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Author: BAKER Dana Lee;

Title: Issue definition in rights-based policy focused on the experiences of individuals with disabilities: an examination of Canadian parliamentary discourse.

Reference: Disability and Society, 23(6), October 2008, pp.571-583.

Format: article;

Topics: autism; human rights; policy; rights; Canada;

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Author: OSTRANDER R. Noam;

Title: When identities collide: masculinity, disability and race.

Reference: Disability and Society, 23(6), October 2008, pp.585-597.

Format: article;

Topics: back injuries; black and minority ethnic people; disabled people; men; self-concept; user views; violence; research; United States;

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Author: WATERMEYER Brian; SWARTZ Leslie;

Title: Conceptualising the psycho-emotional aspects of disability and impairment: the distortion of personal and psychic boundaries.

Reference: Disability and Society, 23(6), October 2008, pp.599-610.

Format: article;

Topics: disabled people; emotions; feminist theory; models;

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Author: SCHILLMEIER Michael;

Title: (Visual) disability - from exclusive perspectives to inclusive differences.

Reference: Disability and Society, 23(6), October 2008, pp.611-623.

Format: article;

Topics: attitudes; cultural identity; self-concept; visual impairment;

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Author: YTTERHUS Borgunn; WENDELBORG Christian; LUNDEBY Hege;

Title: Managing turning points and transitions in childhood and parenthood - insights from families with disabled children in Norway.

Reference: Disability and Society, 23(6), October 2008, pp.625-636.

Format: article;

Topics: children; disabled people; families; learning disabilities; longitudinal studies; parenting; parents; physical disabilities; research; Norway;

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Author: RIDDINGTON Carol; MANSELL Jim; BEADLE-BROWN Julie;

Title: Are partnership boards really valuing people?

Reference: Disability and Society, 23(6), October 2008, pp.649-665.

Format: article;

Topics: joint working; learning disabilities; local authorities; policy formulation; social care provision; user participation; research; England;

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Author: O LUNANAIGH Conor; LAWLOR Brian A.;

Title: Loneliness and the health of older people.

Reference: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 23(12), December 2008, pp.1213-1221.

Format: article;

Topics: assessment; depression; health; instruments; loneliness; older people; research review;

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Author: HARBOUN Marc; et al.;

Title: Impact of hip fracture, heart failure and weight loss on the risk of institutionalization of community-dwelling patients with dementia.

Reference: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 23(12), December 2008, pp.1245-1252.

Format: article;

Topics: admission to care; community care; dementia; diseases; injuries; nursing homes; physical illness; preventive practice; risk; research; France;

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Author: ALANEN Hanna-Mari; FINNE-SOVERI Harriet; LEINONEN Esa;

Title: Factors associated with non-use of antipsychotics among older residents with schizophrenia in long-term institutional care.

Reference: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 23(12), December 2008, pp.1261-1265.

Format: article;

Topics: long term care; medication; nursing homes; older people; residents; schizophrenia; research; Finland;

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Author: BEYER John L.; et al.;

Title: Stressful life events in older bipolar patients.

Reference: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 23(12), December 2008, pp.1271-1275.

Format: article;

Topics: bipolar disorder; older people; stress; research; United States;

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Author: LEE Benjamin W.; et al.;

Title: Major depression and emergency medical services utilization in community-dwelling elderly persons with disabilities.

Reference: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 23(12), December 2008, pp.1276-1282.

Format: article;

Topics: depression; emergency health services; health care; older people; service uptake; research; United States;

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Author: MCCABE Marita P.; et al.;

Title: Effectiveness of a training program for carers to recognize depression among older people.

Reference: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 23(12), December 2008, pp.1290-1296.

Format: article;

Topics: care workers; depression; older people; personal assistants; training; research;

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Author: SIREY Jo Anne; et al.;

Title: Depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation among older adults receiving home delivered meals.

Reference: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 23(12), December 2008, pp.1306-1311.

Format: article;

Topics: depression; housebound people; meal services; older people; risk; suicide; research; United States;

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Author: PERRY M.; et al.;

Title: An in-home geriatric programme for vulnerable community-dwelling older people improves the detection of dementia in primary care.

Reference: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 23(12), December 2008, pp.1312-1319.

Format: article;

Topics: assessment; dementia; diagnosis; older people; primary care; research; Netherlands;

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Author: BITSIKA V.; SHARPLEY C. F.; ORAPELENG S.;

Title: An exploratory analysis of the use of cognitive, adaptive and behavioural indices for cluster analysis of ASD subgroups.

Reference: Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 52(11), November 2008, pp.973-985.

Format: article;

Topics: assessment; autism; autistic spectrum disorders; behaviour; diagnosis; instruments; research;

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Author: OLIN William;

Title: Escape from Utopia, My Ten Years in Synanon

Publisher: Santa Cruz: Unity, 1980. 288p.

Format: book;

Topics: aggression; alcohol misuse; drug misuse; rehabilitation; residential care; therapies; treatment;

Key resources on: Synanon;

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Title: Rick A. Ross Institute :Synanon

Format: website;

Topics: alcohol misuse; drug misuse; rehabilitation; residential care; self-help; spirituality; therapies; treatment;

Key resources on: Synanon;

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Author: YABLONSKY Lewis;

Title: Whatever Happened to Synanon? The Birth of the Anticriminal Therapeutic Community Methodology

Reference: Criminal Justice Policy Review, 13(4),December 2002, pp329- 336

Format: article;

Topics: addiction; criminal justice; drug misuse; peer groups; therapeutic communities;

Key resources on: Synanon;

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Author: YABLONSKY Lewis;

Title: The Tunnel Back: Synanon

Publisher: London: Penguin, 1967. 308p

Format: book;

Topics: addiction; criminal justice; drug misuse; peer groups; therapeutic communities;

Key resources on: Synanon;

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Author: PASS Joe;

Title: Sounds of Synanon

Publisher: Tokyo: Toshiba EMI Japan, 2007. 60 min

Format: audio/visual material;

Topics: addiction; arts; drug misuse; group therapy; music therapy; peer groups; therapeutic communities;

Key resources on: Synanon;

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