Thinking outside the box: alternatives to standard inpatient mental health care

Red arrow stands out from the others and changes direction to go out of order. Thinking outside the box. New strategies and solutions. Atypical, leadership qualities. Denial of conformism.

Amber Jarvis summarises a new typology of alternatives to standard inpatient care produced by the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental Health, which suggests there are multiple alternatives to ‘traditional’ inpatient mental health care, which planners and commissioners should consider.

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Psychotherapy experiences of young people in foster care: suggestions for practice

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In her debut blog, Charlotte Kitchen reviews a small qualitative study from Ireland, which explores how young people in foster care feel about psychotherapy.

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