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Reactions to Hill End Adolescent Unit: interviews with 20 ex-patients
- Author:
- STUART-SMITH Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adolescence, 17(5), October 1994, pp.483-489.
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
Adolescents recently discharged from the Hill End Adolescent Unit were interviewed to explore their experience of the Unit. Reactions and areas of difficulty are reported, and changes made to the Unit since the study.
Inquiry sparks demand for control on mentally ill people in the community
- Author:
- DOWNEY Rachel
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.8.94, 1994, p.8.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on the publication of the Boyd Report, which looked at 34 murders by mentally ill people over a three-year period, and which welcomes the proposed supervised discharge order, supported by extra finance.
Mental illness: why is community care failing the mentally ill?
- Author:
- EATON Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.4.94 Supplement, 1994, pp.7-9.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Both the Clunis report and the Mental Health Act Commission criticise the closure of hospital-based psychiatric services because it means patients are being discharged before they are ready, and there is little evidence that funds are being redirected into community alternatives.
Guidance on the discharge of mentally disordered people and their continuing care in the community
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Circular drawing the attention of purchasers and providers of local authority social services guidance issued to health authorities on 10 May 1994 on good practice in the discharge of mentally disordered patients.
Discharged: homelessness among psychiatric patients in Scotland
- Authors:
- CROCKETT Nicole, SPICKER Paul
- Publisher:
- Shelter Scotland
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 48p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Special needs housing: flexible friends
- Author:
- SUNMONU Yinka
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.11.94, 1994, p.7.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on the housing association Advance, based in Oxford, which uses befrienders to help people cope with moving from long-stay hospitals into the community.
My brother's keeper: the community response to the resettlement of former long stay psychiatric patients in a small town in Northern Ireland
- Author:
- MANKTELOW Roger
- Publisher:
- University of East Anglia
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 112p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Norwich
Report from an action research project by a social worker working in the field of rehabilitation of people with mental health problems into the community. The development of community care services is described, as well as the lives of the former patients, and the attitudes of local people towards them.
Caring for people in the community: the new welfare
- Editor:
- TITTERTON Michael
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 170p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Critical assessment of the implications of continuing changes in the community care system. Discusses their impact on a range of issues including: management; the role of the voluntary sector; the development of services for older people and people with learning difficulties; moving people with mental health problems into the community; and the problem of housing provision.
Confidential inquiry into homicides and suicides by mentally ill people: a preliminary report on homicide
- Author:
- STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE CONFIDENTIAL INQUIRY INTO HOMICIDES AND SUICIDES BY MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE
- Publisher:
- Steering Committee of the Confidential Inquiry into Homicides by Mentally Ill Pe
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 24p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Initial report from an independent inquiry with the remit to look into the circumstances leading up to and surrounding homicides and suicides committed by people under the care of or recently discharged by the specialist psychiatric services, to identify factors in the patients' management which may be related to the deaths, and to recommend measures designed to reduce such incidents.
Opening new doors: an evaluation of community care for people discharged from psychiatric and mental handicap hospitals
- Authors:
- DONNELLY Michael, et al
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 437p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Study evaluating community care services for people with learning difficulties or mental health problems discharged from long-stay hospitals in Northern Ireland. Looks at implementation and the efficiency and effectiveness of the implementation process and evaluates the arrangements in terms of their impact on the quality of life of the users.