Search results for "mental" tag

Supporting children of forensic in-patients: whose role is it?

A study whether children are in contact with their forensic in-patient parents and whether they are offered support regarding their parent’s mental health and offending issues.

Mental health killings reports urge better information sharing

mental health killing reports urge better information sharing

Role confusion, values-based practice and the demise of the generalist

An article re-examining the issues and points to some practical implications of recovering the generalist role in mental health work.

Trends in mental health review tribunal and hospital managers’ hearings

A study on the trends in appeals to mental health review tribunals and hospital managers’ panels in a hospital covering two outer London boroughs from 1997 to 2007.

Prevalence of parental mental illness in Australian families

A study to provide multiple estimates of the numbers of Australian and Victorian families and children living in families where a parent has had a mental illness.

Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003

This article examines the recommendations in The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 that are related to child and adolescent psychiatric services.

Differences in Old age psychiatry services in Australia and UK

The article focuses on differences between two countries (Australia and UK) in their provision of long-term care for old people with mental disabilities. What works well? What constrains development? It also discusses what happens to older people who have unremitting and distressing mental or behavioral probl More...

Minister Publishes Annual Report of the Inspector of Mental Hospitals

In his report for 2000, the Inspector notes the continuing decline in the number of patients in psychiatric inpatient facilities, from 4,768 at the end of 1999 to 4,559 at the end of 2000. There were more than 24,000 admissions to these facilities in 2000 of which approximately 6,750 were first admissions. Th More...