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The Casson Memorial Lecture 2005: challenge – to confront, defy, face up to; a difficulty that stimulates interest or effort
- Author:
- MOUNTAIN Gail
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 68(7), July 2005, pp.290-300.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article provides an overview of the life and work of Dr. Elizabeth Casson. It goes on to provide a vision of what the occupational therapy profession could look like in the 21st Centry, reflecting on what Dr Casson's intentions would have been. The paper was given as the Casson Memorial Lecture 2005, given on 23 June at the 29th Annual Conference of the College of Occupational Therapists, held at the Devonshire Park Centre, Eastbourne. The conference theme was 'Activity, Participation, Occupation'.
The delivery of community mental health services to older people
- Author:
- MOUNTAIN Gail
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 3(1), April 1998, pp.7-15.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Discusses how community-located care and treatment of older people with mental health problems and their carers has become a focus of concern for policy makers. Argues that nevertheless, community old age psychiatry remains a neglected area for the majority of service commissioners and, as a consequence, practice does not match policy concerns.