Pure madness : how fear drives the mental health system /

Public alarm for random attacks by mentally ill people is at an all-time high. The brutal killing of Jill Dando, the TV personality, and the assault on George Harrison, the former Beatle, are among the cases which have undermined confidence in the mental health service. Community care is widely seen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Laurance, Jeremy, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
Temas:
Mental health services > Great Britain.
Mentally ill > Services for > Great Britain.
Community mental health services.
Risk management.
Psychiatric social work.
Community Mental Health Services
Mentally Ill Persons
Risk Management
Social Work, Psychiatric
Services de santé mentale > Grande-Bretagne.
Personnes vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale > Services > Grande-Bretagne.
Services communautaires de santé mentale.
Gestion du risque.
Service social psychiatrique.
risk management.
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Health.
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Illness.
MEDICAL > Mental Health.
Mental health services.
Mentally ill > Services for.
United Kingdom
Great Britain.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The state we're in
  • 2. How we got here
  • 3. Mad axeman and the growth of coercion
  • 4. A new law for the twenty-first century
  • 5. The clamour for consumer control
  • 6. Taking care to the community
  • 7. Taking care to the home
  • 8. Taking care to the streets
  • 9. Life stories
  • 10. Carers : the missing link
  • 11. The new meaning of community care.

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