The Changing Responsibility of Government in the Care and Treatment of the Mentally Ill

1968 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. W. Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Responsibility Of Government ◽  
Care And Treatment

scholarly journals The Health Service Ombudsman

1994 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 694-695
Author(s):  
R.A. Oswald
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Professional Standards ◽  
Local Management ◽  
Independent Investigation ◽  
Care And Treatment

“We have no credibility”. That was the response of a woman with a mental illness who put a complaint to the Health Service Ombudsman. Unlike many – not just patients but also a significant number of NHS staff – she had heard that the Ombudsman could carry out a completely independent investigation of complaints although she was not clear about the extent of his jurisdiction. Some people feel intimidated when trying to take on what they see as a powerful and defensive NHS and others experience a sense of despair that because of their illness their concerns have no validity. Those providing care and treatment generally do the best they can to attain high professional standards but delivery does not always match expectations and the outcome can be a complaint. Services for the mentally ill are not immune from shortcomings and, if local management fails to satisfy the complainant, the Ombudsman can step in.

The Mentally Ill in America. A History of Their Care and Treatment

1938 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 862
Author(s):  
Eugen Kahn ◽  
Albert Deutsch
Keyword(s):  
Mentally Ill ◽  
History Of ◽  
Care And Treatment

Minor Mayhem in Milwaukee

1982 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-371
Author(s):  
Mona Wasow
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Due Process ◽  
Care And Treatment ◽  
The Way

On June 10, 1982, a forum was presented in Milwaukee that dealt with the mental health commitment laws. There are terrible confusions among professionals today about what mental illness is, what competency means, what constitutes “dangerousness,” and how to apply civil rights in a truly meaningful way to those in desperate need of help. We are in need of some modifications of our mental health commitment laws, which are presently confounded with ideologies and ignorances about mental illness and “due process,” and often stand in the way of providing help for acutely mentally ill people. That these issues are complex is obvious, but if more energy were put into problem solving, and less into winning highly value-laden debates, we might come up with some solutions toward getting better care and treatment for the mentally ill.

Community Care: An Analysis of Assumptions

1975 ◽  
Vol 127 (3) ◽  
pp. 276-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Hawks
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Community Care ◽  
Care And Treatment

SummaryThe implementation of a policy of ‘community care’ is seen to involve a number of assumptions, some of which are rarely examined. These can be roughly categorized as involving the nature of mental illness, the nature of community, the course and treatment of mental illness, the proper scope of psychiatry, the burden on the community and the efficacy of social work. Data bearing on these assumptions are reviewed, and the conclusion is offered that they are far from being uncontentious.It is suggested that the movement toward community care has many of the attributes of a moral enterprise which, unless substantiated by benefits to the patient or his family, may be the latest diversion of the psychiatric conscience from the care and treatment of the chronic mentally ill.

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