Changing Minds - Home Not Hospital

Changing Minds: Home not Hospital by Marina Bowe, Patrick Devitt, Finian Kelly. What happens when your 19-year-old son or daughter begins to act very strangely and you suspect there is a serious mental problem? Are you afraid that your child will be taken away into a large psychiatric hospital, kept there for months on end and, perhaps, emerge as a zombie? Nowadays, this should never happen. People with serious mental illnesses should be treated primarily in the community, sleep in their own beds at night and receive day treatment learning the skills of work, leisure, relationships and recovery. This is now Irish government policy through 'A Vision for Change 2006'. Operating under the radar since 1989, Ireland's first community-based comprehensive mental health service has been providing this type of service in Clondalkin village, Dublin. A small group of psychiatrists who worked there thought it was high time that the service became better known. This is the story of the vision which inspired the 'Clondalkin Project', the obstacles overcome in implementing it and how it evolved over the years. These are the stories of the individuals who received services, their families and the people who provided the services. This book should provide an inspiration for those considering setting up similar services. Drs Bowe, Devitt & Kelly are Consultant Psychiatrists who have worked in the Clondalkin Mental Health Service and have shown a commitment to community mental health services.

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