Managing mental health care in the community : chaos and containment / / edited by Angela Foster and Vega Zagier Roberts

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910171000303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998
• ISBN: 9786610023721; 1-280-02372-4; 0-203-36057-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (261 pages)
• Altri autori (Persone): FosterAngela <1948->; RobertsVega Zagier <1948->
• Disciplina: 362.2/2/068
• Soggetti: Community mental health services - Administration; Mental health services
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover -- Managing Mental Health in the Community -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Notes on contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction to the theoretical basis of this book: Angela Foster and Vega Zagier Roberts -- Part I: The move into the community -- 1. Creatures of each other: some historical considerations of responsibility and care, and some present: R.D. Hinshelwood -- 2. 'Not in my backyard': the psychosocial reality of community care: Angela Foster and Vega Zagier Roberts -- 3. When dreams become nightmares: Vega Zagier Roberts -- 4. Is authority a dirty word?: Changing attitudes to care and control: Vega Zagier Roberts -- 5. Psychotic processes and community care: the difficulty in finding the third position: Angela Foster -- Part II: Managing anxiety in the system -- 6. The psychic organization of community care: Jack Nathan -- 7. Thinking about risk: Angela Foster -- 8. The pain of managing: some dynamics of the purchaser/provider split: Tony McCaffrey -- 9. Carers, clients and workers: on the relationship between policy and collusion: Simon Biggs -- 10. The hospital in the community: Vega Zagier Roberts -- Part III: Learning from the experience of face-to-face work -- 11. Integration or ; fragmentation: the challenge facing community mental health teams: Angela Foster -- 12. Beyond keyworking: Trinidad Navarro -- 13. Help to do the ordinary: the place of counselling in community care: Angela Foster -- 14. Community, care and quality: a lesson from group psychotherapy: Naomi Landau and Michael Wallbank -- Part IV: Initiatives for empowerment -- 15. A potential for partnership?: Consulting with users of mental health services: Helen Morgan -- 16. Learning to keep one's head: analysis of a training workshop: Angela Foster and Lorenzo Grespi.; 17. Space to play: Vega Zagier Roberts -- 18. From understanding to action: Angela Foster and Vega Zagier Roberts -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book aims to encourage reflective practice amongst staff, managers and policy-makers working in the community. Contributors challenge common assumptions and present some tried and tested interventions to improve the quality of care.