Publisher's Synopsis
The Worcester Development Project is a prototype of the United Kingdom Department of Health and Social Services' "model re-organization of mental illness services". The Worcester Lectures themselves have been held two or three times a year since their inception in 1980, when the first lecture was given by Sir William H. Trethowan.;This book contains a collection of papers presented at various Worcester Lectures on a range of subjects including psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, neuropsychiatry and forensic psychiatry, and there are also discussions on related topics and contentious issues.