Author:
Asquith Ian,Gostolo Kim,Graham Gemma
Abstract
Increasingly, the case has been made for the provision of clinical psychology into inpatient settings for older people. This service evaluation aimed at assessing staff perception of clinical psychology, which had recently been established into an acute inpatient mental health service for older people. Overall, psychology was felt to be positive on the ward, providing a formulation based alternative to case management, which staff perceived to improved outcomes. The outcome of the service evaluation, the impact of the results and limitations of the service evaluation are discussed.
Publisher
British Psychological Society