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Psychological therapies, older people and human rights
Author(s)	Claire Hilton
Journal title	Psychiatric Bulletin, vol 33, no 5, May 2009
Pages	pp 184-186
Source	http://pb.rcpsych.org
Keywords	Psychiatric treatment ; Grant allocation ; Rights [elderly] ; Ageism ; Law ; England.
Annotation	Additional funding has recently been made available by the government for the treatment of anxiety and depression. However, this is targeted towards people of working age, to reduce expenditure on incapacity benefit. That older people with the same mental illnesses do not receive equitable access to psychological therapies, contradicts other recent government recommendations. Economic data appear to hugely influence provision of services for this group of users, but is this appropriate and humane? The Human Rights Act 1988 has been largely ignored in the provision of mental health services for older people, and the centrality of this legislation needs further consideration. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-090507207 A
Classmark	LP: QCG: IKR: B:TOB: VR: 82
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