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Mental health: care in crisis
- Author:
- BURNS Lucy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.11.95, 1995, p.1.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Asks whether the community care policy for people with mental health problems is in crisis.
Lessons learned from deinstitutionalisation in the US
- Author:
- LAMB H. Richard
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 162, May 1993, pp.587-592.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Deinstitutionalisation is at an advanced stage in the US, both in duration, and in reduction in state hospital beds. The new generation of chronically and severely mentally ill persons has posed the greatest problems. They no longer receive life-long hospital admission and thus permanent asylum from the demands of the world. Resistance to treatment and substance abuse are problems. Early proponents of deinstitutionalisation believed it would be cheaper, better and give the mentally ill their freedom. In reality, good community care does not cost less. While a number of community programmes in the USA have been impressive, they have served only a small proportion of the total population of severely mentally ill persons. More freedom has been of benefit for many, but has proved difficult for some patients. Some patients have been deinstitutionalised who cannot be effectively treated in the community. The homeless mentally ill epitomise all these problems.
Housing with care and support: a quality action guide
- Author:
- VILLENEAU Louise
- Publisher:
- MIND
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 192p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Sets out what it means in practice to provide good quality housing for people with varying degrees of need. Identifies 25 principles of good practice. Highlights the obstacles to the implementation of policy and possible compromises in marrying philosophy and practice.
The asylum trap: what does it mean for mental healthcare today?
- Author:
- RENSHAW Judy
- Publisher:
- Good Practices in Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- 11p., bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
All talk and no action
- Author:
- DICKSON Niall
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 1.2.96, 1996, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
It is 35 years since Enoch Powell launched the idea of community care. This article traces the political history of care in the community for the mentally ill, which the author views as one of political failure and neglect.
Discouraging independence
- Author:
- GRIFFITHS Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.6.95, 1995, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Community care seeks to help vulnerable people live as normal a life as possible in the community. However, research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has found that there are massive discrepancies between the aims of care in the community and housing benefit regulations which often undermine vulnerable people's housing security.
Looping the loop
- Author:
- IVORY Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.3.92, 1992, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Talks to parliamentary under secretary of state for health, Stephen Dorrell about future plans for mentally ill and mentally handicapped people.
Housing and mental health: policy paper
- Author:
- MIND
- Publisher:
- MIND
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 11p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Policy document making recommendations to central and local government on the housing and support needs of mentally ill people living in the community.
Mental health services for people with intellectual disability in Ireland: evidence, barriers and opportunities
- Authors:
- RAMSAY Hugh, DODD Philip
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, 12(3-4), 2018, pp.105-113.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to outline the historical background and policy context of mental health services for people with intellectual disability (ID) in Ireland. It then considers recent implementation and lessons from the Irish experience. Design/methodology/approach: The policy background and research literature relevant to the development of mental health services for people with ID in Ireland was reviewed and discussed. Findings: Mental health services in Ireland remain in a state of change, moving towards the implementation of specialist multi-disciplinary teams in the community, alongside previous models of care and service. Research limitations/implications: This paper summarises recent advances and research regarding mental health services for people with ID in Ireland. Practical implications: The paper illustrates the process of delivering changes to mental health services with practical implications for mental health services internationally. Originality/value: This is the first paper in many years to summarise the development of mental health services for people with ID in Ireland. There has been considerable recent change and it is therefore important to provide a useful reference for the current status of services. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental health under review
- Author:
- DAVIDSON Gavin
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, June 2002, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Gives the BASW response to plans to review policy and practice for mental health services in Northern Ireland.