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Ignored, silenced, neglected: housing and mental health care needs of Asian people in the London Boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and Tower Hamlets
- Author:
- RADIA Kiran
- Publisher:
- York Publishing Service/Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 37p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Report surveying Asian people with mental health problems in 4 London Boroughs. Finds a range of problems with service provision and makes recommendations for improvements.
Nine to five: the results of a survey on mental health crisis intervention/out of hours services across London; Spring 1996
- Authors:
- HOLROYD Sue, JOULE Nikki
- Publisher:
- Greater London Association of Community Health Councils
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 10p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Asylum in the community
- Editors:
- CARRIER John, TOMLINSON Dylan
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 238p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Based on an empirical examination of psychiatric care in the past and present with an international focus. Critically assesses the concept of asylum and shows how it can be operationalised for services outside the hospital. Uses this analysis to establish the key elements of asylum that should be considered in developing contemporary community services for people with mental health problems.
Homeless mentally ill initiative
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Circular providing details of an extra 2 million pounds for provision of services to homeless people with mental health problems in central London. The circular expires on 31 March 1998.
Legal rights and mental health: the Mind manual
- Editors:
- SULEK Joanna, (ed.)
- Publisher:
- MIND
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 289p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This training manual focuses on: community care entitlement legislation, case law and relevant guidance; negligence and complaints procedures; discrimination and mental health: the survivor’s perspective; incapacity and decision making voluntary and involuntary admission – the Code of Practice ; mentally disordered offenders; consent to treatment and treatment without consent ; routes out of hospital, including Mental Health Review Tribunals' and the Human Rights Act.
Who wants a home for life?
- Author:
- TOOTH John
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 4(4), July 1996, pp.12-14.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
In discussion of design and provision of residential facilities for people with dementia in the UK, the concept of a "home for life" is prominent. Not so in Australia. The author assesses the practical significance of this difference in our thinking.
Off to a bad start: a longitudinal study of homeless young people in London
- Authors:
- CRAIG T.K.J., et al
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 56p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Research study looking at 161 homeless young people aged between 16 and 21 in central London and comparing their educational attainments, their present circumstances and their mental and physical health with those of a group of young people of the same age who are not homeless.
Working it out: creating work opportunities for people with mental health problems; a development handbook
- Authors:
- POZNER Adam, et al
- Publisher:
- Pavilion/Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 164p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Brings together the experiences of thirty successful work rehabilitation projects for people with mental health problems currently operating in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Based on interviews with project managers and feedback from service users. Draws out key lessons for service development, good practice, and survival in today's purchaser/provider climate. Designed as a sourcebook for anyone concerned with commissioning or attempting to provide high quality vocational rehabilitation services.