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Social inclusion or social control? Homelessness and mental health

01 June 2005

Mental Health Practice

General

In the UK a new and refreshing literature is emerging that addresses the need for socially inclusive models and strategies for people with mental health problems...

Mental health nursing and social inclusion

01 February 2001

Mental Health Practice

CPD

Discrimination against people with mental health problems gives rise to social exclusion. A vicious cycle is established which prevents people from developing their...

spoilt for choice?

01 May 2004

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

Choice is increasingly taking centre stage of the modernisation agenda within the NHS. The contradictions and complexities inherent in such an approach become...

the world of Work

01 September 2005

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

In 2000, there were an estimated 6.6 million ‘long-term’ disabled people of working age in the UK (Woolnough 2001). People with learning disabilities account for a...

A nursing service for homeless people with mental health problems

01 May 2004

Mental Health Practice

Homelessness

The multiple problems encountered by homeless people are of increasing concern and the plight of those with mental health problems are particularly problematic. This...

Residential rehabilitation and the modern agenda: developing MacMillan Close

01 December 2003

Mental Health Practice

Rehabilitation

MacMillan Close opened in 1987 as a residential rehabilitation unit following the closure of two hospital-based wards. The Close is a cul-de-sac of 12 neo-Georgian...

Risky business: problem gambling and the implications for mental health services

01 December 2003

Mental Health Practice

General

Since 1994, not only has the National Lottery been successful at getting many of us to have a flutter, it has helped pave the way for the lifting of many of the...

The future of learning disabilities nursing in the UK

02 July 2014

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article appraises the report Strengthening the Commitment, which is a UK-wide review of learning disabilities nursing by the UK’s four chief nursing officers....

An overview of policies guiding health care for children

03 April 1996

Nursing Standard

Paediatric nursing

The way in which children are cared for has changed considerably over the last 125 years. The Education Act of 1870, which made education compulsory, heralded a...

Safeguarding children

01 February 2005

Paediatric Nursing

CPD

Nurses are well placed to identify behaviour or circumstances that might signify a child is at risk and to contribute to measures designed to protect children....