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Community mental health teams (CMHT) are one of the most common and long-established forms for delivering comprehensive mental healthcare. Their origins were both pragmatic (in the UK) and ideological (France and Italy), and they serve to ensure an effective multidisciplinary approach to the assessment and care of mental illness. In most countries they
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Introduction: Flexible Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) is a model of integrated care aiming to increase continuity of care for individuals with severe mental illness.
Camilla Munch Nielsen +3 more
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Psychodynamic thinking and the community mental health team [PDF]
I read with great interest Thornicroft & Susser's ([2001][1]) editorial on evidence-based psychotherapeutic care in schizophrenia. It called for evidence-based interventions being implemented in the face of resource limitations and a remedy to the absence of implementation plans for well ...
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Thirty years of referrals to a community mental health service [PDF]
Objectives: In recent decades mental health services have become increasingly community based and multidisciplinary. However, it is unclear if referrals have changed over this period.
Douglas, Leonard, Feeney, Larkin
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Prevention of coronary heart disease in people with severe mental illnesses: a qualitative study of patient and professionals' preferences for care [PDF]
Background: People with severe mental illness (SMI) are at increased risk of developing coronary heart disease (CHD) and there is growing emphasis on the need to monitor their physical health.
Christine A Wright +14 more
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Background Intimate partner violence perpetration (IPVP) is associated with psychiatric disorders, but an association with mental health service use has not been fully established and is relevant for policy.
Vishal Bhavsar +3 more
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Better Together: Expanding Rural Partnerships to Support Families [PDF]
Chronic shortages of health, social service, and mental health professionals in rural areas necessitate creative partnerships in support of families.
Bigbee H. +31 more
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Multidisciplinary team meetings in community mental health: a systematic review of their functions [PDF]
Purpose – Previous research has identified a need for greater clarity regarding the functions of multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings in UK community mental health services.
Black, G +5 more
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Running an effective community mental health team [PDF]
Community psychiatric teams are an integral part of modern mental health services. The development of such teams has allowed the care of patients to be transferred from institutions to the community. A Cochrane review of community-based programmes showed that community team-based psychiatric services led to a reduction in suicide rates, improved ...
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Risk assessment in mental health: introducing a traffic light system in a community mental health team. [PDF]
AIMS: To reports a study in which action research approach was utilised to introduce a new system of risk assessment, based on traffic lights, into a community mental health team.
Croucher, S, Williamson, GR
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