Objective To synthesise the evidence on implementing family involvement in the treatment of
patients with psychosis with a focus on barriers, problems and facilitating factors. Design …

Extending choice and control for social care service users is a central feature of current
English policies. However, these have comparatively little to say about choice in relation to …

Disabled people experience profound discrimination and social disadvantage, but this has
not generated substantial interest among mainstream sociologists. Barnes, Mercer and …

This book critically compares conflicting perspectives and overlapping themes within the
study of disability and illness across recent decades. With fresh interpretation of traditional …

In the twenty-first century, characterized by population aging, family fragmentation and the
entry of women into the paid workforce, caring has become a major public issue. This book …

What do social workers need to know in order to practise skilfully and effectively? Edited by
three Social Work's leading scholars, the second edition of this highly respected textbook …

Disability researchers have voiced the criticism that the concept of care, together with
research based on it, consists of the view that disabled people are dependent non …

This article develops an approach towards dementia care that highlights the nature of
dementia care triads comprising the person with dementia, their informal carer, and the …

Background Training care givers reduces their burden and improves psychosocial outcomes
in care givers and patients at one year. However, the cost effectiveness of this approach has …

Contemporary standards and policies advocate carer involvement in planning,
implementing, and evaluating mental health services. Critics have questioned why such …