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A short course in planning, development and evaluation of community mental health services

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Robin Powell ,
Geraldine Strathdee  and
Graham Thornicroft
Robin Powell*
Affiliation:
Training Development Senior Registrar and Course Organiser, PRiSM Unit, The Institute of Psychiatry, DeCrespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
Geraldine Strathdee
Affiliation:
The Maudsley Hospital and PRiSM, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ
Graham Thornicroft
Affiliation:
The Institute of Psychiatry, DeCrespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
*
∗Correspondence: Dr Robin Powell, Consultant Psychiatrist, Park Royal Centre for Mental Health, Central Middlesex Hospital, Action Lane, London NW10 7NS
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Abstract

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In response to the expressed needs of trainees for training in the planning development, and evaluation of mental health services, a short course was designed and is described here. The course was run several times and proved flexible enough to be presented to either multidisciplinary, inter-agency audiences or to a solely medical audience.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , April 1996 , pp. 234 - 236
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1996

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