Mindful Forum was developed out of the Evaluating the Effectiveness of Psychological Therapies project. It aims to bring together information relevant to all mental health stakeholders from service users to professionals. Its main focus is to provide practical solutions for the delivery of more responsive mental health services. A forum space allows members of the MentalHealthProvidersForum...
Mindful Forum was developed out of the Evaluating the Effectiveness of Psychological Therapies project. It aims to bring together information relevant to all mental health stakeholders from service users to professionals. Its main focus is to provide practical solutions for the delivery of more responsive mental health services. A forum space allows members of the MentalHealthProvidersForum to submit feature full length articles and shorter pieces giving a quick overview of innovative ideas that have been put into practice. Mindful Forum readers debate the issues by providing comment feedback to the articles and bright ideas featured on the site. The resource has been developed by the MentalHealthProvidersForum, representative body for voluntary sector mental health organisations working across England.
Subject terms:
mental health care, mental health problems, mental health services, good practice;
MentalHealthProvidersForum, Race Equality Foundation
Publication year:
2015
Pagination:
19
Place of publication:
London
Evidence shows that black and minority ethnic communities have significantly poorer mental health outcomes and poorer experience of services. This report aimed to identify good practice in the provision of mental health services for black and minority ethnic communities by voluntary and community organisations. It provides a brief summary of the existing evidence in relation to the mental health of black and minority ethnic communities; outlines the current policy context for mental health in England and Wales; and then presents the results of a series of interviews and focus groups with voluntary and community groups providing mental health support with black and minority ethnic communities. Key themes that emerged from the interviews and focus groups are discussed. These included: meeting the needs of specific communities, ensuring services are culturally appropriate, challenging stigma, and partnership working. The different approaches, target user groups and challenges faced by the organisations are also compared. Criteria were used to identify good practice focused on evidence of service user involvement in the design, implementation and evaluation of projects. The report aims to encourage funders and the statutory sector to address the challenges faced by voluntary and community sector organisations working with black and minority ethnic communities, and highlight some of the lessons that can be learned from their work in order to influence the process of change.
(Edited publisher abstract)
Evidence shows that black and minority ethnic communities have significantly poorer mental health outcomes and poorer experience of services. This report aimed to identify good practice in the provision of mental health services for black and minority ethnic communities by voluntary and community organisations. It provides a brief summary of the existing evidence in relation to the mental health of black and minority ethnic communities; outlines the current policy context for mental health in England and Wales; and then presents the results of a series of interviews and focus groups with voluntary and community groups providing mental health support with black and minority ethnic communities. Key themes that emerged from the interviews and focus groups are discussed. These included: meeting the needs of specific communities, ensuring services are culturally appropriate, challenging stigma, and partnership working. The different approaches, target user groups and challenges faced by the organisations are also compared. Criteria were used to identify good practice focused on evidence of service user involvement in the design, implementation and evaluation of projects. The report aims to encourage funders and the statutory sector to address the challenges faced by voluntary and community sector organisations working with black and minority ethnic communities, and highlight some of the lessons that can be learned from their work in order to influence the process of change.
(Edited publisher abstract)
Subject terms:
good practice, black and minority ethnic people, mental health problems, voluntary sector, community groups, mental health services, multicultural approach;