| Description | National Mental Health Services Assessment final report |
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National Mental Health Services Assessment
Towards implementation of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003
Final Report
Dr Sandra Grant, OBE
March 2004
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CONTENTS
Executive Summary
1. Introduction
2. Legislation
2.1 Recent history and progress
2.2 The new legislation
3. The views of people who use services and those who care for them
3.1 Services now - priorities for the future
3.2 The experience of being detained
4. Different mental health services for different people
4.1 Services for mothers and babies
4.2 Services for children and adolescents
4.3 Services for older people
4.4 Services for people with a learning disability
4.5 Mentally disordered offenders (forensic services)
4.6 Meeting the needs of people with co-occurring substance misuse and mental health problems ("Co-morbidity")
4.7 Liaison psychiatry (services for people in a general hospital)
4.8 Intensive psychiatric care units : inpatient services for peopleat particular risk
4.9 Crisis services and 24-hour support
5. Wider Issues
5.1 Positive mental health
5.2 Suicide prevention
5.3 Information
5.4 Medical records administration
5.5 The voluntary sector
5.6 Psychological interventions/therapies
5.7 Ethnic minorities
5.8 Asylum seekers
5.9 Advocacy
5.10 Accommodation
5.11 Employment
5.12 Transport
6. Workforce
7. Finance
8. Conclusions and recommendations - an overview
ANNEXES
Annex 1: National Mental Health Services Assessment Members
Annex 2: Related Legislation
Annex 3: Glossary of Terms
Annex 4: References
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