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Bringing them round
- Authors:
- HEALEY D., WILLARD C.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Insight, 1.11.88, 1988, pp.18-20.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Publishing
Looks at how key problems of management style and decision-making were tackled and resolved in a mental health rehabilitation hostel.
Services for the chronically mentally ill: new approaches for mental health professionals: volume 2
- Editor:
- BOWKER Joan P.
- Publisher:
- Council on Social Work Education
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 174p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Washington, DC
Designed for the social worker who has taken on administrative responsibility for programs serving people with severe and persistent mental illness. Five units : Management is performance; Basics of performance management; Designing programs for chronically mentally ill that perform; Managing people - enhancing performance and job satisfaction; managing resources - time and influence.
Managing psychiatric services in transition: King's Fund working papers
- Editors:
- TOWELL David, KINGSLEY Sue, McAUSLAND Tom
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 7 papers in folder, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Papers from managing the transition from hospital to more community-based care for psychiatric patients.
Collaboration for change: partnership between service users, planners and managers of mental health services
- Author:
- SMITH Helen
- Publisher:
- Kings Fund Centre
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 29p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Services for the chronically mentally ill: new approaches for mental health professionals: volume 1
- Editor:
- BOWKER Joan P.
- Publisher:
- Council on Social Work Education
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 134p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Washington, DC
Chapters - Living with mental illness: examining personal experience; Helping families cope with a mentally ill relative; Advocacy for the chronically mentally ill; Practice models for serving the homeless mentally ill in community shelter programmes.
The halfway house: on the road to independence
- Authors:
- GOLOMB Sylvia L., KOCSIS Andrea
- Publisher:
- Brunner/Mazel
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 258p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- New York
Describes the theoretical constructs underlying the halfway house, and the application of theory to the day-to-day functioning of staff and patients in this setting. Shows how mental illness interrupts functioning in many spheres, thus requiring a rehabilitation programme that offers a broad range of services. Demonstrates how halfway houses meet these needs by utilising a wide range of community resources. Describes the supportive and adjunctive role of halfway houses in the treatment that primary therapists offer their patients in the community. Covers halfway house management. Gives an overview of the kinds of illness found in halfway houses. Describes the physical structure of the residence and its daily routine, as well as the life lead within the facility from admission to discharge.