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Mental health policy in Britain: a critical introduction
- Authors:
- ROGERS Anne, PILGRIM David
- Publisher:
- Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 245p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
Explores the issues around contemporary provision of mental health services. Documents recent legislative change, describes the evolution of current mental health services and maps the relationship between local and national government and the key actors or stakeholders who shape and respond to shifts in policy.
Disordered personalities and disordered concepts
- Author:
- PILGRIM David
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 10(3), June 2001, pp.253-265.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Article explores the uncertainties surrounding the diagnosis of personality disorder. Problems in relation to the reliability and validity of the diagnosis are examined, and their implications for our understanding of causation and decisions about intervention are discussed. Because of the difficulties surrounding the diagnosis, some suggestions are offered about an improved inter-disciplinary research agenda. Also because people with this diagnosis create extensive consternation and uncertainty for health and welfare professionals, some suggestions are made about providing an informed and supportive corporate response in localities. Concludes with a discussion of personality disorder and social policy.