When evidence-based parenting programs are implemented in real-world settings they often
fail to produce the results shown in efficacy trials. One reason for this is difficulties in …

Over the last few decades, research, policy, and practice in the field of mental health care
and a complementary variety of social work and social service delivery have internationally …

An exploration was undertaken into outreach workers' experiences of positive risk-taking
(PRT), including dimensions of risk staff face, and factors influencing their risk approaches …

Background Since 2009, 14 assertive community treatment (ACT) teams have started up in
Norway. Over 30% of the patients treated by the ACT teams were subject to community …

Now in its third edition, Mental Health in Australia remains the authoritative reference on
mental health for students, academics and practitioners. With a new four part structure, the …

This study examines the relationship between childhood trauma and the psychiatric
symptoms and psychosocial functioning of adults with severe mental health problems …

Outreach—the opening up of access to social services, information and opportunities—is
arguably a crucial yet understudied aspect of social work practice. This study revisits …

Background: Reduction of use of coercive measures in Mental Health Care has been of
increasing concern for patient organizations, governmental agents and health policy …

Street work was formalised in the nineteenth century, starting in the USA. After focusing
initially on immigrants and people living in poverty, it gradually came to include many other …

The purpose of this explorative study was to examine satisfaction among 70 users of 12
Norwegian Assertive Community Treatment teams. The study was carried out among a …