The authors lay down some ground-rules for successful assertive outreach programmes.
The authors lay down some ground-rules for successful assertive outreach programmes.
Subject terms:
joint working, mental health problems, mental health services, multidisciplinary services, outreach services, social policy, social care provision, social work methods, assertive outreach, community care;
Community care for people with mental health problems has faced much criticism over the past year. Reports on recent studies which help to pinpoint the source of some of the problems which face practitioners and policy makers.
Community care for people with mental health problems has faced much criticism over the past year. Reports on recent studies which help to pinpoint the source of some of the problems which face practitioners and policy makers.
Subject terms:
joint planning, mental health problems, policy, social services, social care provision, care management, community care, community mental health services, health care;
Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
The Sainsbury Centre for mental health is undertaking a study of care management arrangements for people with mental health problems in four local authorities. Describes some of the preliminary findings on responsibility and accountability - two key points in the Griffiths Report on community care.
The Sainsbury Centre for mental health is undertaking a study of care management arrangements for people with mental health problems in four local authorities. Describes some of the preliminary findings on responsibility and accountability - two key points in the Griffiths Report on community care.
Subject terms:
home care, local authorities, mental health, mental health problems, performance management, quality assurance, surveys, standards, community care, evaluation;
Reviews research that looks at the evidence base for an integrated dual diagnosis service, partial hospitalisation and psycho-social interventions in the community.
Reviews research that looks at the evidence base for an integrated dual diagnosis service, partial hospitalisation and psycho-social interventions in the community.
Subject terms:
intervention, mental health, mental health problems, mental health services, needs, psychiatry, substance misuse, treatment, therapy and treatment, community care, drug misuse, dual diagnosis, evidence-based practice;
There have been several major studies recently on two important and comparable aspects of mental health work - intensive case management and assertive community treatment. A prominent UK research study looked at the impact of intensive case management, while two major research overviews focused on the impact of assertive community treatment. Compares the two approaches are presented in these studies.
There have been several major studies recently on two important and comparable aspects of mental health work - intensive case management and assertive community treatment. A prominent UK research study looked at the impact of intensive case management, while two major research overviews focused on the impact of assertive community treatment. Compares the two approaches are presented in these studies.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, mental health services, models, social work methods, treatment, therapy and treatment, case management, caseload, community care, community mental health services, comparative studies;
There are almost as many models of care management as there are social services departments. In mental health services in particular, the community care arrangements have weathered intense scrutiny and criticism in recent months. Asks what works and what doesn't from the point of view of both service users and professionals.
There are almost as many models of care management as there are social services departments. In mental health services in particular, the community care arrangements have weathered intense scrutiny and criticism in recent months. Asks what works and what doesn't from the point of view of both service users and professionals.
Subject terms:
managers, mental health problems, mental health services, service users, social care provision, staff, staff management, user views, attitudes, care management, community care, evaluation;