| Abstract: | This article refers to the impact on single discipline working on professional understanding of mental disorder, particularly as it relates to child protection. The dilemmas of bringing a multi‐agency group with diverse experiences and knowledge base together into one training event are considered, with suggestions as to how the difficulty might be addressed. Topics of common concern are identified and training techniques and methods described. The benefits and outcomes of joint training across disciplines and agencies is acknowledged in relation to child protection and parental mental disorder Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
