The shift in the care of people with serious mental illness to community-based care has been the subject of intense policy, educational and research activity, yet the provision of effective services remains problematic. This book brings together experts from a range of disciplines to provide a comprehensive and contemporary account of community services. Section I: Contemporary Issues in Community Health Care Services provides an informed and critical overview of the effect of policy framework, organizational structures, economic issues and the principles of 'good' practice in the provision of community services for people with serious mental health problems. Section II: Specific Intervention strategies summarises much of the work to date on working effectively with people who have serious mental health problems. It combines research evidence and practical illustrations of approaches and interventions with informed comment on their efficacy and implementation in routine clinical practice. Chapters include key points, case studies, questions for reflection and discussion and suggested further reading. Relevant research and evidence is cited throughout and the need for further research in this area are emphasised. All students and practitioners involved in planning, providing and evaluating services for people who have serious mental health problems will find this book an invaluable source of information for developing and delivering effective services.Leading editors and contributors Multidisciplinary perspectives, includes contributions from nurses, social workers, OTs and clinical psychologistsEvidence-based First book to provide a comprehensive and practical overview of strategies for working in this areaFocuses on practice through case-studies

Volume 2 of this series contains an anthology of research studies into various aspects of community psychiatric nursing. This book to address the balance of service provision for people with long-term mental illness and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and includes: the organization of services in different settings; the educational preparation of individual practitioners; and the range of work practices and their efficacy.;This volume provides a further bench-mark against which fast changing developments for future practice can be set. Further volumes are in preparation for this rapidly expanding field.;This series of contemporary research should be valuable to lecturers and researchers in university departments of nursing, and on courses which lead to the CPN diploma and the mental health branch of Project 2000 courses. This collection will also be of interest to psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, health visitors, district nurses, mental handicap nurses and general practitioners.;This book should be of interest to community psychiatric nurses and nurse researchers.