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Parkinson’s Mental Health Survey for Healthcare Professionals

    PDS calls on  healthcare professionals to complete mental health training survey, 15th Jan 2008
The survey can be found at  : Survey
The Parkinson’s Disease Society (PDS), through its members, has identified a gap in the training and information available to health and social care professionals caring for people with Parkinson’s Disease and mental health problems 
The PDS [...]

Parkinson’s News – Current Awareness for Parkinson’s Disease

     Parkinson’s News: A Quarterly Bulletin for Health and Social Care Professionals, Autumn 2007
‘Parkinson’s News’ is a quarterly current awareness bulletin produced by the PDS (Parkinson Disease Society) for health and social care professionals, to keep them up-to-date on research and events related to Parkinson’s. The bulletin includes:

Parkinson’s research news

Recently published journal articles

New and updated [...]

Mental Health Social Inclusion & Arts

      Mental Health Social Inclusion & Arts: Developing the Evidence Base – Final Report, 2007
OrganisationsReport of research aimed at developing the evidence base for participatory arts and mental health work. The Case studies explore the processes, benefits and outcomesof arts participation.
Here are some of the comments from the patients involved in this report:

The best thing [...]

New Guidance for Occupational Therapy Staff

 Work Matters: Vocational Navigation for Occupational Therapy Staff, November 2007, Authors: College of Occupational Therapists/ National Social Inclusion Programme
A new best practice guide Work Matters: Vocational Navigation for Occupational Therapy Staff has been jointly developed by the National Social Inclusion Programme and the College of Occupational Therapists. It is designed to help occupational therapy staff [...]