... Quirk can be contacted at: aquirk@cru.rcpsych.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Mental health problems Dementia Outcome measure Psychometrics Psychometric evaluation Qualitative Mental illness Social care United Kingdom The reduction in the number of psychiatric...

... promises to be a useful addition to the armoury of psychometric tools available for use with adult carers by both practitioners and researchers in health and social care, as well as of use to carers themselves and to policy makers in determining what interventions might be funded and further developed...

... Social care Support for young people with mental health problems, emotional or behavioural difficulties is important for three reasons: prevalence appears higher in childhood and youth than in middle adulthood (McArdle et al., 2004); social exclusion of people with mental health problems...