Dual diagnosis in Manchester, UK: practitioners’ estimates of prevalence rates in mental health and substance misuse services

   Dual diagnosis in Manchester, UK: practitioners’ estimates of prevalence rates in mental health and substance misuse services, Mental Health and Substance Use: dual diagnosis, Volume 1, Issue 2 June 2008 , pages 118 – 124
Abstract:
Background: Dual diagnosis (the combination of mental health and drug/alcohol problems) has been recognized as a major health concern. Most studies [...]

Art Therapy & Suicide in a Meduim Secure Setting – Lost in translation: Art psychotherapy with patients presenting suicidal states

Lost in translation: Art psychotherapy with patients presenting suicidal states, International Journal of Art Therapy,  Volume 13,  Issue 1 June 2008 , pages 2 – 12
Abstract:
This paper proposes that art therapy enables individuals to explore their destructive and murderous impulses through the use of art materials, in order to develop a better understanding of [...]

Prisoners & Mental Health – From the Inside

From the Inside: executive summary Experiences of Prison Mental Health Care, from the Sainsbury Centre from Mental Health
Is based on interviews with 98 prisoners in five West Midlands prisons. It finds that the ‘average’ prisoner has a combination of mental health, substance use and other problems. Mental ill health is not the exception but the [...]