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Managing Mental Health in the Community : Chaos and Containment.

This book aims to encourage reflective practice amongst staff, managers and policy-makers working in the community. Contributors challenge common assumptions and present some tried and tested interventions to improve the quality of care.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Foster, Angela
Otros Autores: Roberts, Vega Zagier
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge, 1999.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction to the theoretical basis of this book; The move into the community; Creatures of each other: some historical considerations of responsibility and care, and some present undercurrents; 'Not in my backyard': the psychosocial reality of community care; When dreams become nightmares; Is authority a dirty word? Changing attitudes to care and control; Psychotic processes and community care: the difficulty in finding the third position.
  • Managing anxiety in the systemThe psychic organization of community care; Thinking about risk; The pain of managing: some dynamics of the purchaser/provider split; Carers, clients and workers: on the relationship between policy and collusion; The hospital in the community; Learning from the experience of face-to-face work; Integration or fragmentation: the challenge facing community mental health teams; Beyond keyworking; Help to do the ordinary.