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Power tools: a resource pack for those committed to the development of mental health advocacy into the millennium
- Authors:
- LEADER Alan, CROSBY Kate
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 142p.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Manual examining the steps required in establishing an independent advocacy service for people who experience mental and emotional distress.
Advocacy project in Central Europe
- Author:
- KLEIN Judith
- Journal article citation:
- Breakthrough, 2(1), 1998, pp.19-25.
Reports on the Central European Mental Disability Advocacy Project (CEMDAP), whose mission is to promote the inclusion of people with both developmental disabilities and mental health problems. CEMDAP provides direct funding and support for non-governmental organisations.
Taking liberties
- Author:
- JONES Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Open Mind, 90, March 1998, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Discusses the importance of advocacy for older people with mental health problems, including the crucial role it can play for those diagnosed with dementia.
Service users' perspectives on housing and support
- Author:
- SWANSTON Kenny
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 3(3), September 1998, pp.14-16.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Describes the principles and features of housing and support which are valued by mental health service users in Fife, Scotland.
Patient advocacy in psychiatry: the Austrian and Dutch models
- Author:
- FORSTER Rudolf
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 41(2), April 1998, pp.155-168.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Advocacy has emerged as a key concept in the process of the modernisation of western psychiatry. This article combines a general discussion of the advocacy approach with an analysis of its application in practice. Two projects which are among the most advanced projects of professional advocacy in European mental health are used for discussion.
The case of the missing advocate
- Authors:
- HOLMAN Andrew, ASPIS Simone
- Journal article citation:
- Viewpoint, 26, March 1998, p.10.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
Discusses the Lord Chancellor's consultation paper Who Decides?, Making Decisions on Behalf of Mentally Incapacitated Adults. The authors challenge the view that other people always know best.
AEA's response to "Who decides?: making decisions on behalf of mentally incapacitated adults"
- Author:
- ACTION ON ELDER ABUSE
- Publisher:
- Action On Elder Abuse
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- London
English service users visit the 1998 Euro Psy conference on rehabilitation in Linz, Austria
- Authors:
- STILL Pat, DEADMAN Tina
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Europe, 5(3), 1998, pp.55-56.
- Publisher:
- Russell House
Describes the experiences of English service users at a conference on rehabilitation in mental health.
A question of definition
- Author:
- TICKNER Marilyn
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, July 1998, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Social workers' attempts to help those who cannot make decisions for themselves have been historically plagued by a dearth of appropriate legislation, guidance and definition. Recounts how BASW's long attempts to change things are finally achieving results.
A radical proposal
- Author:
- CLEMENTS Luke
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.2.98, 1998, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A new long awaited Green Paper has reopened the discussion on how best to protect the interests of mentally incapacitated adults. Reviews the proposals which could fundamentally increase their civil rights.