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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.
Race, racism and mental health social work : implications for local authority policy and training
- Authors:
- BOWL Ric, BARNES Marian
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 8(2), 1990, pp.12-18.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Examines differences in referral rates and compulsory detention in psychiatric hospitals of people from different ethnic backgrounds and what policy and training initiatives exist to respond to different needs.