Adult severe mental illness

• Other Authors: Gregoire, Alain (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London GMM 2000
• Subjects: Health Mental Disorders > therapy; Mental Health Services > organization & administration; Health Policy
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• Physical Description: xiv, 409 pages illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781900151528; 1900151529

Health services and mental health-care professionals throughout the world are acknowledging the importance of focusing specialist mental health care on those people who suffer from the most severe and disabling forms of mental illness. In the UK, this has become specific Department of Health policy which has a direct effect on health service planners, purchasers, providers, professionals, users, and carers. This text provides a comprehensive account of the nature of the disorders involved (eg schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, dementia) their management and the delivery of services with a consistent focus on serious mental illness