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The Inclusion Web: A Tool for Person‐centered Planning and Service Evaluation
Sue Hacking, Peter BatesSupporting community participation and social inclusion is a key goal of modernised day services but there is a lack of instruments to measure these outcomes. This paper discusses…
Functioning of Individuals with Korsakoff Syndrome: A Pilot Study of Supported Group Living in Northern Ireland
Christine Irvine, Sonia MawhinneyAs rates of dangerous drinking increase, services must improve their understanding of the needs of people with alcohol‐related brain damage such as Korsakoff syndrome (KS). This…
Contemporary Challenges in Forensic Mental Health: The Ingenuity of the Multidisciplinary Team
Palmer OrovwujeVarious attempts have been made to understand and resolve the enduring lack of cohesiveness of multidisciplinary teams (MDTs), their dysfunctional service delivery and the…
Problem Solving Therapy for People with Personality Disorders: An Overview
Mary McMurran, Arthur Nezu, Christine NezuThe National Institute for Mental Health in England's (2003) paper, Personality Disorder: No Longer a Diagnosis of Exclusion, led to a need for effective treatments for people…
‘Strengths’ Assertive Outreach: A Review of Seven Practice Development Programmes
Steve MorganAssertive outreach is based on extensive international research and has been promoted in the UK in 1999 as a key area of the National Service Framework for Mental Health. Its…
Imprisonment for Public Protection: Genesis and Mental Health Implications
Max RutherfordImprisonment for public protection (IPP) has been the subject of much attention and some controversy since its implementation in April 2005. High numbers of IPP prisoners…
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