Some clients refuse to accept help. Yet social services are still blamed when a crisis results. The author unpicks some of the legal, ethical and practice issues.
Some clients refuse to accept help. Yet social services are still blamed when a crisis results. The author unpicks some of the legal, ethical and practice issues.
Subject terms:
intervention, learning disabilities, mental health problems, older people, physical disabilities, public opinion, social services, unmet need, adult abuse, adults, attitudes, death, ethics;
Reports on how an innovative project in east London is aiming to help prevent boys from Bangladeshi backgrounds developing emotional and mental health problems.
Reports on how an innovative project in east London is aiming to help prevent boys from Bangladeshi backgrounds developing emotional and mental health problems.
Subject terms:
interagency cooperation, joint working, mental health problems, prevention, school children, schools, social services, South Asian people, voluntary sector, young people, attitudes, children, cultural identity, families;
The author visits a pioneering project in North London that offers long-term specialist help to black men with mental health and drugs problems.
The author visits a pioneering project in North London that offers long-term specialist help to black men with mental health and drugs problems.
Subject terms:
men, mental health problems, needs, rehabilitation, social services, social care provision, supported living, therapies, therapy and treatment, black and minority ethnic people, drug misuse, health care;