Archive for January, 2009
The Dementia Care Strategy
In my blog I’m going to write about dementia, this is because that was my main speciality in practice, and because I have a module launching in a couple of weeks that focuses on dementia and so it is uppermost in my mind. Last year I was thrilled (yes, I really was but didn’t let [...]
A case for appropriate treatment?
Since the “Treatability Clause was removed from the Mental Health Act in 2007 and the phrase ” Appropriate treatment must be available” replaced it we have to consider what is “appropriate treatment”? For example can detention alone be appropriate treatment? In the case of R(Home Secretary) v MHRT (2004) this matter was ruled on. It concerned [...]
Listening to Voices
We have just finished teaching the Hearing Voices Module for post registration nurses, which can be taken as part of the ‘top-up’ to a degree qualification, or as a stand-alone course. We felt privileged to have a very keen cohort of students made up of CPNs, OTs, staff nurses, and support workers, many of whom [...]