Putting consumers first.
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Community Mental Health Services↗
Biomedical subjects
P Brotherton
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The case for the listening region.
A recent study of maternity services in London highlighted big discrepancies between the planning methods adopted by different RHAs. This article carries forward that theme, and examines the last round of strategic plans drawn up by a number of English regions. Using maternity services as an example, it calls for a more open, thoughtful and analytical approach as new plans are developed.
Bed Occupancy↗
Physiological, psychological and situational stresses in depression during the climacteric.
The present study examined the characteristics and circumstances which distinguished between groups of depressed and non-depressed menopausal women: 20 women were studied overall. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was used to assess depression levels, while the administration and content analysis of a semistructured interview provided information regarding the presence or absence of stress across a number of variables. While the depressed group were not found to differ significantly from the non-depressed group in terms of stress due to physical symptomatology, they did differ on a number of the psychological and social stress variables, and showed a significantly greater combination of stresses compared with the non-depressed group. Some recommendations concerning management are made.
Adaptation, Psychological↗