towards people with mental health problems, more effort should be made to ensure that anti-discrimination law actually protects such people against prejudice. Specifically, the Disability Discrimination Act should be used to protect those with a mental health diagnosis in the same way it does those with a physical disability. The act has been framed primarily in relation to physical disability, and does little to help people with mental health problems. The report lays out actions that policy-makers and campaigners, including Shift, which is run by the National Institute for Mental Health, should make to end discrimination against people with mental health problems. Suggestions include employers allowing the mentally ill not to work if impaired by medication, and providing them with an "external job coach" for counselling and support. The report also suggests modifying employment contracts for those people likely to be unwell for prolonged periods.
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.
International outcome measures in mental health: quality of life, needs, service satisfaction, costs and impact on carers
- Authors:
- THORNICROFT Graham, et al
- Publisher:
- Gaskell
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 172p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book contains five practical scales for assessing the outcomes of mental healthcare. They are the European versions of: Camberwell Assessment of Need (for unmet and met needs); Client Socio-demographic and Service Receipt Inventory (for service costs); Involvement Evaluation Questionnaire (for impact of care on family members); Lancashire Quality of Life Profile (for quality of life); Verona Service Satisfaction Scale (for service satisfaction). Each scale has been standardised (in Danish, Dutch, English, Italian and Spanish), and has been shown to be reliable and valid in all these European languages.The book contains full details of the development of these scales, manuals for their use, the scales themselves and instructions on how to use the results. These new measures will be invaluable to all those in research, evaluation, audit and management who have an interest in evidence-based policy and practice in mental healthcare.
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.
Commissioning mental health services
- Authors:
- THORNICROFT Graham, STRATHDEE Geraldine
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 334p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Provides up to date information on research, policy and practice for those involved in or interested in purchasing and commissioning mental health services. Includes papers on: adult mental health policy; defining severe mental illness; assessing population needs; mental illness needs index; how mental health services are commissioned; purchasing mental health care for primary care; a local authority perspective on purchasing mental health services; housing and mental health; core components of a comprehensive mental health service; commissioning and managing hospital and community beds; independent sector providers; implementing core service components - commissioning and contracting; purchasing from a user perspective; purchasing mental health services for black communities; performance indicators in mental health services; community care; and monitoring quality.