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The report of the clinical standards advisory group: standards of care for people with schizophrenia in the UK and implications for mental health nursing
Author(s) -
GOURNAY K.,
BEADSMOORE A.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1365-2850
pISSN - 1351-0126
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2850.1995.tb00106.x
Subject(s) - psychosocial , mental health , nursing , multidisciplinary approach , medicine , focus group , psychological intervention , health care , psychiatry , political science , marketing , law , business
The report of the clinical standards advisory group: standards of care for people with schizophrenia in the UK and implications for mental health nursing The Clinical Standards Advisory Group Schizophrenia Committee has spent two years (1993–1995) developing a standards protocol to assist all Purchasers and Providers with the task of producing optimum services for people with schizophrenia and other serious and enduring mental illnesses. This work has been underpinned by research that included visits to a representative sample of services throughout the UK. The report of this initiative, which was published in the summer of 1995, has many implications for mental health nursing. These include the continuing necessity to focus on serious mental illness; more effort to develop multidisciplinary working and the use of the Care Programme Approach; an increased focus on relevant training in case management and psychosocial interventions; the need to recognize physical health problems; the importance of medication management; and, as the Review of Mental Health Nursing emphasized, the issue of leadership should be targeted as a priority for action.