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Unemployment rates among patients with long term mental health problems
- Authors:
- PERKINS Rachel, RINALDI Miles
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 26(8), August 2002, pp.295-298.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
This article surveys the unemployment rates among people with mental health problems in the London Borough of Wandsworth, It argues that greater attention to vocational issues in clinical teams is required. The challenge of mental health services is to make employment interventions available to those who need them.
Dilemmas in community mental health practice: choice or control
- Authors:
- PERKINS Rachel, REPPER Julie
- Publisher:
- Radcliffe Medical Press
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 157p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Abingdon
Examines the power and demands of the various groups involved in the provision and use of community mental health services, and considers different practice options and their values and goals. Discusses who should receive services, the prioritisation of severe mental illness, the rights of users and the nature of compliance, the involvement of users, the provision of practical home care, professional roles, the role of families and carers, and measuring outcomes.