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Socialpsykiatri - en ny mde at se socialt arbejde p! (Social psychiatry - a new way to view social work!)
- Author:
- ANDERSEN Carsten
- Journal article citation:
- Nordisk Sosialt Arbeid, 14(2), 1994, pp.131-143.
- Publisher:
- Universitetsforlaget AS
In all the Nordic countries there has been a development in the field of psychiatry, away from the large treatment institutions towards locally and socially based psychiatric work. In the individual Nordic countries this work is organised in different ways. In Denmark the development of the psychiatric organisation has tried to get away from centralized institutional psychiatry towards a more decentralized district psychiatry and social psychiatry. The expression 'social psychiatry' is often accused of mixing medical psychiatric treatment with social interventions or suggesting that social work can also be a form of psychiatric treatment. Social work is social work and social care directed towards people with mental disorders. This work is based on specialised psychiatric knowledge and basis social methods and concepts.
Support and contact - a new offer in social psychiatry
- Author:
- BARFOLD Anita
- Journal article citation:
- Nordisk Sosialt Arbeid, 18(1), 1998, pp.10-17.
- Publisher:
- Universitetsforlaget AS
This article outlines recent changes to Danish legislation on social assistance, especially the implications for working with mentally disordered people. It deals with the many challenges and dilemmas faced by social workers.
What role does employment play in dual recovery? A qualitative meta-synthesis of cross-cutting studies treating substance use treatment, psychiatry and unemployment services
- Authors:
- HANSEN Jeppe Oute, BJERGE Bagga
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Dual Diagnosis, 10(3), 2017, pp.105-119.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The role of employment in dual recovery from mental illness and substance use is scarcely addressed in previous studies and a deeper understanding of this issue is needed. The purpose of this paper is to cast further light on the conditions that either facilitate or block the road to employment for dually diagnosed people (DDP) and how these conditions could either promote or hinder recovery. Design/methodology/approach: Drawing on the principles laid out by health researchers Sandelowski and Barroso (2007), the study is designed as a qualitative meta-synthesis comprising a systematic literature search, a critical assessment of the identified studies and an integrative synthesis of the articles’ findings. Findings: The synthesis outlines that the findings from the seven identified studies show a recovery process in which unemployed, DDP are becoming employed people – or where there is an attempt to restore their status as working persons – and how this process is driven or hindered by personal, interpersonal and systemic facilitators or barriers. Research limitations/implications: The synthesis adds nuances to the understanding of employment in dual recovery processes and suggests that unconnected means of, and goals for, intervention among these individuals and systems might reduce the chances of DDP obtaining and maintaining a job. Originality/value: The paper calls for more advanced research and policy on the multiple – and often contradictory – aspects of gaining and maintaining employment as part of dually diagnosed persons’ recovery. (Publisher abstract)
The Copenhagen model of early preventive intervention aimed at high risk families
- Author:
- LIER Lene
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Europe, 4(2), 1997, pp.15-18.
- Publisher:
- Russell House
Describes the development of infant psychiatric services in Copenhagen, aimed at high risk families, primarily mothers with mental illness, and their children from 0-3 years old.
Caring for mentally ill people in Europe
- Authors:
- VAN OS Jan, NEELEMAN Jan
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 5.11.94, 1994, pp.1218-1221.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Despite legislation to harmonise mental health practice throughout Europe and convergence in systems of training there remains an extraordinary diversity of psychiatric practice in Europe. Approaches to tackling substance misuse vary among nations; statistics on psychiatric morbidity are affected by different approaches to diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders; attitudes towards mental illness show definite international differences. Everywhere, though, mental health care for patients with psychotic illness is a "cinderella service", and there is a general move towards care falling increasingly on the family and the community.
A review of the research literature on serious violent and sexual offenders
- Authors:
- CONNELLY Clare, WILLIAMSON Shanti
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive. Central Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 125p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Aims to provide a summary of current and recent UK and international literature on the sentencing of dangerous offenders and the subsequent management of these offenders, whether in hospital or prison settings, and upon release into the community. The research is divided by country, split up into those who use a community protection approach, those who use a clinical approach, and other jurisdictions. It concludes with an examination of the issue of compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights.