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In the driving seat
- Author:
- THORP Samantha
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 10.8.04, 2004, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Looks at reasons for the reluctance of some practitioners to discuss using direct payments with their clients. Also highlights work in Essex, who has been successful in implementing direct payments.
The Wokingham and West Berkshire Mind Crisis House
- Author:
- JENKINSON Pam
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 9(1), March 2004, pp.13-16.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Wokingham and West Berkshire Mind was formed in 1988 by a group of mental health service users and informal carers. They sought affiliation to MIND and continued to operate as a user-run organsiation. This article looks at the Workingham Mind crisis house project, which provided a drop in centre and accommodation for people with mental health problems. The centre also banned professionals. Describes the conflict that arose between the Mind crisis house and the local authority social services department.
Tapping into experience
- Author:
- ROWLEY David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.1.95, 1995, p.20.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at how Suffolk SSD's pilot project to give community care users input into training has broken down barriers with practitioners.
The Impact of the Mental Illness Specific Grant in the Northern Region
- Author:
- BARNES Diana
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 7(1), 1995, pp.19-30.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Summarises the findings of a research study into the use of the Mental Illness Specific Grant in the north of England between 1991 and 1993. Charts the opportunities and achievements of the grant which has supported over 90 community mental health projects in the region, but while the success of the policy is undeniable, its short term nature raises issues for the service users in this very unresourced area of community care.
Self-assessment for mental health
- Authors:
- le GRAND Damaris, KESSLER Earl
- Journal article citation:
- Management Issues in Social Care, 3(4), 1996, pp.1-2.
- Publisher:
- OLM Systems
The authors talk about the Avon Mental Health Measure, which is a means of assessing the needs of users with mental health problems. MEASURE stands for Management Evaluation And Service User ResponsE and the document has five sections: physical, social, behaviour, access, and mental health. The aim of the document is to give more control to the user. Finds out how effective the Avon Mental Health Measure is.
Bradford crisis services: where are they?
- Author:
- BAILEY Sylvia
- Journal article citation:
- Open Mind, 72, December 1994, p.15.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Bradford SSD has sponsored research to find out what sort of out of hours mental health services are wanted in the area. Reports on the findings.
Silent partners
- Author:
- KNIBBS Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.6.94, 1994, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Community care could not exist without the co-operation of carers. Looks at the 'partnership' between support services and family members caring for a mentally ill relative and finds that it is more than a little one-sided.
A study of mental health and other referrals with mental health components
- Author:
- LAWSON Alan
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Research, 4, 1992, pp.8-24.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Reports on research carried out in Hounslow SSD into referrals not classified as mental health referrals but containing a mental health element, which confirmed previous research findings that the level of mental health work being carried out is far greater than referral statistics will show, and is consequently under-resourced. A management information system that allows only a single category for referral, and a lack of guidelines on referral categorisation are highlighted as major problems in obtaining satisfactory information from such systems.
Psychiatric morbidity and service use among elderly people
- Authors:
- BOWLING Ann, FARQUHAR Morag
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 11(3), September 1991, pp.275-297.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Results from three surveys of elderly people living in London and Essex are presented in relation to their use of health and social services. Level of functional ability and age were stronger predictors of use than psychiatric morbidity.
Business plan 1990/91
- Author:
- KENT COUNTY COUNCIL. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Kent County Council. Social Sevices Department
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 22p.
- Place of publication:
- Maidstone
Gives aims and objectives for service provision to the elderly, children and families, mentally handicapped and mentally ill people and physically handicapped people.