Discusses how the failure of social services departments to move from crisis intervention to preventive practice has been emphasised repeatedly. Asks how far prevention can be expected to go. The first author reports on the dilemma facing professionals as they try to juggle risk and devise realistic prevention strategies for children and older people; the second outlines the problems facing mental health services; and the third examines how to make preventive strategies work effectively.
Discusses how the failure of social services departments to move from crisis intervention to preventive practice has been emphasised repeatedly. Asks how far prevention can be expected to go. The first author reports on the dilemma facing professionals as they try to juggle risk and devise realistic prevention strategies for children and older people; the second outlines the problems facing mental health services; and the third examines how to make preventive strategies work effectively.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, mental health services, older people, prevention, risk, social workers, child abuse, children, decision making, elder abuse;
The last article in the special mental health series discusses the array of agencies, statutory and voluntary, involved in mental health services. The problems involved in defining the functions of each is discussed but more clarity is needed.
The last article in the special mental health series discusses the array of agencies, statutory and voluntary, involved in mental health services. The problems involved in defining the functions of each is discussed but more clarity is needed.
Subject terms:
interagency cooperation, interprofessional relations, mental health, mental health problems, multidisciplinary services, priorities, social care provision, social workers, staff, communication;