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Psychiatric morbidity in older people with moderate and severe learning disability I: Development and reliability of the Patient Interview (PAS-ADD)
- Authors:
- MOSS Steve, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 163, October 1993, pp.471-480.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Describes the development of PAS-ADD, a semi-structured clinical interview for use specifically with patients with learning disabilities.
Aging in black America
- Editors:
- JACKSON James S., CHATTERS Linda M., TAYLOR Robert Joseph
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 338p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Newbury Park, CA
Section 1 deals with community, friends and family; section 2 with church and religion; section 3 with health, social functioning and well being; section 4 with group identity and political participation; section 5 with retirement and work; and section 6 with the live course of African Americans.
Social problems and the family
- Editors:
- DALLOS Rudi, McLAUGHLIN Eugene
- Publisher:
- Sage/Open University
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 286p.,tables,illus.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
A critical examination of how the family is constituted, and its relationship with society as a whole. Includes papers on: domestic violence; child abuse; old age; mental health; juvenile delinquency; poverty; and homelessness.
Community care: findings from Department of Health funded research 1988-1992
- Editor:
- ROBBINS Diana
- Publisher:
- HMSO/Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 413p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains 6 chapters: managing and delivering services; elderly people; informal care and carers; mental health; learning disabilities; and physical disabilities and sensory impairment. Also contains a section on HIV/AIDS and substance misuse.
Access to health care for people from black and ethnic minorities
- Editors:
- HOPKINS Anthony, BAHL Veena
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Physicians
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 246p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Papers from a workshop. These include: development of a black and ethnic minority health policy at the Department of Health; the need for cultural awareness; purchasing for the health of black and ethnic minority people; management structures for meeting health needs; better health care for ethnic minority children, young people and older people; special needs of older Muslims; mental health; health promotion and education; black and ethnic minority doctors in the NHS; and a draft policy for adoption by health authorities, purchasers and providers of health care. Also includes sections on the impact of specific illnesses, including diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease and the haemoglobinopathies.
Health care needs in later life: consumer views; a literature review focusing on the unmet health needs and the untreated health problems identified by older people and their carers
- Author:
- HADRIDGE Philip
- Publisher:
- East Anglian Regional Health Authority
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 104p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Contains sections on: primary health care services; care at home; professions allied to medicine (chiropody, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, dietetics, hearing services); institutional care; carers; mental health; responsiveness; and access to services.
Community care: a reader
- Editors:
- BORNAT Joanna, et al
- Publisher:
- Macmillan in association with the Open University
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 346p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains extracts from classic writings on the nature of community, together with new material on topics such as familial obligations, social markets, and case management. In 4 sections: community; care; policy; and practice. Includes papers written from the perspective of: sociology; psychology; social policy; social work; and community activism.
European social services
- Editor:
- MUNDAY Brian
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. European Institute of Social Services
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 401p.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
Detailed account of social services in the twelve member states of the European Community. Contains sections on: organisation, responsibility and finance for social services; preventative services; children and families; elderly people; people with disabilities; addictions; illnesses; AIDS/HIV; socially excluded people; young people; services for migrants; names and addresses of major public and private social services agencies.
Introduction to social work and social welfare
- Author:
- ZASTROW Charles
- Publisher:
- Brooks/Cole
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 687p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Pacific Grove, CA
Student text book which uses a social problems approach to social welfare and social work in the United States. Includes chapters on: social work as a profession and career; poverty and public welfare; emotional problems and counselling; family services; sexuality; drug abuse; crime and juvenile delinquency; education and school social work; racism and equal rights; sexism; older people; medical social services; physical and mental disabilities; and social work practice.