Mental health services need to focus more on recovery and less on medication and symptom control, according to a policy paper published by the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health. The paper says that radical change is needed to give service users more opportunities to get their lives back.
To read the report go to
http://www.scmh.org.uk/pdfs/Making_recovery_a_reality_policy_paper.pdf
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