Background: Attitudes towards the use of outcome measures by professionals working in mental health
have been shown to be variable. Occupational therapists appear to have difficulty specifying goals and measuring the outcomes of interventions.
Aims: To measure the outcomes of…

Research Report, Obesity is rapidly becoming a major health concern and could be considered equal to smoking as a preventable cause of premature death. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE 2006) estimated that 1.1 billion people are…

This study examines the crime patterns of 76 New Zealand serial sexual offenders in order to determine the extent to which offenders display locational consistency in their choice of crime locations. More specifically, the hypothesis was that there would be…

Background: Promoting the social inclusion of mental health service users is a UK policy priority, but the development of outcome measures in this area is at an early stage. Aim: To develop a social inclusion measure for use in a…

This version has had some references removed for republication as a book chapter, but is substantially the same as the definitive published version. The definitive version is available at www3.interscience.wiley.com., This paper draws on a qualitative study that was undertaken…

Ted Hughesʼs influential book on poetry writing for teachers and school pupils 'Poetry In The Making' is 50 years old this year. But over that period, the education system of the UK has been transformed from one where ʻteachers decided…

Ted Hughes sought collaborators throughout his literary life: from Jim Downer in the fifties to Sylvia Plath, Peter Brook, Fay Godwin, Peter Keen, Seamus Heaney and Leonard Baskin. Despite this, the majority of critical attention focuses on Hughes in isolation,…

Although participation in arts activity is believed to have important mental health and social benefits for people with mental health needs, the evidence base is currently weak. This paper reports the first phase of a study intended to support the…

Letter querying whether traditional, restricted opening hours of healthcare services cause men's poor use of health services., N/A

Introducing continental European approaches to UK child welfare practice raises a problem of comparison: to what extent are the problems and issues similar to or different from one country compared to another. Social pedagogues trained in continental Europe and working…