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Mental Health Task Force London project: follow up report
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. National Health Service Executive. Mental Health Task Force
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. National Health Service Management Executiv
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Report summarising the progress made since initial visits made by the Task Force and outlines how the progress of recommended improvements to services will be monitored.
Needs assessment: involvement of staff and users will help to meet needs
- Author:
- SLADE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 165, September 1994, pp.293-296.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Argues that there are no assessment instruments which fully meet the requirements of the NHS and Community Care Act 1990, and those that do exist can be categorised as measuring: lack of health; lack of access to service or institutions; and lack of action by lay or professional mental health workers. These schedules are reviewed, and recommendations are made for the development of more appropriate tools, which are both practical to use and meet statutory requirements.
Theory for Approved Social Work: the use of the Compulsory Admissions Assessment Schedule
- Author:
- SHEPPARD Michael
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 23(3), June 1993, pp.231-257.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Reports on the use of the Compulsory Admissions Assessment Schedule (CASH) in practice, and the implications for compulsory admissions assessments. CASH was developed in response to identified knowledge deficiencies and as a means of operationalizing a knowledge base distinctive to social work, and is, it is claimed, practical to use, distinguishes between possible sections and those not possible to section, identifies dangers, hazards and risks, and that the cumulative use of CASH could help accountability.
Measuring mental health needs
- Editors:
- THORNICROFT Graham, BREWIN Chris, WING John
- Publishers:
- Gaskell, Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 328p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes the different approaches that can be taken to measuring the effectiveness of mental health services.
The assessment of psychiatric disability in the community: a comparison of clinical, staff, and family interviews
- Authors:
- BREWIN C.R., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 157, November 1990, pp.671-674.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Interviews with residential staff and family members revealed higher levels of symptoms and behaviour problems than interviews with psychiatrists or day care staff. Discusses implications for assessment.
Assessing for compulsory detention: applying the social perspective?
- Author:
- BARNES M.
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 8(1), 1990, pp.14-19.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Draws together key findings of the SSRG project to monitor the implementation of the 1983 Mental Health Act; concludes that medical perspectives still predominate over social explanations of mental disorder.
Adult personality functioning assessment - an investigator-based standardised interview
- Authors:
- HILL J., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 155, July 1989, pp.24-35.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Describes the development of an interview schedule to assess patterns of specific and general social dysfunction, covering six domains of functioning : work, love relationships, friendships, social contacts, negotiations and everyday coping.
The measurement of 'social disablement' : the MRC social behaviour and social role performance schedules
- Author:
- WING J.K.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 24(4), 1989, pp.173-178.
- Publisher:
- Steinkopff
The conceptual basis of a series of instruments to measure various components of social disablement is discussed, and a brief description provided of those still in use.
Classifying psychiatric crises: problems of reliability in post-coding open-ended questions
- Authors:
- PHILLIPS D., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 6(1), 1988, pp.1-6.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Describes the methodological problems encountered in trying to devise a system for categorising psychiatric crises.
The probable extent of minor mental illness in the adult clients of social workers : a research note
- Authors:
- HUXLEY Peter, FITZPATRICK Robert
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 14(1), 1984, pp.67-73.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Reports on a small scale pilot study to test the use of a psychiatric screening instrument and social assessments.