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Investing in hope
- Author:
- RUSSELL Conrad
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 23.10.97, 1997, p.16.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Describes how helping people who are mentally ill takes time, money and a climate where professionals are able to exchange information. Argues that unless we can make this a reality, the prospects for mentally ill people remain bleak.
Clinical audit in mental health: towards a multidisciplinary approach
- Authors:
- RIORDAN John, MOCKLER Darren
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 175p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Chichester
Examines the concept of clinical audit in the field of mental health care and presents a practical, case-oriented approach to doing an audit. Uses a case study of audit of care plans and the Care Programme Approach at Claybury hospital as an example. Goes on to look at methods of audit and data collection.
A health approach
- Authors:
- CARPENTER John, SBARAINI Silvia
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 23.10.97, 1997, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a research project which has shown how involving users of mental health services through the care programme approach can really make a difference.
Managed care, mental illness and African Americans: a prospective analysis of managed care policy in the United States
- Author:
- DAVIS King
- Journal article citation:
- Smith College Studies in Social Work, 67(3), June 1997, pp.623-641.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The shift in health care policy in the US towards managed care is designed to decrease costs and increase health security. This article analyses managed care policy and processes to determine the prospective impact on African Americans with mental health problems.
Developing a model for monitoring the CPA
- Authors:
- ROSE Diana, FORD Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 3(4), June 1997, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Discusses a monitoring project involving service users in frontline research which is providing information for improving the effectiveness of the Care Programme Approach and care management in one London health authority. The authors believe that the project could provide a useful model for other areas.
Oldham SSD arrangements for CPA/care management inspection: September 1997
- Authors:
- ORMISTON Hester, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate. North West In
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 75p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Risk assessment: developing training for professionals in mental health work
- Authors:
- STANLEY Nicky, MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work and Social Sciences Review, 7(1), 1997, pp.26-38.
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
Explores the definitions and advocacy of risk assessment that have emerged from a series of inquiry reports into mental health tragedies in the 1990s and considers government guidelines. A short piece of training in risk assessment and management in mental health work is described and the course members' responses to using a risk assessment as well as the opportunities.
Right approach
- Author:
- KEYS Robert
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 25.9.97, 1997, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
A care programme approach can be the cause of bed-blocking in acute psychiatric wards. This article explains how one trust has revised its policy to avoid delays in discharge.
Into the wilderness?
- Authors:
- FORD Richard, ROSE Diana
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 28.8.97, 1997, pp.2-4.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The authors support the view that integrated care for users of mental health services can support service users in the community, oversee their safety and that of the public, and allay public fears aroused by high-profile cases that go wrong.
Choice, information and dignity: involving users and carers in care management in mental health
- Authors:
- CARPENTER John, SBARAINI Silvia
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 105p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Describes the development and evaluation of an integrated approach to care management and care programming which involves empowering users and carers involved with the mental health system. The study is an example of participatory research and uses quantitative and qualitative methods to assess user and carer involvement. Looks at how mental health services can be more responsive to the needs of people with severe and long-term mental health problems and at whether it is possible to involve service users and carers effectively in developing plans for their care and treatment in the community.