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Choosing talking therapies?
- Author:
- COONEY Geraldine
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This booklet provides information for people who feel depressed or unhappy, or who have emotional problems they cannot sort out on their own. It tells about the psychological help - or talking therapies - that are available for adults on the National Health Service (NHS). It explains what talking therapies are and what they aim to do. The information in this booklet is based on evidence from research studies on psychological therapies. They have been turned into guidelines for GPs on treatment options for people with emotional difficulties or mental health problems. The booklet also includes evidence and quotes from services users; this comes from research by the Mental Health Foundation.
The capable practitioner: a framework and list of the practitioner capabilities requires to implement the national service framework for mental health
- Author:
- SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR ENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 27p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report submitted to the National Service Framework Workforce Action Team in April 2001, outlines a unifying framework which encompasses the skills, knowledge and attitudes required within the workforce to effectively implement the National Service Framework (NSF) for Mental Heath. It focuses on the key professional disciplines of psychiatry, nursing, occupational therapy, social work, clinical psychology and non-professionally aligned support workers.
Patient violence in community mental health: a review of the literature
- Author:
- BLANK Alison
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 64(12), December 2001, pp.584-589.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The past decade has seen an increasing focus in the community. During this period, the media has given a high profile to a number of incidents where members of the public and health service staff have been assaulted by patients of mental health services. Presents a systematic review of 10 studies, two conducted in the United Kingdom and eight in the United States of America. It is suggested that the occupational therapy profession urgently needs to address this gap in its literature and consider what can be learned from other professions.
Dual diagnosis of mental disorder and substance misuse
- Author:
- MCMURRAN Mary
- Publisher:
- NHS National Programme on Forensic Mental Health Research and Development
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 32p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Liverpool
Substance misuse that is comorbid with mental disorder may increase the risk of crime, and militate against effective treatment. It is therefore important that forensic mental health professionals understand the assessment and treatment of both substance misuse and mental disorder. Since mentally disordered offenders may be detained under classifications of personality (psychopathic) disorder, mental illness, and learning disability (mental impairment / severe mental impairment), all three disorders are addressed, and this paper is structured accordingly. Substance misuse includes intoxication, problematic use, and dependence, all of which are relevant to criminal behaviour, and the focus is on crimes related to the ingestion of substances.
Forward in faith: an experiment in building bridges between faith communities and mental health services in East London
- Author:
- COPSEY Nigel
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report outlines a project designed to join faith communities and mental health services in East London. The aims of the project included engaging in dialogue with all faith communities; learning through a partnership with communities, rather than expecting them to conform to a Western non-spiritual perspective; and highlighting the value of cultural and spiritual sensitivity in staff training.