February 2010 - Posts

stress, risk and learning to share

Published 27 Feb 2010 5:03 PM | ladybird

i had a really hard week, a service user i work with was discharged from hospital after being an informal patient last Friday. over the last week things have started to deteriorate, the person in question is in the prodromal phase of psychosis so sometimes...

Filed under: risk, psychosis, stress, early intervention

a mental health act assessment.

Published 25 Feb 2010 7:21 PM | ladybird

i work with a young man who i believe is in the prodromal stage of a psychotic illness, his behaviour has been worrying me for some time now so today i put the wheels in motion for a MH assessment. it was the first one i have ever been involved in and...

Early Intervention in Psychosis - treament as usual?

Published 24 Feb 2010 8:59 PM | ladybird

i work for an Early Intervention in Psychosis team which for people who don't know are teams that were set up approximately ten years ago to reduce the devastating effects of psychotic illness which when left untreated can be disabling for people...