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Re: Collaboration Between the NHS and Social Services in the Provision of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2000

J. L. Withecomb
Affiliation:
Ticehurst House Hospital, Wadhurst, East Sussex TN5 7HU
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Abstract

I am a Consultant Psychiatrist who spends a large proportion of my time providing input to non-health settings. This includes work with the East Sussex Social Service Secure Facility, the Medway Secure Training Centre, the Brighton & Hove Youth Offending Team, Queensdown EBD School and the East Sussex Special Placements Scheme.

I read Professor Pearce's paper (Pearce, 1999) with interest, but felt that there were a number of important omissions. I also felt that the perspective taken on some areas was itself so ‘medical’ as to be unhelpful in supporting truly collaborative work with professionals from a different background.

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© 2000 Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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