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1954-12-31
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Background While community care is now well established in England, the development and maintenance of social networks of people with long-term mental illness remains a major challenge to services.Aims To investigate the size of the social networks of people with long-term mental illness and the types of social support they receive in relation to their age and accommodation.Sample Thirty-nine men and 46 women (mean age: 61 years; range: 3888). Forty nine (60%) were 65 years or under and 32 (40%) were over 65.Methods Participants were interviewed using the Social Network Guide. Comparisons were made using generalised linear modelling.Results Social networks (median 19; range 285) were generally larger than those reported in previous studies. Older residents (over 65 years) had closer ties than younger residents. Congregate types of comm...
Early intervention in psychosis (EIP) has become the subject of a rich literature built up over two decades. This has been an international collaborative endeavour involving academic clinicians, neuroscientists, epidemiologists, health services researchers and economists conducting a range of studies producing a wealth of new evidence. Recently, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry published papers calling into question aspects of this evidence base, reprising and extending the debate (Amos, 2012; Castle, 2012). The most recent is a review of studies evaluating economic aspects of EIP services (Amos, 2012). We welcome the open debate of this evidence, but we are concerned that this particular review has fallen short in terms of fairness, balance and, above all, factual accuracy.
This article is based on a partnership between a primary health service and a university whose shared goal was to prepare students and graduates for interprofessional practice (IPP). This collaborative process led to the development of consensus on an interprofessional capability framework. An action research methodology was adopted to study the development and progress of the partnership between university and health service providers. The initial aim was to understand their perceptions of IPP. Following this, the findings and draft capabilities were presented back to the groups. Finalisation of the capabilities took place with shared discussion and debate on how to implement them in the primary care setting. Several ideas and strategies were generated as to how to prepare effective interprofessional learning experiences for students ...
