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Support for community mental health teams post-suicide

Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2019
Suicide is a relatively common event in those seeking psychiatric care. However, its impact is nonetheless traumatic and devastating for those involved in the care of the patient. Community mental health teams (CMHTs) address every aspect of a patient’s life, which creates a unique relationship between the team and the patient. Patient suicide can have
E. McGuire, S. Murthy
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An Integrated Team Approach to Community Mental Health

Social Work, 1987
An interdisciplinary clinical team approach can be effective in the reintegration of chronically disturbed psychiatric patients into community living. Such a program includes aggressive outreach and intensive support, psychotherapy, psychiatry, crisis intervention, case management, and health-related services.
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Community mental health teams: A developing culture

Journal of Mental Health, 1994
Scientific research in relation to multi-disciplinary community mental health teams is in its infancy. From the points of view of social context and expressed need at least, older approaches to mental health care now seem inadequate. The notion of multi-disciplinary community mental health teams has found wide appeal, and after ten years they are still
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Serial: Community Mental Health Team Formation

2010
The primary purpose of this chapter is to answer the question ‘Do managers construct reform as working for them and service users?’ and to do that by looking at one specific reform, that of the community mental health teams (CMHT) formation. After the localised stories of change I turn to a specific serial of change.
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An Intensive Community Team in Aged Persons Mental Health

Australasian Psychiatry, 2011
Objective: The aim of this paper was to describe an intensive community team (ICT) in aged persons’ mental health. The rationale for setting up the team, the principles, service activity and findings from the evaluation of the service are discussed. Conclusions: The program was found to provide substantial support and benefit for patients.
Kuruvilla, George, Shraevani, Giri
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Steps towards effective teamworking in Community Mental Health Teams

Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2013
ObjectivesThis paper aims to show how effective teamworking can be achieved in Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs), in the context of recovery-focused care.MethodsA narrative review of various governmental policy documents and selected papers relevant to teamworking and recovery-focused care within mental health services, in an Irish context ...
C, Twomey, M, Byrne, T, Leahy
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A qualitative exploration of communication within the community mental health team

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2009
ABSTRACT:  This qualitative study sought to explore conceptual models employed by community mental health team (CMHT) staff in the care of their clients and how CMHT clinicians communicated with one another, particularly in relation to complex clinical work.
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Collaboration and the community mental health team

Journal of Interprofessional Care, 1997
Community mental health teams provide a forum where the difficulties and opportunities relating to effective collaboration in community care are particularly evident. Effective and long-term collaborative relationships with service users are the cornerstone of good quality provision. This requires effective targeting, the provision of relevant services,
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The challenge of managing community mental health teams

Health & Social Care in the Community, 2007
Although community mental health teams (CMHTs) have become the main vehicle for coordinating health and social care for people with severe and long-term mental health problems, little research exists on their management. This paper reviews the available literature with reference to the wider literature on innovation and organizational behaviour and ...
Steve Psychol, Richard Standen
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Community mental health teams: a suitable case for treatment

British Journal of Nursing, 1993
The new order of mental health provision requires a major shift in emphasis from inpatient to outpatient, day and domiciliary care. Unprecedented levels of collaboration will be needed between the different professional groups involved and between health and local authorities and the independent sector.
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