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Risk: finding the way through opposing demands
- Author:
- KHOO Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 8(1), September 2001, pp.18-21.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Involving the mental health service user in the assessment of risk is now advocated as good practice. Discusses how the practitioner can steer a course between maximising the autonomy of the patient and safeguarding the public. Discusses the concept of risk and its implications for service users and practitioners.
Carers' and Users' Expectations of Services-User Version (CUES-U): a new instrument to measure the experience of users of mental health
- Authors:
- LELLIOTT Paul, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 179, July 2001, pp.67-72.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The Department of Health in England intends to evaluate mental health services "against the aspirations and experience of its users". Surveys of service users will be conducted locally as a function of clinical governance and by the new Commission for Health Improvement as it inspects mental health services. Although there are tested instruments for measuring aspects of the experience of service users, including quality of life, needs problems and satisfaction with services none address all or even most of the issues that are important to service users. This report describes the development instrument to enable users of mental health services to rate their experiences across the range of domains that they consider to be important.
The multiple needs assessment and care management pack: homeless multiple needs partnership
- Author:
- PHOENIX HOUSE
- Publisher:
- Phoenix House
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 26p.,floppy disc.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Multiple Needs Assessment and Care Management Package is a 27 page document which is designed as tool for the assessment of homeless people with mental health problems. It is accompanied by assessment forms contained on a 3.5” computer disc. The pack looks holistically at the presenting needs of an individual. It also enables assessors to: prioritise client needs; action those needs appropriately; and, to develop an effective evaluation process, i.e. working with clients on achievable, realistic goals, with scope for re-negotiation as required. The pack is designed on the assumption that the Assessor is competent in assessment practice and has a good understanding of the parameters that are involved.
Forensic mental health: issues in practice
- Editors:
- DALE Colin, THOMPSON Tony, WOODS Phil
- Publisher:
- Bailliere Tindall
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 296p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
In recent years forensic mental health has come under intense scrutiny, particularly with the emergence of specialist qualifications in this area, which has lead to practitioners examining and developing their practice. One of the main problems though has been with publications in this area. Many of them have looked at the theoretical background and individual client problems in forensic mental health but not effective practice as a whole. This book aims to address these issues by looking at effective practice and development as a whole. It aims to provide clear guidance, founded in empirical forensic application, on how to tackle the key issues in practice, particularly in relation to the care and management of diverse client populations, and also stressing the importance of multi-disciplinary teamwork.