Mental Health Care, 2(1), September 1998, pp.10-11.
Publisher:
Pavilion
Asks if compulsory treatment orders would prevent failures in community care. Outlines how the Department of Health seems to favour the idea, but community mental health nurses say no.
Asks if compulsory treatment orders would prevent failures in community care. Outlines how the Department of Health seems to favour the idea, but community mental health nurses say no.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, nurses, hospital discharge, prevention, rights, supervision, treatment, therapy and treatment, community mental health services, compulsory treatment;
Discusses how the Mental Health Act 1983 provides for the Court of Protection to protect and manage the property and affairs of people who, by reason of their mental disorder, are incapable of managing and administering their own property and affairs.
Discusses how the Mental Health Act 1983 provides for the Court of Protection to protect and manage the property and affairs of people who, by reason of their mental disorder, are incapable of managing and administering their own property and affairs.
Subject terms:
law courts, mental health problems, older people, prevention, rights, Court of Protection, decision making, elder abuse, evaluation, financial abuse;
Discusses the dilemma facing mental health nurses as on the one hand they are expected to provide services in accordance with the wishes of service users, and on the other faced with increasing demands that both the public and services users are protected.
Discusses the dilemma facing mental health nurses as on the one hand they are expected to provide services in accordance with the wishes of service users, and on the other faced with increasing demands that both the public and services users are protected.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, mental health services, nurses, policy, prevention, rights, risk, service users, severe mental health problems, ethics;
The revelation that 63,000 people with learning difficulties or mental health problems in Sweden were forcibly sterilised has fuelled the debate about the reproductive rights of people with learning difficulties in this country. Explains the arguments.
The revelation that 63,000 people with learning difficulties or mental health problems in Sweden were forcibly sterilised has fuelled the debate about the reproductive rights of people with learning difficulties in this country. Explains the arguments.
Looks at the case of a couple with mental health problems want to live together but one has seriously assaulted the other and there is a risk more violence could occur. The author spoke to a mental health social worker about how to balance the need for safety with their right to be together.
Looks at the case of a couple with mental health problems want to live together but one has seriously assaulted the other and there is a risk more violence could occur. The author spoke to a mental health social worker about how to balance the need for safety with their right to be together.
Subject terms:
human rights, mental health problems, partners, prevention, rights, risk, schizophrenia, social work methods, violence, assessment, domestic violence;
Journal of Mental Health, 8(2), April 1999, pp.117-129.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Place of publication:
London
Explores the ways in which attempts to increase compliance with psychotropic medication run counter to the goal of enabling people to make informed choices about their treatment. An alternative approach to understanding why people behave in the way that they do is explored within the framework of health belief models of behaviour developed in relation to physical health illness.
Explores the ways in which attempts to increase compliance with psychotropic medication run counter to the goal of enabling people to make informed choices about their treatment. An alternative approach to understanding why people behave in the way that they do is explored within the framework of health belief models of behaviour developed in relation to physical health illness.
Subject terms:
medication, mental health problems, models, prevention, rights, severe mental health problems, treatment, treatment compliance, therapies, therapy and treatment, behaviour, empowerment;
Describes how the Court of Appeal's refusal to grant Christopher Clunis the right to sue Camden and Islington Health Authority has outraged mental health groups.
Describes how the Court of Appeal's refusal to grant Christopher Clunis the right to sue Camden and Islington Health Authority has outraged mental health groups.
Subject terms:
legal proceedings, local authorities, mental health problems, mental health services, mentally disordered offenders, prevention, rights, schizophrenia, severe mental health problems, social services, death;