Mental Health Assessments: (Living with Serious Mental Illness)
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Gwen Howe (Author)
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Written with the help of sufferers and carers to give an accurate `consumer's perspective' of how the mental health services react when a person becomes mentally ill, Mental Health Assessments focuses on the problems that can arise when someone undergoes a formal assessment for compulsory admission to hospital. Using case studies drawn from real life and selected by the sufferers and carers, the book examines what can go wrong with the assessment process - for example, if an inappropriate section is made, or if the opportunity for an assessment is missed. The author describes the implications of current mental health legislation, including examples of both good and bad practice. She argues that the system can be slow to respond, and that in some cases the law fails to protect both the patient and their families. The final chapter draws out key issues from the assessment process, and provides suggestions for improving the care of those with a serious mental illness.
About the Author
After 15 years in psychiatric social work, including experience of working with the mental health law Gwen Howe went on in 1989 to pioneer a centre for individuals with serious mental illness which she ran until 1994. She has written several books, including Working with Schizophrenia and Getting into the System published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
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- Contributor: Gwen Howe
- Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- ISBN13: 9781853024580
- Number of Pages: 144
- Packaged Dimensions: 140x215x10mm
- Packaged Weight: 230
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Release Date: 1998-09-01
- Series: Living with Serious Mental Illness
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: After 15 years in psychiatric social work, including experience of working with the mental health law Gwen Howe went on in 1989 to pioneer a centre for individuals with serious mental illness which she ran until 1994. She has written several books, including Working with Schizophrenia and Getting into the System published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
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