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Rock solid
- Author:
- MAPP Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.6.94, 1994, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Brighton in Sussex has gained much praise from the Mental Task Force for its innovative and effective support in the community of people with mental health problems. The needs-led mental health service aims to give clients as much of a say as possible on how and where they live and what they do. Explores how the service is provided.
Care in the community: user run services
- Author:
- KNIBBS Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.5.94 Supplement, 1994, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Psychiatric hospitals offer few opportunities to question treatment or even to make day to day choices. Explains why user-run services are vital for good community care and looks at Brixton Community Sanctuary, a service set up and run by a group of users and survivors of the mental health system.
Purchasing mental health services: self-help alternatives
- Author:
- LINDOW Vivien
- Publisher:
- MIND
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 33p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Looks at mental health services in the community, the mental health service user movement and at examples of self-help projects. Also examines the purchasing of self-help alternatives.
How users can shape services
- Author:
- BRANDON David
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 1(2), December 1994, pp.9-13.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
People with mental health problems are more likely to receive individualised services if they are able to be direct, suggests the author, Describes the origins of the idea and how it could be introduced in Britain.
Family perceptions of consumers as case managers
- Authors:
- SOLOMON Phyllis, DRAINE Jeffrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 30(2), April 1994, pp.165-176.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Family members of clients participating in a randomised trial of consumer delivered case management services were found to be satisfied with the service, without regard to whether their ill relative was served by a consumer case management team.
Advocacy: a code of practice
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. National Health Service Executive. Mental Health Task Force Users Group
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. National Health Service Executive. Mental H
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 33p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Code developed using the views of users of mental health services. Draws together principles and guidelines for good practice in user group participation, in both unit and community-based users' councils and in peer advocacy who use mental health services.
Self-help alternatives to mental health services
- Author:
- LINDOW Vivien
- Publisher:
- MIND
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 76p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Looks at the background to user controlled mental health services, how to organise them, the people involved, and finances. Lists examples of projects from the UK and other countries.
Guidelines for a local charter for users of mental health services
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. National Health Service Executive. Mental Health Task Force Users Group
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. National Health Service Executive. Mental H
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 14p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Guidelines developed from consultation with users and service providers. Designed as a framework for local people to discuss and adapt to create local charters.
Turning the tables
- Author:
- TISSIER Gerry
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.6.93, 1994, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
When challenging behaviour is exhibited by professionals the users of their services get little help. Talks to a group of men and women in Haringey who have used mental health services and have experienced being 'challenged' by professional behaviour. They describe their feelings and the initiatives taken to overcome this situation.
The twelve commandments
- Author:
- STRONG Susannah
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 6.10.94, 1994, p.11.
Lewisham and Guy's Mental Health Trust has drawn up a code of practice - with users' co-operation.