Better mental health care /
A concise guide to establishing, developing and evaluating modern mental health services, providing the relevant evidence to support necessary choices between alternative models of care. It includes a step-by-step guide to what to do and how to do it, taking into account the needs of people with men...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | A concise guide to establishing, developing and evaluating modern mental health services, providing the relevant evidence to support necessary choices between alternative models of care. It includes a step-by-step guide to what to do and how to do it, taking into account the needs of people with mental illnesses in the general population, the available resources, and the main policy requirements. It also gives readers practical resources to assist them in their role in establishing and developing mental health services with examples of best practice taken from countries world-wide. In addition, key relevant issues such as international agreements on human rights and guidelines on best practice to reduce stigma and discrimination are explained. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 184 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511457647 0511457642 0511456336 9780511456336 1107192439 9781107192430 1281944963 9781281944962 9786611944964 6611944966 0511454651 9780511454653 0511453620 9780511453625 0511544340 9780511544347 0511455682 9780511455681 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
