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Risk management in mental health: a practical guide to individual care and community safety
- Authors:
- O'ROURKE Margaret, BIRD Lisa
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 29p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Practical text providing up to date guidance on implementing risk management in mental health services. Aims to make community safety and risk management easier and more rewarding for service users, professionals and families. Each section includes a summary of key messages at the end. Chapter one provides the context, with definitions of risk and a discussion of the various public inquiries and the National Confidential Inquiry detailing the implications for risk assessment and management. Chapter two examines duty of care and outlines the basic principles of risk assessment and management; and chapter three gives an overview of one approach to risk assessment and management, and includes a case study highlighting how this approach can work in practice.
The social worker and psychotropic medication: toward effective collaboration with mental health clients, families and providers
- Authors:
- BENTLEY K., WALSH J
- Publisher:
- Wadsworth
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 305p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Stamford, CT
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
Offers aspiring and practicing social workers information and guidance on medication issues when working with people with mental health problems. Contains sections on: history and overview of social work roles in medication management; defining effective collaboration between users, families, and service providers; a primer on psychopharmacology (including data on specific medications for specific disorders); knowledge and skills for psychosocial interventions; and future directions.
Assessing and managing risk: practioner's handbook
- Author:
- MORGAN Steve
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 105p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Practical text aimed at people working in mental health services. Contains sections on: concepts of risk; risk assessment; risk management; service organisation; and accountability and resposbility. Includes appendices on: questionning someone about their risk potential; outline risk assessment format; and outline risk management plan.
Managing mental health in the community: chaos and containment
- Editors:
- FOSTER Angela, ROBERTS Vega Zagier
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 260p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Collection of papers concentrating on the disturbance at the heart of the care system. Through case studies the contributors show how to identify and understand the deficiencies of the user/carer/community care triangle. Argues that a capacity to recognise the disturbance within individuals and within systems, and reflect upon why it exists, provides the containment crucial for care work. This reflective approach allows the creation of systems in which it is possible to engage openly with users without being obstructed by undue anxiety.
Zoning: a system for managing case work and targeting resources in community mental health teams
- Authors:
- RYRIE Iain, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 6(5), October 1997, pp.515-523.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
This article presents the findings of a descriptive study into a system of 'zoning' employed by one community mental health team to enhance operational management and ensure the effective targeting of case management services. The findings indicate that 'zoning' promotes adherence to operational policies, provides a forum in which the staff can receive support from colleagues, and facilitates the sharing of clinical knowledge within and between disciplines. The necessary requirements for an effective 'zoning' system are also presented and its limitations explored. Concludes that 'zoning' is considered to be of value in promoting the delivery of a highly targeted and proactive community mental health service.
All for one or one for all?
- Authors:
- MINGHELLA Edana, FORD Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 13.3.97, 1997, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Should community mental health be organised on a generic model or in specialist teams with different functions. This article investigates the options.
The challenge of managing community mental health teams
- Authors:
- ONYETT Steve, STANDEN Richard, PECK Edward
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 5(1), January 1997, pp.40-47.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Although community mental health teams (CMHTs) have become the main vehicle for coordinating health and social care for people with severe and long-term mental health problems, little research exists on their management. This paper reviews the available literature with reference to the wider literature on innovation and organisational behaviour and examines strategies for improving CMHT management at macro and team level. The challenges of researching the topic are described with recommendations for further research based on social constructivist theorising and triangulated methodology.
Mental health care: from problems to solutions; an NHS perspective
- Author:
- MOORE Wendy
- Publisher:
- National Association of Health Authorities and Trusts
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 20p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Research paper presenting the findings of a nationwide survey of senior NHS managers, revealing the pressures within mental health services, including pressures on resources, beds, staff, and on patients. Identifies three key action points which those in the service believe would significantly ease the difficulties.
Involving service users in mental health services: social services departments and the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990
- Author:
- BOWL Ric
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 5(3), July 1996, pp.287-303.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Examines user involvement in community care services directed toward those experiencing mental distress. It analyses past experience of involvement in service delivery and planning and the issues this highlights. It reports on two research studies which reveal considerable confusion about the meaning and purpose of user involvement, little evidence of power-sharing with users and limited commitment of resources to make further participation possible. Interviews with users reveal enthusiasm of extending their own involvement if they receive appropriate support. The conclusion considers continuing barriers to developing effective participation of service users in the management and delivery of services.
The fate of optimism: a longitudinal study of case managers' hopefulness and subsequent morale
- Authors:
- KIRK Stuart A., KOESKE Gary F.
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 5(1), January 1995, pp.47-61.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The purpose of the study was to better understand the consequences for human service workers of beginning a new and difficult job with an "optimistic" as opposed to a "realistic" perspective. These rival perspectives regarding the effects of optimism were compared using longitudinal data from a sample of intensive case managers newly hired to work with difficult mental health clients. It was tentatively concluded that those case managers who had higher expectations and hopefulness regarding their clients were largely benefited by their perspective. The findings, however, may not generalize to less seasoned help providers.