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Community psychologists have an opportunity to develop relationships with individuals and their families and develop a longitudinal view of the experience of mental illness. This is often not afforded to other health professionals who see people in acute phases of their illness. These perspectives and associations can be used to provide quality improvement to the sector through advocacy and education. Medical educators are also seeking new educational experiences that foster both quality learning and postive attitudes to people with mental illness. This dissertation explores the formation of an educational tutorial using a dialogue based methodology and the narratives of local families to augment the learning and clinical placements of under graduate medical students. The aims of the project were to establish whether this education experience would affect students''attitudes to people with mental illness and their experiences of their mental health placement. Outcomes were in reviewing the formation of attitudes to people with mental illness and in what constitutes quality contact and learning in education settings.

The quality of a library is directly related to how collection development decisions are made and implemented. The book explores some of the practical issues that underline collection development, especially in developing countries by undertaking a case study of Chancellor College, a constituent college of the University of Malawi. Some of the issues which the book looks at pertain to existence and role of a collection development programme, and adequacy of funding for collection development activities. Both of these have a direct effect on quality of collections hence goes a long way in determining their suitability to the needs of users. The book also discusses the other factors militating against collection development activities, and ends by offering possible solutions to the problems identified.