British Medical Journal, 5.11.94, 1994, pp.1218-1221.
Publisher:
British Medical Association
Despite legislation to harmonise mental health practice throughout Europe and convergence in systems of training there remains an extraordinary diversity of psychiatric practice in Europe. Approaches to tackling substance misuse vary among nations; statistics on psychiatric morbidity are affected by different approaches to diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders; attitudes towards mental illness show definite international differences. Everywhere, though, mental health care for patients with psychotic illness is a "cinderella service", and there is a general move towards care falling increasingly on the family and the community.
Despite legislation to harmonise mental health practice throughout Europe and convergence in systems of training there remains an extraordinary diversity of psychiatric practice in Europe. Approaches to tackling substance misuse vary among nations; statistics on psychiatric morbidity are affected by different approaches to diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders; attitudes towards mental illness show definite international differences. Everywhere, though, mental health care for patients with psychotic illness is a "cinderella service", and there is a general move towards care falling increasingly on the family and the community.
Subject terms:
law, mental health, mental health problems, mental health services, psychiatry, social care provision, treatment, therapy and treatment, training, attitudes, community care, diagnosis, families;
Introduces social work in the Netherlands and goes on to look at: social work and drug addiction - the Amsterdam model; female social work or gender-specific social work with women and girls; gender-specific social work with men and boys; the office for children of drug addicted parents; Opstap, a preventive home based programme; social work with people with learning difficulties, older people, migrants, people with mental health problems, and young people; AIDS prevention; community development; child welfare; and an overview of social work education in the Netherlands.
Introduces social work in the Netherlands and goes on to look at: social work and drug addiction - the Amsterdam model; female social work or gender-specific social work with women and girls; gender-specific social work with men and boys; the office for children of drug addicted parents; Opstap, a preventive home based programme; social work with people with learning difficulties, older people, migrants, people with mental health problems, and young people; AIDS prevention; community development; child welfare; and an overview of social work education in the Netherlands.
Subject terms:
HIV AIDS, immigrants, learning disabilities, men, mental health problems, models, older people, refugees, social work, social work education, social work methods, women, young people, adolescent girls, boys, child protection, community development, drug misuse, girls;