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United States looks for answers in the new care blueprints
- Author:
- SHERA Wes
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 2(3), March 1996, pp.23-24.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Discusses the developments in "Managed Care" services and their implications for case management in the USA.
Mental health
- Author:
- RYAN Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 1, April 1996, pp.38-40.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Community care for people with mental health problems has faced much criticism over the past year. Reports on recent studies which help to pinpoint the source of some of the problems which face practitioners and policy makers.
Two years' experience of joint commissioning of mental health services
- Author:
- FARNSWORTH Anthony
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care Management and Planning, 4(1), February 1996, pp.24-28.
- Publisher:
- Pavillion
Looks at joint commissioning in social services for North and East Devon and the Exeter and North Devon Health Authority in the provision of mental health services. Describes the organisation of joint commissioning and the reasons for the delay in reaching agreements. Concludes that joint commissioning did result in compromises in carrying out a programme of service change.
Fragmenting functions
- Author:
- BROOKER Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.2.96, 1996, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The problems facing the mental health services will not just go away. This article is the second in the series on the crisis in mental health, and looks at how community mental health teams can make a difference.
A cry for help
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.2.96, 1996, pp.16-18.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Argues that provision of collaborative services for children with mental illnesses must be more than just a label.
Supplementary credit approval for the development of social care services for people with a mental illness
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Circular expires on 30 September 1997. Approves credit to provide local authorities with the means to raise finance to cover the capital elements of schemes funded under the specific revenue grant announced in LAC(96)6.
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.
Team games
- Authors:
- FORD Richard, SATHYAMOORTHY Ganesh
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 27.6.96, 1996, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
The authors argue that people with serious mental illness may lose out in the three-way conflict between GP fundholders, social services and health authorities, all of whom purchase care.
Regulating mental health and motherhood in contemporary welfare services: anxious attachments or attachment anxiety?
- Author:
- WHITE June
- Journal article citation:
- Critical Social Policy, 16(1), February 1996, pp.67-94.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Contemporary social services departments are characterized by the separation of services to adults from those to children and families. Professional disquiet about the gulf between adult mental health and child-care services has led to demands for more communication and collaboration between sectors and also at the interface with health-provider agencies. However, in the current climate, this is not necessarily a progressive move. For many women the prospect of involvement with both childcare and mental health services may prove to be something of a poisoned chalice, holding little hope of improved and more relevant services, but promising only increasing levels of coercion, censure and surveillance.
Towards a consensus on continuing care for older adults with psychiatric disorder: report of a meeting on 27 March 1995 at the Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Authors:
- WATTIS John P., FAIRBAIRN Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 11(2), February 1996, pp.163-168.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Explores the role of the NHS in providing long-term care for older people with mental illness, principally those with dementia. Argues that NHS continuing care units medically supervised by a specialist consultant are an essential part of a system of assessment, treatment and care that must be sensitive to the needs of patients and carers. Also looks at the characteristics of patients likely to need admission to NHS units. The extent and impact of the current wide local variations in NHS long-stay provision and the feasibility and benefits of general practice registers of patients with dementia are identified as areas for further investigation.