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Development of services for people with learning disabilities (mental handicap) or mental illness in England: Tenth Report prepared pursuant to Section 11 of the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Social role valorization and the English experience
- Author:
- RACE David G
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 196p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Details the theory of Social Role Valorisation developed by Professor Wolf Wolfensberger out of the concept of normalisation. Demonstrates that the theory is directly relevant to individuals and caring services working with vulnerable groups. Shows how it may be used to develop strategies for action that can inform the practice of individuals and organisations seeking to respond to a changing political climate.
Foucault gets into nursing
- Author:
- SHARKEY Valerie
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 24.11.99, 1999, pp.50-51.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
How useful is philosophy to nursing? This article looks at the relevance of the ideas of the modern French philosopher Michel Foucault on knowledge and power. Discusses the notion of the 'clinical gaze' in relation to the treatment of a man with mental health problems and mild learning difficulties.
Kitchen sync
- Author:
- PATERSON Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 10.11.99, 1999, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
A key aim for mental health nurses is getting clients into work. This article describes a restaurant staffed by people with mental health problems and learning disabilities.
Discriminatory attitudes to people with intellectual disability or mental health difficulty
- Authors:
- LAU Joseph Tak-fai, CHEUNG Chau-Kiu
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 42(4), October 1999, pp.431-444.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The integration of people with intellectual disability and mental health difficulty in the community is an issue in Hong Kong because it has encountered public resistance. Understanding the public's discrimination against them is of theoretical and practice concern. This survey of residents in Hong Kong examined associations of the public's personal interaction, education, age and sex with its discriminatory attitudes.
Outside the asylum
- Authors:
- WRIGHT David, BARTLETT Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 2(12), August 1999, pp.404-405.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
This article provides an abstract of a new history of mental health and learning disabilities care which traces models of community care back to its Victorian and earlier antecedents.
Welfare rights: juggling benefit options
- Author:
- BATEMAN Neil
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.4.99, 1999, p.29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the rules which apply to people claiming benefits while working.
A duty to care
- Author:
- ASHTON Karen
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 13(2), October 1999, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The courts have ruled that local and health authorities have a duty to provide after care services for people detained under certain sections of the Mental Health Act and that it is illegal to charge for such services. The ruling followed a court case involving four service users and four different local authorities. Discusses the implications of this ruling for people with learning difficulties.
Different strokes
- Author:
- McCURRY Patrick
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 20.5.99, 1999, p.26.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on worries over merging mental health and learning difficulties services.
Digging for sanity
- Author:
- JACKSON Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 2(8), April 1999, pp.262-263.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Looks at the development of horticulture as therapy for people with physical or mental health problems. Highlights a number of key projects.