TY  - BOOK
AU  - Williams, Caroline ;Firn, Mike ;Wharne, Simon ;Macpherson, Rob 
TI  - Assertive outreach in mental healthcare: current perspectives 
SN  - 9781405198653
AV  - RA 790.55 .A87 2011 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Chichester, England
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell a John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication
KW  - COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; What does research tell us about assertive community treatment? / Andrew Molodynski and Tom Burns -- Multi-professional working in assertive outreach / Hannah Steer and Steve Onyett -- Fidelity and flexibility / Caroline Williams, Rob MacPherson, and Mike Firn -- Cognitive behaviour therapy for assertive outreach service users / Robert Griffiths, Caroline Williams, and Neil Harris -- Dual diagnosis : putting policy into practice / Rory Allott, Ian Wilson, and Mike Firn -- Use of medication in assertive outreach / Rob MacPherson and Tom Edwards -- Relatives, friends, and carers' experiences : involvement and support / Simon Wharne [and others] -- Service user experience : engagement and recovery / Simon Wharne and Kamal Spilsted -- Assertive outreach : stigmatising treatment or social inclusion / Simon Wharne -- Meeting the black and ethnic minority agenda / Simon Wharne and Neil Sanyal -- Diversity and assertive outreach / Simon Wharne and Caroline Williams -- Personal autonomy : leverage and coercion / Mike Firn and Andrew Molodynski -- Targets, outcomes, and service evaluation / Mike Firn -- Funky mental health / Steve Morgan and Sue Jugon
N2  - Assertive Outreach in Mental Healthcare: Current Perspectives explores experiences, successes, interventions, and service user stories as well as lessons learned from the implementation experience surrounding assertive intervention. It provides a synthesis of expert experience in the field as well as experiences of grass roots team practitioners.    This book makes a valuable contribution to the field by addressing in depth a wide range of topics critical to the delivery of assertive outreach services and providing practitioners with a manual into which they can feed lessons learned from other teams for continuous service improvement. This book is an essential reference for anyone with an interest in assertive outreach and community treatment approaches in mental health
ER  -