This publication is intended to offer practical assistance to mental health service managers who want to initiate or develop user involvement. Its aims are: to draw on the experiences of managers, staff and users; to identify problems and offer solutions and ideas based on those experiences; and to identify ways ...
The purpose of this document is to take the debate and practice concerning the situation of Black people who are diagnosed as suffering from mental illness beyond the point of counting heads, and instead to focus more on acknowledging and highlighting positive methods of diagnosing and treating mental health problems ...
Mental health policy in the United States and Britain has been moving in a similar direction for several decades, from institution to community based services. In both countries there is a pressing need to speed the pace of service development in the community, and also awareness is growing that service ...
This document is the review of services to adults with mental ill health and people with learning difficulties commissioned from the King's Fund College by Hillingdon Health Agency.
This document is a personal view of the current issues of acute care in London based on the author's experience of working in the south east segment of inner London. It is a view informed by impressions gained in working in five different London teaching and postgraduate hospitals and the ...
The mental health services within Mid Glamorgan are in a period of considerable change and renewal. The joint county plan for Mid Glamorgan sets out strategic planning objectives to achieve these changes, reflecting the views of service users, statutory agencies and voluntary organisations. Contained within the plan is the commitment ...
Health care professionals face increasing pressure to obtain the views of service users and yet many are concerned that there may be some users, such as those suffering from mental distress, who are unable to provide useful or valid opinions about services received. This publication aims to reassure those who ...
This briefing paper is part of the King's Fund Centre's effort to promote good mental health services for all members of the community. Serious attention needs to be paid to the development of services which address the needs of a multi-racial society. Two papers submitted to the Department of Health ...
This conference was planned as an event for, and facilitated by, black people. This was to enable participants to feel at ease and to express their feelings openly without being constrained by the presence of white people. It was aimed specifically at service users as well as service providers in ...