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Ruling could cost councils £80 million
- Author:
- SCHWEHR Belinda
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 20, September 2002, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Services provided to those released from compulsory detention under the Mental Health Act 1983 must now be given for free. Looks at what this means for practitioners and professionals.
Mental health under review
- Author:
- DAVIDSON Gavin
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, June 2002, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Gives the BASW response to plans to review policy and practice for mental health services in Northern Ireland.
Why justice remains elusive for people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- REVANS Lauren
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.01.02, 2002, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The People of Criminal Evidence Act 1984 was intended to offer a better standard of justice to vulnerable adults. Discusses whether it has been fully implemented.
An exploration of violence among homeless women with emotional disabilities: implications for practice and policy
- Authors:
- PARDECK John T., ROLLISON Paul A.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 1(4), 2002, pp.63-73.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This research found a high incidence of violence among homeless women with emotional disabilities. The study reports that 82 percent of the homeless women with emotional disabilities had a history of violence in their lives. The most common form of violence was physical; the least common was sexual abuse. The practice and policy implications for these findings are discussed. It is suggested that the Olmstead v. L. C. (1998) ruling under the Americans With Disabilities Act might force states to provide better services to homeless women with a history of violence and emotional disabilities. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Asylum seekers and mental health care in the UK
- Author:
- WATTERS Charles
- Publisher:
- Refugee Council
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 39p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This new Breathing Space Project report focuses on the mental health experiences of asylum seekers. It tracks the experience of asylum seekers over a six month period offering a ‘clients eye view’ of the mental health and social care environment in which they find themselves. It includes ten case studies of asylum seekers in the years 1999 and 2000.
Preventing unnecessary deaths among older adults:a call to action for social workers
- Authors:
- CSIKAI Ellen L., MANETTA Ameda A.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 38(2), 2002, pp.85-97.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Poor mental health and medical conditions canlead to expressions of a desire to die, depression, suicide, and requests for physician-assisted suicide. This paper examines depression and the risks for suicide, suicide prevention, physician-assisted suicide among older adults. The appropriate role for social workers in preventing unnecessary deaths is discussed.
Joint charter on mental capacity and decision making
- Authors:
- THE LAW SOCIETY, BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, MAKING DECISIONS ALLIANCE
- Publisher:
- Law Society/Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Law Society, The Making Decisions Alliance and the British Medical Association all believe that the law does not provide proper protection to people who do not have the capacity to make their own decisions due to illness, injury, or disability. This charter calls new legislation on mental capacity.
Clinical guidelines in old age psychiatry
- Authors:
- BURNS Alistair, DENING Tom, LAWLOR Brian
- Publisher:
- Martin Dunitz
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 208p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Clinical guidelines have been defined as systematically developed statements which assist clinicians and patients in making decisions about appropriate treatment for specific conditions. This book aims to bring material together in the field of old age psychiatry in order to form judgements about which guidelines are "better". Topics include, dementia, depression, other disorders.
Advocating advocacy
- Author:
- DOW John
- Journal article citation:
- MCC Building Knowledge for Integrated Care, 10(6), December 2002, pp.28-31.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Looks at the legal and policy context for the development of advocacy services and considers the legal issues which arise when developing standards and codes of practice for advocacy services, in particular capacity, consent and confidentiality.
Parental Alienation Syndrome and alienated children: getting it wrong in child custody cases
- Author:
- BURCH Carol S.
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Family Law Quarterly, 14(4), 2002, pp.381-400.
- Publisher:
- Jordan Publishing
This article examines mental health and legal responses when children resist visits with noncustodial parents. In Parental Alienation Syndrome and Alienated Children, it finds a lack of rigorous analysis that endangers children. The author concludes by suggesting better ways to evaluate new theories from the social sciences.