Mental health services
Research suggests that about one in four people experience mental distress at any one time, with the most common problems being anxiety and depression. However, more serious conditions are also common, with one in every hundred people in the UK ... [... more]
NHS Direct |
Personality disorder
Some mental health professionals aren't comfortable with the idea that a personality can be disordered. Others accept the existence of such disorders but are unconvinced that mental health services should get involved. For most other mental ... [... more]
BBC |
Bandolier's book reviews
Effectiveness and Efficiency. Random Reflections on Health Services. British Medical Journal & Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust, Cambridge University Press 1989. [ISBN 0 7279 0282 2]. Rod Smith, Shaun Brogan, Richard Stephenson, Janet ... [... more]
Uni of Oxford Clinical School |
Managing to make a difference
This site brings together stuff from Bandolier relevant to managing health services. It also includes all articles from ImpAct. In addition to this we continue to searche the literarature for reports to abstract to add to this site, and we also ... [... more]
Uni of Oxford Clinical School |
Mental health specialist services
There are many different types of mental health services to offer support and treat a range of mental illnesses. Mental health services are provided by; Mental health care may be primary or secondary. Primary mental health care services include ... [... more]
NHS Direct |
Get the right treatment
To make the most of NHS health services you can choose the option that is right for your needs; saving yourself time and inconvenience, and getting the most appropriate treatment. As well as the services provided by your local GP surgery or ... [... more]
NHS Direct |
Local Involvement Network (LINk)
Local Involvement Networks, LINKS, LINks, LINK, LINk, patient participation, getting involved with local health services, public involvement with the NHS, National Centre for Involvement Community-based groups whose aim is to improve local health ... [... more]
NHS Direct |
Carolyn Chambers Clark
Carolyn Chambers Clark is a board-certified advanced holistic nurse practitioner with a master's degree in mental health nursing and a doctorate in education. She is a faculty member in the Health Services Doctoral Program at Walden University, ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Robert Coles
Robert Coles is a professor of psychiatry and medical humanities at the Harvard Medical School and a research psychiatrist for the Harvard University Health Services. His many books include the Pulitzer Prize-winning five-volume In this ... [... more]
Random House |
The military and mental health
Members of the armed forces are exposed to unique risks to their mental health while they are on active service. Further problems can arise on their return to civilian life. Mental health services for serving military personnel are provided by ... [... more]
Mental Health Foundation |
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