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Mental Health - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 1st Edition

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Edited by Charles Brooker, PhD, MSc, BA(Hons), RMN, RNT, DipNEd and Julie Repper, BA, MPhil, PhD, RMN, RGN
This book provides a critique of the achievements of the National Service Framework for Mental Health in England and Wales. The editors and contributors use their extensive experience and knowledge of mental health practice to analyse the effectivene ...view more
This book provides a critique of the achievements of the National Service Framework for Mental Health in England and Wales. The editors and contributors use their extensive experience and knowledge of mental health practice to analyse the effectiveness of developments in services and practice. They reflect on the 'new thinking' about how services should be organised and how practitoners should be educated and trained and provide insight into how the lessons learned may shape policy and practice in the future.
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9780702061585
Publication Date :
08-10-2008
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This book provides a critique of the achievements of the National Service Framework for Mental Health in England and Wales. The editors and contributors use their extensive experience and knowledge of mental health practice to analyse the effectiveness of developments in services and practice. They reflect on the 'new thinking' about how services should be organised and how practitoners should be educated and trained and provide insight into how the lessons learned may shape policy and practice in the future.

Key Features
* Analysis provided by contributors from a range of professions key to mental health care and people who have used mental health services* Provides a unique framework for understanding contemporary mental health policy* Examples of services that have been developed to promote the sharing of best practice

Author Information
Edited by Charles Brooker, PhD, MSc, BA(Hons), RMN, RNT, DipNEd, Professor of Mental Health and Criminal Justice and Julie Repper, BA, MPhil, PhD, RMN, RGN, Senior Research Fellow, University of Sheffield & Lead Research Nurse, Community Health Sheffield NHS Trust, UK