A defence of community mental health teams

Family Intervention Police Teams as a Community Mental Health Resource

Community mental health teams in low- and middle-income countries.

The dearth of trained mental health professionals and the huge gap in providing accessible services in many low- and middle-income countries have led to the identification of alternate providers of care in these countries. Community mental health teams seem to fill this lacuna in some of these places. This editorial addresses issues of the need for such teams, their composition, responsibilitie...

Recovery practice in community mental health teams: national survey

BACKGROUND There is consensus about the importance of 'recovery' in mental health services, but the link between recovery orientation of mental health teams and personal recovery of individuals has been underresearched. AIMS To investigate differences in team leader, clinician and service user perspectives of recovery orientation of community adult mental health teams in England. METHOD In ...

A Call to Coordinate Mental Health Teams

A Vision for Change set out a tripartite governance structure of mental health teams comprising of a clinical leader, a team co-ordinator and a practice manager. The team coordinator position is a key nondiscipline specific role within the team with significant responsibilities. This article sets out how the skill set of psychologists lends itself to effectively occupying this role. It outlines...

Community mental health teams for people with severe mental illnesses and disordered personality.

BACKGROUND Closure of asylums and institutions for the mentally ill, coupled with government policies focusing on reducing the number of hospital beds for people with severe mental illness in favor of providing care in a variety of nonhospital settings, underpins the rationale behind care in the community. A major thrust toward community care has been the development of community mental health ...