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Managing Mental Health in the Community is a guide to best practice in the management of community care for people with mental health problems.
A major theme is how to balance the 'triangle of care' that represents the needs and concerns of the user, carer (professional or family) and community. Rather than focusing on the mechanics of the task, this book aims to encourage reflective practice amongst staff, managers and policy-makers.
The experienced practitioners who contribute not only challenge some of the assumptions prevalent in the field, but also present some tried and tested interventions used to enable users, staff and managers to function more effectively in community settings.
They consider:
* how community care has developed
* the fundamental concepts of community care
* how management is affected by practice
* how care systems are designed.
Managing Mental Health in the Community should be essential reading for Mental Health Practitioners, Managers, Social Workers, Policy-Makers, Organizational Consultants and all those professionals who are committed to improving the quality of mental health services provided in the community.
A major theme is how to balance the 'triangle of care' that represents the needs and concerns of the user, carer (professional or family) and community. Rather than focusing on the mechanics of the task, this book aims to encourage reflective practice amongst staff, managers and policy-makers.
The experienced practitioners who contribute not only challenge some of the assumptions prevalent in the field, but also present some tried and tested interventions used to enable users, staff and managers to function more effectively in community settings.
They consider:
* how community care has developed
* the fundamental concepts of community care
* how management is affected by practice
* how care systems are designed.
Managing Mental Health in the Community should be essential reading for Mental Health Practitioners, Managers, Social Workers, Policy-Makers, Organizational Consultants and all those professionals who are committed to improving the quality of mental health services provided in the community.
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In 1960, the then Minister of Health, Enoch Powell, declared that all large mental hospitals would close within ten years - by 1970. Read the first page
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In 1960, the then Minister of Health, Enoch Powell, declared that all large mental hospitals would close within ten years - by 1970. Read the first page
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Is it about appeasing our guilty conscience ?
28 Mar 2000
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Amongst other issues which challenge our views about the mentally ill, Foster and Zagier Roberts examine the complex issues surrounding de-institutionalisation. With sensitivity and acute insight they probe the motives both political and personal, behind why it has been decided that the mentally ill must be outside of institutions and living in the community. They discuss how the seemingly noble gesture of de-institutionalisation has in some cases perpetuated further isolation and suffering due to the failure of integration and acceptance by the community. I recommend this book to anyone who is working in the helping proffession. It will challenge and encourage you to examine and question the efficacy of what you are doing and the reasons behind why you are doing it.
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