Describes a Child and Adolescent Unit at a hospital in Greece that has a long tradition of cooperation with social services and child care institutions, based on the willingness to transform a formal routine of assessment into a long term psycho-social therapeutic project. The authors have created a framework of cooperation that can function at the same time as a tool for assessment and therapy, and as a training and research programme.
Describes a Child and Adolescent Unit at a hospital in Greece that has a long tradition of cooperation with social services and child care institutions, based on the willingness to transform a formal routine of assessment into a long term psycho-social therapeutic project. The authors have created a framework of cooperation that can function at the same time as a tool for assessment and therapy, and as a training and research programme.
Subject terms:
interagency cooperation, looked after children, mental health problems, parent-child relations, psychotherapy, residential child care, adoption, assessment, child abuse, child care, children, emotionally disturbed children, families, foster care;
Ten years ago the Greek island of Leros became notorious throughout Europe as one of the worse examples of the inhumanity of the 'total institution' still existing within the European Union. The authors provide an account of their experience of being involved in the reforms and the lessons learned from Leros.
Ten years ago the Greek island of Leros became notorious throughout Europe as one of the worse examples of the inhumanity of the 'total institution' still existing within the European Union. The authors provide an account of their experience of being involved in the reforms and the lessons learned from Leros.
Subject terms:
hospitals, institutionalisation, mental health problems, mental health services, patients, psychiatry, rights, social work history, treatment, therapy and treatment, ethics;
University of Kent. European Institute of Social Services
Publication year:
1993
Pagination:
401p.
Place of publication:
Canterbury
Detailed account of social services in the twelve member states of the European Community. Contains sections on: organisation, responsibility and finance for social services; preventative services; children and families; elderly people; people with disabilities; addictions; illnesses; AIDS/HIV; socially excluded people; young people; services for migrants; names and addresses of major public and private social services agencies.
Detailed account of social services in the twelve member states of the European Community. Contains sections on: organisation, responsibility and finance for social services; preventative services; children and families; elderly people; people with disabilities; addictions; illnesses; AIDS/HIV; socially excluded people; young people; services for migrants; names and addresses of major public and private social services agencies.
Subject terms:
HIV AIDS, immigration, learning disabilities, mental health, mental health problems, older people, physical disabilities, poverty, prevention, private health care, social exclusion, social services, voluntary organisations, young people, addiction, alcohol misuse, black and minority ethnic people, children, drug misuse, families, health care;