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At home in the community
- Author:
- BOOTH T.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.10.87, 1987, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A summary of a study by the Joint Unit for Social Services Research, Sheffield University, of independent living schemes for mentally ill and mentally handicapped people, identifying four different management models.
Risky business: a guide to predicting risk when working with disturbed or vulnerable people
- Author:
- DONLAN Patrick S
- Publisher:
- South East Institute of Public Health
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 107p.
- Place of publication:
- Tunbridge Wells
Aims to help people who are called on to make decisions about the risk taking behaviour of others. Provides practice tools for disciplining the decisionmaking that must happen every day if community care for vulnerable people is to be a positive experience for service users and service providers alike.
Variety hits the target
- Author:
- WEDDLE Ian
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 24.8.89, 1989, p.1040.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
The DARTS Project - Dispersed Accommodation with Resource Team Support - offers a neighbourhood network of care for mentally ill people with a community care manager.
Sexual offending and mental health: multidisciplinary management in the community
- Editors:
- HOUSTON Julia, GALLOWAY Sarah, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 288p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The contributors describe current influential models of sexual offending and the developmental, psychological and social factors involved. They discuss the prevalence of personality and mental disorders in known sex offenders and the impact these disorders have on their treatment and management. They describe clinical work with individuals, their partners and families, and also consider the impact of this work on professionals. The book includes an outline of current approaches to risk assessment, an overview of the recent changes in legislation in England and Wales, and suggestions for multi-disciplinary management in the community.
Managing mental health in the community: chaos and containment
- Editors:
- FOSTER Angela, ROBERTS Vega Zagier
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 260p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Collection of papers concentrating on the disturbance at the heart of the care system. Through case studies the contributors show how to identify and understand the deficiencies of the user/carer/community care triangle. Argues that a capacity to recognise the disturbance within individuals and within systems, and reflect upon why it exists, provides the containment crucial for care work. This reflective approach allows the creation of systems in which it is possible to engage openly with users without being obstructed by undue anxiety.
All for one or one for all?
- Authors:
- MINGHELLA Edana, FORD Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 13.3.97, 1997, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Should community mental health be organised on a generic model or in specialist teams with different functions. This article investigates the options.
Involving service users in mental health services: social services departments and the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990
- Author:
- BOWL Ric
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 5(3), July 1996, pp.287-303.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Examines user involvement in community care services directed toward those experiencing mental distress. It analyses past experience of involvement in service delivery and planning and the issues this highlights. It reports on two research studies which reveal considerable confusion about the meaning and purpose of user involvement, little evidence of power-sharing with users and limited commitment of resources to make further participation possible. Interviews with users reveal enthusiasm of extending their own involvement if they receive appropriate support. The conclusion considers continuing barriers to developing effective participation of service users in the management and delivery of services.
Managing psychiatric services in transition: King's Fund working papers
- Editors:
- TOWELL David, KINGSLEY Sue, McAUSLAND Tom
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 7 papers in folder, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Papers from managing the transition from hospital to more community-based care for psychiatric patients.
Patient violence in community mental health: a review of the literature
- Author:
- BLANK Alison
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 64(12), December 2001, pp.584-589.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The past decade has seen an increasing focus in the community. During this period, the media has given a high profile to a number of incidents where members of the public and health service staff have been assaulted by patients of mental health services. Presents a systematic review of 10 studies, two conducted in the United Kingdom and eight in the United States of America. It is suggested that the occupational therapy profession urgently needs to address this gap in its literature and consider what can be learned from other professions.
The management and supervision of Approved Social Workers: aspects of law, policy and practice
- Authors:
- CAMPBELL Jim, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 23(2), May 2001, pp.155-172.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article reports on the first extensive survey of Approved Social Worker (ASW) activity in Northern Ireland. It begins with a review of literature that identifies the complexity of legal and professional functions expected of ASWs, in the context of mental health legislation in the UK. Findings include high levels of perceived competence reported by practitioners, but diversity in the management of the service, and some problems in multi-disciplinary working. The emergency, out-of-hours duty teams in which many ASWs were employed appeared to vary in organization and operation. Service users and carers were generally dissatisfied with the responses to crisis services and appealed for adequately funded community supports. At a time when the review of the Mental Health Act 1983 is taking place, the authors suggest that ASWs can still perform an important statutory role, on condition that there is a more consistent approach to training, re-approval and funding of community-based services.