Improving The Physical Health and Wellbeing of Adult Users of Mental Health Services Through Multi-Agency Working (Adobe Acrobat document)
"A number of recommendations arising from a research project exploring perceptions of the physical health of adults with serious mental health problems have been implemented in the Cambridge locality of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, in England over the last two years. This project reported on findings from parallel focus groups discussions with service users and carers plus interviews with front-line inpatient and community mental health staff..."
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Report in Adobe Acrobat format, called to our attention at the Open Minds web site - "In a recent task force report, the Minnesota Psychiatric Society (MPS) describes a shortage of psychiatrists in the state, especially among child and adolescent specialists, and an accompanying decrease in the number of mental health beds available for state residents."
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A report, in Adobe Acrobat format, adopted by the Commission on December 13. This report was called to our attention at the Open Minds web site.
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Opinion column at Spiked Health - "The Mental Capacity Bill, which was debated in the UK House of Commons earlier this month, has the stated aim of protecting the interests of those with mental incapacity. It is an attempt to clarify who has the right to make choices and decisions for those unable to do so for themselves. ... Mental incapacity should not be equated with mental disorder. The diagnosis of mental disorder, defined in the Mental Health Act 1983 as meaning mental illness, mental impairment and psychopathic disorder, is a medical one. The decision over mental capacity, or rather whether someone lacks capacity, is a legal one. While medical opinion will be sought, it is the court that will make the judgement over mental capacity. The decision over whether or not someone lacks capacity is not a straightforward one; it depends on the nature of the decision to be made..."
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