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Coordination, continuity, and centralized control: a policy perspective on service strategies for the chronic mentally ill
- Authors:
- DILL A.E.P., ROCHEFORT D.A.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Issues, 45(3), 1989, pp.145-159.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes policies designed to encourage co-ordination of services and barriers to their successful implementation.
Tiered approach: matching mental health services to needs
- Authors:
- PAXTON Roger, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 9(2), April 2000, pp.137-144.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Discusses how there is a need for a framework to manage the conflicting priorities faced by mental health services. Describes the development of a tiered approach to mental health needs and services, along with the intended benefits and current problems. Outlines the relationships between this approach and other frameworks.
ABC of mental health: community mental health services
- Authors:
- WHITE Karen, ROY David, HAMILTON Ian
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 21.6.97, 1997, pp.1817-1820.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Looks at the role of community mental health services in caring for people in the community.
Care Programming and Care Management in Rochester
- Authors:
- ONYETT Steve, DAVENPORT Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care Management and Planning, 1(4), October 1993, pp.116-123.
- Publisher:
- Pavillion
Reports on the utilisation of the care programme approach (CPA) and care management approaches in Rochester in Kent to promote interagency working for the most difficult to service mental health service users.
Social work and mental health
- Author:
- GOLIGHTLEY Malcolm
- Publisher:
- Learning Matters
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 177p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Exeter
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
The ability to understand and deal with mental health issues and the needs of service users is paramount to good social work practice. This book covers key issues in mental health and helps students develop the knowledge and understanding required to deliver appropriate and responsive services. This third edition reflects recent changes to mental health legislation policies and practice. Case studies are used throughout. Contents include: values and ethical mental health social work; social work practice and mental health; the legal and political context; mental health in children and adolescents; adults who are short-term service users; adults who are long-term service users; working across organisational and professional boundaries. Each chapter refers to the National Occupational Standards covered.
Teamworking in mental health
- Author:
- ONYETT Steve
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 269p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
Developing mental health team effectiveness requires that we explore both how people work together and the context of the team itself. This text examines the historical, social policy, political and organisational context alongside the design and the management of team processes.
The handbook of community mental health nursing
- Editors:
- HANNIGAN Ben, COFFEY Michael
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 427p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
This text covers a range of topics, from the history of the profession to current approaches to specific client groups, organized around three linked themes:professional context, practice issues, as well as education and research. The book reflects the diversity and scope of the role of the CMHN and recognizes the multidisciplinary and service user context in which nurses work. is intended forr CMHNs and mental health nurse educators, and allied professionals
Relationship style between GPs and community mental health teams affects referral rates
- Authors:
- HULL S.A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of General Practice, 52(475), February 2002, pp.101-107.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of General Practitioners
This study examines whether the style of working relationship between general practices and CMHTs affects the numbers and types of referrals from general practices to CMHT's, taking into account population and practice factors and provision of other mental health services which may influence referral rates. All 161 general practices in East London and the City Health Authority were surveyed. Results found where good working relationships (a consultation-liaison style) exist between CMHTs and general practice, there are great numbers of referrals requiring both long and short-term work by CMHTs. Where primary care-based psychologists work with practices there are greater numbers of CMHT referrals, but less use of psychiatric services. Concludes that shifting to a consultation-liaison relationship should increase rates of referral of patients with serious mental illness, including those who can most benefit from the skills of CMHT's. Increasing the provision of primary care-based psychology might improve practice use of mental health services, reducing avoidable out-patient psychiatric referrals.
Targeting services to meet need: a tired approach to mental health care
- Author:
- MAUNDER Lesley
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 4(11), July 2001, pp.366-369.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Faced with ever-increasing and often conflicting demands Northumberland's health and social services have developed a structured framework to ensure patients with mental health problems receive the level of care appropriate to their needs. The Northumberland tiered approach has meant that primary care practitioners receive training and support to treat patients with more common mental health problems while secondary and specialist services are able to focus their resources on those with more disabling conditions. Describes the evolution and operation of the framework.
Co-ordinating care provision: toward sharing case-critical information
- Author:
- MANNING Bryan
- Journal article citation:
- New Technology in the Human Services, 13(1/2), 2000, pp.9-17.
- Publisher:
- Centre for Human Service Technology
The introduction of the Care Programme Approach to improve multi-disciplinary, multi-agency management of severely mentally ill patients in the UK emphasised the need for better and faster communication between all parties involved in service provision. The central problem that emerges is how to gain secure access from any given location to widely distributed case records. Also this access needs to be restricted to a "need to know" basis as the case records are often highly sensitive and confidential. This article outlines a system which has been developed to provide multi-level record access with security controls at each level set by the professional who holds the casenotes concerned. All carers within the co-operating agencies can use a variety of personal computers to maintain and update their diaries, whilst groupware software will automatically cross-index the entries to "virtual client care diaries" which are available to all the carers with access.