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Good practice: will they catch up with me?
- Author:
- DUNMUR Juliet
- Journal article citation:
- Volunteering, 36, March 1998, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Volunteering England
People with mental health problems who are involved in voluntary work can have real difficulty if they receive Incapacity Benefit. Explains how one user group found a way around the difficulties.
Keys to engagement: review of care for people with severe mental illness who are hard to engage with services
- Editor:
- SEYMOUR Emma
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 104p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Review focusing on the needs and aspirations of people with severe mental health problems who are not engaging with services. Examines how services can best address the needs of this group of people. Presents a core service model and a series of steps which need to be taken nationally and locally to enable systematic service development across the various agencies involved.
In our experience: user-focused monitoring of mental health services in Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster Health Authority
- Authors:
- ROSE Diana, et al
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 35p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of a joint project run by the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health and Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster Health Authority which aimed to give people with severe mental health problems a voice in the services they receive.
Finding treatment to suit the patient: the Maudsley medication review clinic
- Authors:
- GRAY Richard, REVELEY Adrianne, HOWARD Alan
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 2(4), December 1998, pp.132-134.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Negative treatment experience and use of drugs with unacceptable side effects are known to reduce patient compliance. The author reports on the first's years operation of a new medication review clinic which believes that patients and carers have a major say in deciding the preferred course of treatment.
User centred mental health assessments
- Author:
- COX Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 3(2), June 1998, pp.26-28.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Describes the Avon Mental Health Measure (AMHM), a user-centred approach to assessing need for those with mental health problems.
The care programme approach: a patient perspective
- Author:
- McDERMOTT Gerry
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 25.2.98, 1998, pp.57-59.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Explores the attitudes and experiences of one group of patients on the care programme approach living in an outer London borough. The study found evidence to suggest the patients were unfamiliar with their treatment programmes and lacked knowledge regarding their care.
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.
English service users visit the 1998 Euro Psy conference on rehabilitation in Linz, Austria
- Authors:
- STILL Pat, DEADMAN Tina
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Europe, 5(3), 1998, pp.55-56.
- Publisher:
- Russell House
Describes the experiences of English service users at a conference on rehabilitation in mental health.
Developing a forum for users of mental health services: problems and progress
- Authors:
- McCULLOUGH Billy, HASSON Felicity
- Journal article citation:
- Issues in Social Work Education, 18(2), Autumn 1998, pp.103-108.
- Publisher:
- Association of Teachers in Social Work Education
Describes the early stages of a pilot user forum scheme which was designed to create a democratic power base for service users and which could effectively contribute to the development of mental health services through the principles of power sharing and partnership. Reports on the findings from the evaluation and draws conclusions relating to project design issues and research outcomes.
Labour in power: mental health
- Author:
- CLEMENTS Judi
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 10.12.98, 1998, pp.15-22.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Concludes the series of special reports on social policy initiatives with a survey of the government's mental health policies.