Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Working with women experiencing mental health issues in refuges: documenting the themes
Other Titles:	Domestic Violence & Incest Resource Centre Newsletter
Authors:	Incoll, Tamara
Keywords:	Mental health
Categories:	People with mental health and/or drug and alcohol issues
Year:	2000
Publisher:	Domestic Violence & Incest Resource Centre
Citation:	(4), Summer 2000
Notes:	Documents some of the issues raised by refuge staff working with women experiencing mental health problems, and provides an overview of various difficulties associated with the overlap between the mental health and welfare professions. Attributes many of the issues raised to the differences between the two systems: the medical/psychiatric/hierarchical approach of mental health services and the socialist/feminist approach of women’s refuges. Argues that deinstitutionalisation and decreased government funding in the welfare sector have placed increasing pressure on women’s refuges and staff, untrained in the mental health field, to provide assistance and care to women with psychiatric illnesses. Describes the development of protocols between refuges and mental health services as a vital first step in the two systems working together to assist women escaping violence and experiencing mental health issues.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/12659
ISSN:	1324-4264
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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