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Defining a health-based place of safety (S136) and crisis assessment sites for young people under 18
- Authors:
- FELLOW-SMITH Elizabeth, HINDLEY Peter, HUGHES Nigel
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 13
- Place of publication:
- London
Position statement from the Royal College of Psychiatrists which defines a health-based place of safety and crisis assessment site for young people under 18. The statement also sets out the key principles and standards that are required for quality service provision. The statement will inform the development of crisis care pathways for young people under 18 years of age and will also help to inform adequate health-based places of safety and crisis assessment sites in anticipation of a change in legislation such that young people will no longer be detained and assessed in police custody suites. Royal College of Psychiatrist position statements provide guidance, principles and recommendations that should be followed by members of the College. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental health and drugs: a drug worker's guide to working with service users who have a mental illness
- Author:
- VOSE Colin
- Publisher:
- HIT
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- Liverpool
This book is for practitioners who work in drug and alcohol services or other settings such as health, social care and criminal justice. It gives an overview of the link between drug misuse and mental health. The booklet covers the following topics: mental health problems; commonly prescribed medication for mental health; mental health services - what do they do?; drug use and mental health - dual diagnosis; roles of the drug worker - responding to drugs and mental health issues; and summaries of mental health law, standards and guidance.
Mental health policy implementation guide: national minimum standards for general adult services in psychiatric intensive care units (PICU) and low secure environments
- Editors:
- PEREIRA Stephen, CLINTON Colum
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 58p.
- Place of publication:
- London
In May 2001 the PICU Policy Research and Development Group based at NELMHT were specially commissioned by the Department of Health to produce National PICU Standards. The Group initiated a PICU and Low Secure Practice Development Network. This Network, which consisted of a multidisciplinary group of professionals and user representatives from around the UK, met for 9 consensus workshops between May 2001 and January 2002. The aim of the workshops was to develop standards for psychiatric intensive care and low secure environments. The remit of the group was to: identify and agree standards for psychiatric intensive care and low secure services; and identify general good practice guidance for each of the standards. The objective of developing these standards is to provide users, clinicians, managers, and commissioners with a dynamic framework for delivering high quality services. Through standard setting and evaluation, services can be clear about where they are and what they are aiming for.
Whose values?: a workbook for values-based practice in mental health care
- Author:
- WOODBRIDGE Kim
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 120p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The book introduces the idea of values-based practice in mental health. It sets out the skills practitioners need to learn to be aware of values, to know how to explore them and to help to resolve any tensions around them. Values-based practice gives mental health staff the skills they need to get below the surface and to build better relationships with their clients and with each other. It helps them to negotiate conflicts of values and to see diversity as an asset to be used rather than a problem to get over. This resource is for continuing professional development and for working with the National Institute for Mental Health in England's 'Framework of Values for Mental Health'.
Preventing suicide: a toolkit for mental health services
- Authors:
- DUFFY David, RYAN Tony, PURDY Rowan
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Clinical Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The National Service Framework for Mental Health set prevention of suicide as one of its seven standards for improving mental health care. This standard is supported by Safety First, the most recent report of The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness. The Confidential Inquiry analysed reports of all suicides by mental health service users. The Inquiry team put forward a large number of recommendations. This audit tool aims to assist mental health services in implementing these recommendations and provides a simple, cost-effective way of measuring existing service standards. It addresses issues of concern along the entire pathway of care from assertive outreach to admission to an in-patient service through to community care. It also covers family/carer involvement, post-incident review and preventive work such as development of a dual diagnosis strategy and liaison with criminal justice agencies.
Not alone: a good practice guide to working with people with dementia in sheltered housing
- Authors:
- MCDONALD Annette, CURTIS Jaqueline
- Publisher:
- Housing Corporation/Anchor Trust
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This good practice guide is based on the principles which guide the Anchor Trust's approach to mental health. These include: non discrimination in accessing and using housing care and support services; support for initiatives and partnerships with other organisations; user focus; expectations of full quality of life issues for users; and the principle that every person is an individual. Topics covered include: understanding dementia; challenging behaviour; older people from ethnic groups; research and overview; and the effect on carers.
People who are homeless: mental health services; a place in mind; commissioning and providing mental health services for people who are homeless
- Editors:
- WILLIAMS Richard, AVEBURY Kina
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 166p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The aim of this thematic review is to offer information and guidance on the commissioning and provision of mental health services to people who are homeless. While the review is mainly addressed to NHS managers, much of the material relates to the social services and housing departments of local authorities. The main thrust of this report is on joint working. The authors of the review are aware that homelessness on its own, or in association with mental health problems, is not always recognised as a major issue by health and social services managers, and that the particular needs of a highly vulnerable group of people may, therefore, remain unmet. This report examines the characteristics of the homeless population and identifies the specific challenges that it presents both to managers, in their development of strategy for commissioning, and to front-line providers in services. This report identifies examples of good practice across England and Wales.