Health systems and services

A Practical Guide to Working with Depression: A cognitive behavioural approach for mental health workers provides mental health workers in all public, private and voluntary sectors with information on the nature of depression based on a number of theories from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which is the predominant model used in public services at the moment.

The introduction in Ireland in

2008 of the clinical directorate model as the accepted method for the

organisation of health services and the involvement of clinicians in the

management of these services is one of the most significant developments to

happen in the Irish health service in recent years.

It has long been known that people with learning disabilities have poorer health than the general population, but the extent of these differences becomes striking when considering the evidence of reduced life expectancy.

Allied Health Professionals are key healthcare team members in providing safe, quality patient care and appropriate levels of staffing are fundamental to delivering such care.

Dieses Buch ist ein Praxishandbuch zur Unterstützung der erfolgreichen Entwicklung und Nutzung von Patientenpfaden in einem Netzwerk intersektoraler und interdisziplinärer Leistungserbringer im Gesundheitswesen.

Das Arbeitsfeld des „Spiritual Care“ entwickelt sich interdisziplinär an den Schnittstellen von Medizin, Pflege, Sozialer Arbeit, Psychotherapie, Seelsorge und anderen relevanten Bereichen.