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Mental health : from policy to practice / edited by Charles Brooker, Julie Repper.

Contributor(s): Brooker, Charlie RNT | Repper, Julie.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone, c2008Description: xiii, 330 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780443103834; 0443103836.Subject(s): Mental health services -- England -- Evaluation | Mental health services -- Wales -- Evaluation | Mental health services | Psychiatric nursing | England | Wales | Health and WellbeingDDC classification: 362.20942 MEN Summary: This book provides a critique of the achievements of the National Service Framework for Mental Health in England and Wales. The editors and contributors use their extensive experience and knowledge of mental health practice to analyse the effectiveness of developments in services and practice.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book provides a critique of the achievements of the National Service Framework for Mental Health in England and Wales. The editors and contributors use their extensive experience and knowledge of mental health practice to analyse the effectiveness of developments in services and practice. They reflect on the 'new thinking' about how services should be organised and how practitoners should be educated and trained and provide insight into how the lessons learned may shape policy and practice in the future.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book provides a critique of the achievements of the National Service Framework for Mental Health in England and Wales. The editors and contributors use their extensive experience and knowledge of mental health practice to analyse the effectiveness of developments in services and practice.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Contributors (p. vii)
  • Foreword (p. ix)
  • Preface (p. ix)
  • Abbreviations (p. xii)
  • Section 1 Inclusion
  • 1 Recovery and social inclusion: the changing mental health agenda (p. 1)
  • 2 User involvement in 21st century mental health services: 'This is our century' (p. 14)
  • 3 Carers of people with mental health problems (p. 27)
  • 4 Supporting equal citizenship and inclusion (p. 43)
  • Section 2 Specific service user groups
  • 5 Black and minority ethnic issues (p. 57)
  • 6 Women and mental health (p. 70)
  • 7 Implementing National Service Frameworks for mental health: dual diagnosis (p. 84)
  • 8 Personality disorder in community settings (p. 96)
  • 9 Forensic service users (p. 108)
  • Section 3 Service models
  • 10 Assertive outreach (p. 124)
  • 11 Early interventions in psychosis (p. 137)
  • 12 Acute in-patient care (p. 151)
  • 13 Community Mental Health Teams (p. 164)
  • 14 Mental health promotion (p. 178)
  • 15 Primary care (p. 195)
  • 16 A national survey of Crisis Resolution Teams: an evaluation of implementation in England (p. 208)
  • Section 4 Supporting change
  • 17 Research and development (p. 223)
  • 18 Nice Guidelines (p. 244)
  • 19 Developments in education and training: towards a whole system reform (p. 254)
  • 20 The National Service Framework for mental health: costs of implementation (p. 268)
  • 21 The role of the voluntary sector (p. 281)
  • 22 Mental health legislation (p. 296)
  • Section 5 Conclusion
  • 23 The National Service Framework for mental health: never mind the quality, feel the width? (p. 308)
  • Index (p. 319)