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The illusion of progress
- Authors:
- GLENISTER David, HOPTON John
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 2.8.95, 1995, pp.62-63.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Argues that little progress has been made in mental health nursing in more than 20 years.
The Disability Discrimination Bill: an EOR clause-by-clause guide to its employment provisions
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Equal Opportunities Review, 60, March 1995, pp.25-35.
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Black over-representation: unwanted inheritance
- Author:
- HARRIS Vernon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 23.2.95, 1995, p.5.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The mental health theory which suggests that schizophrenia is inherited poses a particular threat to black and minority ethnic people due to its contentious application in the area of race and intelligence. Looks at the ethical issues.
Black people and secure psychiatric facilities: patterns of processing and the role of stereotypes
- Authors:
- BOAST Neil, CHESTERMAN Paul
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Criminology, 35(2), Spring 1995, pp.218-235.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Afro-Caribbeans and Africans form a greater proportion of patients in secure psychiatric hospitals, compared to their representation in the general population of England and Wales. Research evidence is marshalled from the fields of psychiatry and criminology to produce an explanatory model for this finding. A simple theory based solely on the assumption of racist practice is insufficient. Multiple factors and their interaction need to be considered. Crucial to an understanding are those which influence both the mode of presentation to psychiatric services and the use of compulsory detention under the 1983 Mental Health Act. They include rates of arrest and subsequent conviction, the provision and uptake of mental health services, diagnostic practices, and the role of stereotypes. Underlying socio-economic considerations are highlighted where relevant. Argues that background factors are more important than ethnicity alone. They operate through the formation of stereotypes, which modify social judgement. Concludes that over-representation cannot be addressed purely by a modification of admission practices of secure psychiatric facilities.
Working with the mentally disordered offender in the community
- Authors:
- VAUGHAN Phillip J., BADGER Douglas
- Publisher:
- Chapman and Hall
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 272p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Examines the issues involved in working with offenders with mental health problems in the community, and provides a guide through the policies, legislation, practicalities and dilemmas. Covers: risk assessment; social supervision; inequality and discrimination; residential and day care services; and primary and secondary intervention.
Psychology for social workers: black perspectives
- Author:
- ROBINSON Lena
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 200p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Introductory text aimed at helping qualifying and practising social workers to: understand and counteract the impact of discrimination; work in an ethnically sensitive way; and demonstrate an awareness of ways to combat both individual and institutional racism through anti-racist practice.