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Promoting self-help initiatives in mental health in Eastern and Central Europe
- Author:
- HAYWARD Robert
- Journal article citation:
- Breakthrough, 2(1), 1998, pp.45-55.
Reports on the Hamlet Trust which is working in partnership with self-help mental health non-governmental organisations in Central and Eastern Europe through a combination of technical and financial assistance, training and information sharing.
Towards integrated care for patients with dual diagnosis: the Dorset Healthcare NHS Trust experience
- Author:
- GIBBINS Jood
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 3(4), December 1998, pp.20-24.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Reports on a project to instil confidence in clinical staff in dealing with dually-diagnosed clients by impairing the necessary skills. Discuss the success and drawbacks encountered during the project.
Present dangers
- Author:
- McNAMARA Martin
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.10.98, 1998, p.9.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at why disabled people are vulnerable to depression and asks whether social care workers should be trained to spot it.
Is 'dual diagnosis' a useful term?
- Author:
- PETERSEN Trudi
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 16.9.98, 1998, pp.56-57.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Asks whether the term 'dual diagnosis' is helpful to clients with mental illness who also have a substance use problem.
Images of possibility: adult and further education opportunities for people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- WERTHEIMER Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 1(8), April 1998, pp.267-270.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Further education opportunities should be an integral part of community-based provision for people with mental health problems. Yet people with a history of mental health difficulties are under-represented in adult and further education, and many colleges and local education authorities have yet to develop appropriate provision. Reports on a NIACE/FEDA project to raise awareness about the importance and benefits of further education opportunities for people with learning difficulties.
Dancing with angels: involving survivors in mental health training
- Authors:
- CREPAZ-KEAY David, BINNS Chris, WILSON Evelyn
- Publisher:
- Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 32p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Brief guidance aimed at a wide range of mental health professionals on involving survivors in mental health training and staff development.
Training support programme: letting through the light; a training pack on black people and mental health
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Letter accompaning training pack.
Thorn in a dilemma
- Author:
- JACKSON Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 2(3), November 1998, pp.86-87.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Launched in 1991, the Thorn nurse training initiative aimed to produce a body of highly skilled, hands-on community mental health nurses to work with people with long-term serious mental illness. Asks whether Thorn nurses are an elite, a luxury, or the vanguard for a still more radical development of mental health education.
Out of the benefit trap
- Author:
- LLORENTE Carmen
- Journal article citation:
- Voluntary Voice, 128, October 1998, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- London Voluntary Service Council
Describes a pioneering initiative in west London that uses 'social firms' to help people with mental health problems move towards conventional employment.
Research update: psychoeducational family interventions
- Author:
- FADDEN Grainne
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Family Therapy, 20(3), August 1998, pp.293-309.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reviews research on psychoeducational family interventions outlining the key findings of the early intervention studies, and summarising what later studies contribute to our knowledge. The author draws attention to pertinent issues in relation to training and supervision of therapists, and highlights difficulties which must be overcome if family interventions are to be provided routinely in clinical services.