Managing Mental Health in the Community

Managing Mental Health in the Community is a guide to best practice in the management of community care for people with mental health problems. A major theme is how to balance the 'triangle of care' that represents the needs and concerns of the user, carer (professional or family) and community. Rather than focusing on the mechanics of the task, this book aims to encourage reflective practice amongst staff, managers and policy-makers. The experienced practitioners who contribute not only challenge some of the assumptions prevalent in the field, but also present some tried and tested interventions used to enable users, staff and managers to function more effectively in community settings. They consider: * how community care has developed * the fundamental concepts of community care * how management is affected by practice * how care systems are designed. Managing Mental Health in the Community should be essential reading for Mental Health Practitioners, Managers, Social Workers, Policy-Makers, Organizational Consultants and all those professionals who are committed to improving the quality of mental health services provided in the community.

Angela Foster is work jointly as Foster Roberts Associates, offering professional and organizational development programmes in community care and related fields.

Introduction to the Theoretical Basis of this Book, Angela Foster, Vega Zagier Roberts; Part 1 The Move into the Community; Chapter 1 Creatures of Each Other, R.D. Hinshelwood; Chapter 2 'Not in my Backyard', Angela Foster, Vega Zagier Roberts; Chapter 3 When Dreams Become Nihtmares, Vega Zagier Roberts; Chapter 4 Is Authority a Dirty Word?, Vega Zagier Roberts; Chapter 5 Psychotic Processes and Community Care, Angela Foster; Part 2 Managing Anxiety in the System; Chapter 6 The Psychic Organization of Community Care, Jack Nathan; Chapter 7 Thinking about Risk, Angela Foster; Chapter 8 The Pain of Managing, Tony Mccaffrey; Chapter 9 Carers, Clients and Workers, Simon Biggs; Chapter 10 The Hospital in the Community, Vega Zagier Roberts; Part 3 Learning from the Experience of Face-to-Face Work; Chapter 11 Integration or Fragmentation, Angela Foster; Chapter 12 Beyond Keyworking, Trinidad Navarro; Chapter 13 Help to do the Ordinary, Angela Foster; Chapter 14 Community, Care and Quality, Naomi Landau, Michael Wallbank; Part 4 Initiatives for Empowerment; Chapter 15 A Potential for Partnership?, Helen Morgan; Chapter 16 Learning to Keep One's Head, Angela Foster, Lorenzo Grespi; Chapter 17 Space to Play, Vega Zagier Roberts; Chapter 18 From Understanding to Action, Angela Foster, Vega Zagier Roberts;