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Softly softly
- Author:
- GEORGE Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, May 2005, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Reports on how frontline staff are coping with rising drug use on inpatient wards.
Introduction to therapeutic communities
- Author:
- KENNARD David
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 192p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Sets the work of therapeutic communities within their historic and social context, looking in detail at the influence of leaders in the field, to create a backdrop against which current practice can be viewed. Examines communities aimed at specific sectors of society, including drug abusers, offenders, people with mental health problems, and people with severe personality disorders. Part two describes the day to day running of a therapeutic community, and the responsibilities, anxieties and rewards experienced by members of staff.
Double the drama
- Author:
- MILLER Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.12.02, 2002, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Profiles an innovative drama workshop which helps staff empathise with their clients who both misuse drugs and have mental health problems. It was one of the winners of the recent Community Care awards.
Survey of staff perceptions of illicit drug use among patients in a medium secure unit
- Authors:
- DOLAN Mairead, KIRWAN Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 25(1), January 2001, pp.14-17.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
This study is a survey of staff perceptions of illicit drug among in-patients in a medium secure unit. Results showed that sixty per cent of staff were aware of drug misuse on the unit. Less than one-third of staff were clear about the unit's policy for dealing with in-patient drug use and few have had adequate training in the management of patients with dual diagnoses. Strategies for dealing with drug misuse appear to focus on security rather than therapeutic issues. Services need to provide adequate training for staff on the management of patients with co-morbid substance misuse, introduce patient education programmes and develop and disseminate clear policies that emphasise both therapy and security.
Crossing the gap: identifying clients of dual diagnosis
- Author:
- BARNARD Jim
- Journal article citation:
- Druglink, 15(2), March 2000, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Drugscope
- Place of publication:
- London
Discusses the results of a survey of staff from mental health settings and community drug teams.
Attitudes of mental health professionals to co-morbidity between mental health problems and substance misuse
- Author:
- WILLIAMS Kelwyn
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 8(6), December 1999, pp.605-613.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Mental health professionals are required to address the increasing problem of alcohol and substance misuse amongst the mentally ill (co-morbidity) at a time when services for this population are under review. Describes a survey of mental health professionals in Bristol to assess attitudes towards co-morbidity and professional roles. The findings argue for a re-appraisal of the way in which multi-disciplinary teams are trained to deal with the problems of alcohol and drug misuse.
Caught in the front line
- Author:
- THOMAS Ben
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 8.11.95, 1995, pp.38-39.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
The illicit use of drugs in psychiatric wards is growing. Examines the options available for nurses to cope with the potential violence and dangers of this trend.
Home life: a code of practice for residential care; report of a working party sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Security and convened by the Centre for Policy on Ageing under the Chairmanship of Kina, Lady Avebury
- Author:
- CENTRE FOR POLICY ON AGEING
- Publisher:
- Centre for Policy on Ageing
- Publication year:
- 1984
- Pagination:
- 114p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of the Working Party under the chairmanship of Kina, Lady Avebury.
A tale of four cities
- Author:
- ADAMS Kate
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 5.2.98, 1998, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Describes life for patients and staff at five inner-city general practitioners in Liverpool, Belfast, Glasgow and London.
Developing strategies for providing services to the mentally ill chemically abusing population
- Authors:
- LYMAN Scott R., PULICE Richard T., McCORMICK LuAnn L.
- Journal article citation:
- Administration in Social Work, 17(4), 1993, pp.97-108.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Outlines the process used by a suburban county in New York to create a planning and needs assessment process which involved administrators, managers, staff and, to some extent, clients in developing a long range plan to integrate services for a very difficult to serve population.