Mental health policy and practice – second edition
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This book takes you on a journey through key changes and development of mental health policy and practice in the UK. By combining case studies, reflections and analysis followed by exercises and examples of further reading, the evolution of contemporary mental health services is described. As a reader you become acquainted with the rationale behind the path of the current policy and implications for future practice. The book is a revised version of the first edition which was published in 2006.
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