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Police holding power under s.136 of the 1983 Mental Health Act
- Authors:
- CURRAN Christopher, GRIMSHAW Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Openmind, 107, January 2001, p.28.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Under s.136 of the Mental Health Act 1983, a police constable who finds in a public place a person whom they believe to be suffering from a mental disorder and in immediate need of care or control may remove them to a place of safety. Outlines the provisions.
Promotion drive
- Author:
- FRIEDLI Lynne
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.5.01, 2001, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
After years of neglect, mental health promotion has achieved new status as a strategic priority. Looks forward to a greater commitment from local agencies to making people happy.
Time for an incapacity act? The case against another Mental Health Act
- Author:
- SULLIVAN Danny
- Journal article citation:
- Young Minds Magazine, 52, May 2001, p.17.
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
Argues that the Government's plans for a new Mental Health Act are inherently discriminatory and suggests it is time, instead, for an Incapacity Act applicable to everyone, not just those with a mental illness.
Protective Europe: does it exist for people with mental disorders?
- Author:
- PRIOR Pauline M.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of European Social Policy, 11(1), February 2001, pp.25-38.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The aim of this article is to examine the impact of some of the major European institutions on mental health law and policy formation, with a view to establishing whether or not the European 'project' has made a difference in protecting individuals with mental disorders from interference or neglect by national governments. The discussion is divided into two parts: first, the role of Europe in protecting the human rights of people with mental disorders through the work of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR); and second, the role of Europe in ensuring standards of mental health care through the work of the European Commission (EC) and the European Parliament (EP).
Shifting the paradigm in community mental health: toward empowerment and community
- Authors:
- NELSON Geoffrey, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Toronto Press
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 295p.
- Place of publication:
- Toronto
This study examines changes in the values and related practices within community mental health that occurred between 1984 and 1998. During this period, a shift in policy coincided with a new emphasis on mental health reform. Consumer/survivors and other mental health claims-makers played an active role in shaping mental health policy during this time and influenced the trend of consumer/survivor and family participation and empowerment in the policy and planning process.
Mental health services policy and the aging
- Authors:
- KASKIE Brian, ESTES Carroll L.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 36(3/4), 2001, pp.99-114.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
With the continued expansion of managed behavioural health care in the USA and the imminent increase in the number of older adults with mental illness, the intersection between managed behavioural health care and aging population presents several challenges. Managed behavioural health care has continued the costs of providing specialty mental health services to older adults but a number of other objectives remain unexamined. Asks how managed behavioural health care affects access and clinical outcomes for older adults with mental illness. The authors suggest that a more comprehensive policy agenda be pursued.
The National Institute for Mental Health in England: summary consultation
- Author:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MENTAL HEALTH IN ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
The National Institute for Mental Health in England (NIMHE) is being created to help frontline staff in health and social care implement policy to improve outcomes for people using mental health services. This publication summarises the consultation and contains a questionnaire.
In sickness and in health
- Author:
- VALIOS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.12.01, 2001, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The pressure is on to find more adoptive parents in the run-up to new adoption legislation hitting the statute book. Asks whether this will mean agencies accepting people who they would previously have rejected, people with health problems and perhaps mental health problems.
Don't look now
- Author:
- BURROWS Gideon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.11.01, 2001, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Mental Health Foundation estimates there are up to 20,000 regular street drinkers in towns across the UK. For many of the street drinkers inadequate housing, poverty, and poor mental health are related to the root causes of their drinking. However, because many of them do not fall under categories such as homeless, they are often ignored by service providers. Investigates why this is the case.
Developing services for people with mental health problems in the New Deal for Disabled People personal adviser pilots
- Authors:
- GORDON Janet, MILLS Barbara
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 5(3), August 2001, pp.9-15.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The authors, from the Employment Service, describe and reflect on some of the lesson from innovative ways of partnership working in the New Deal for Disabled People pilots.