This article considers the role of mutual support on acute admissions wards. Building on the authors own experience of a 12‐step specialist inpatient programme Marion identifies…
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This article considers the role of mutual support on acute admissions wards. Building on the authors own experience of a 12‐step specialist inpatient programme Marion identifies some of the limitations of the approach and considers how some of the positive aspects might be modified and transferred to acute inpatient wards to help people with a dual diagnosis in this setting.
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The time and skills of inpatients and staff on acute psychiatric wards could be put to much better use by introducing more activities, says Marion Janner. Here she outlines the…
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The time and skills of inpatients and staff on acute psychiatric wards could be put to much better use by introducing more activities, says Marion Janner. Here she outlines the Star Wards initiative, and some of its 75 low cost, simple ideas for improving acute inpatients' quality of time.
This index covers all issues between February 2005 (Volume 9, Issue 1) and November 2008 (Volume 12, Issue 4). Numbers in bold refer to yolume, numbers in brackets refer to issue…
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This index covers all issues between February 2005 (Volume 9, Issue 1) and November 2008 (Volume 12, Issue 4). Numbers in bold refer to yolume, numbers in brackets refer to issue, with subsequent numbers to pages.