Mental health lawyers concerned over tender contracts
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:06:07 -0700
Mental health lawyers have expressed concern at the impact of the Legal Services Commission’s recent tender process as national firm Duncan Lewis seeks to recruit 28 mental health lawyers under a new consultancy model to fulfil its contracts. Duncan Lewis, an established legal aid provider in London with a team of 11 qualified mental health solicitors, has been given contracts to deliver mental ...
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Mental health diagnoses mask the real problems | Dorothy Rowe
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:55:09 -0700
A textbook of mental health disorders makes it far too easy for doctors to label patients – and disregard the roots of suffering The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, whose updated fifth edition will include a range of new diagnoses, is a mythology, not a scientific text. It is created by American psychiatrists who meet in groups to consider whether or not a certain diagnosis should be included ...
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