Posted on March 10, 2008 by sjennings29
Vocational Rehabilitation in Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders: A Literature Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials, Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease. 191(8):515-523, August 2003.
The greatest analgesic, soporific, stimulant, tranquilizer, narcotic, and to some extent even antibiotic—in short, the closest thing to a genuine panacea—known to medical science is work. —Thomas Szasz, 1973
Abstract: [...]
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Posted on March 10, 2008 by sjennings29
Adaptation of Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training Group for Treatment-Resistant Depression. Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease. 196(2):136-143, February 2008.
Abstract: Treatment resistant depression is common, persistent, and results in substantial functional and social impairment. This study describes the development and preliminary outcome evaluation of a dialectical behavior therapy-based skills training group to treat depressive [...]
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Posted on March 10, 2008 by sjennings29
Independent Living Strategy: A cross-government strategy about independent living for disabled people, 6th March 2008, Office for Disability Issues HM Government
Link from the Learning Disability Specialist Library - NLH
During July 2006, the Independent Living Review was set up to develop a five-year strategy for independent living.
The aim of the strategy is that:
disabled people, (including [...]
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