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The social construction of the mental health service user

01 March 1998

Mental Health Practice

Clinical

People are represented by systems of ideas, practices and values which help to place them in their social world. This representation should enable a sense of...

The social nature of mental illness

01 May 1999

Mental Health Practice

Diary

Len Bower offers philosophical reflections on claims that the nature of mental illness is socially constructed. His wide overview concerning language, culture,...

Acute mental health care in the community intensive home treatment

01 July 2001

Mental Health Practice

Book Review

The editor brings together a number of contributors to reflect on the history of a change in focus for mental health services towards community and home-based...

Straw poll

01 April 1999

Mental Health Practice

Letter

Dear Editor, Home secretary Jack Straw's recent reaction to the plight of those labelled as experiencing 'personality disorders' seems to have provoked (yet another)...

Clues about Evidence for Mental Health Care in Community Settings – Assertive Outreach

01 April 2001

Mental Health Practice

General

The NHS Plan (Department of Health 2000) sets an ambitious modernisation agenda for mental health care in this country. It pledges to support the formation of 220...

Quantitative and qualitative research data and their relevance to policy and practice

01 July 2008

Nurse Researcher

General

Crotty (2003) suggests that when taking into account human knowledge and the status and value that can be attributed to it, the four basic elements of any research...

Born in the USA

01 September 2000

Mental Health Practice

Opinion

In June, the Assertive Community Treatment Association held its annual national conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Better known in the UK as ‘assertive outreach’,...

Working with Serious Mental Illness – A Manual for Clinical Practice

01 July 2000

Mental Health Practice

Book Review

I’m sure that at least one copy of this manual will soon be found in the offices of many mental health teams who work with people and families coping with severe...

Dangerous and severe personality disorder: Response and role of the psychiatric team

01 October 2002

Mental Health Practice

Book Review

Conducted in three high security hospitals in England, this research study describes the attitudes and impact of staff when working with people who experience severe...