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Independent mental health advocacy: the right to be heard: context, values and good practice
- Authors:
- NEWBIGGING Karen, et al
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 336
- Place of publication:
- London
This book takes an appreciative but critical view of independent mental health advocacy, locating the recent introduction of independent mental health advocates (IMHAs) within a broader historical, social and policy context, and anticipates future developments. Independent mental health advocacy is a crucial means of ensuring rights and entitlements for people sectioned under the Mental Health Act. The text includes the voices of service users throughout, both as authors and research participants. Drawing on their research, the authors provide a historical overview of mental health advocacy, independent mental health advocacy in relation to the law, the role and responsibilities of IMHAs, essential values, knowledge and skills required of advocates, relationships with service providers, commissioning, measuring advocacy outcomes, and how IMHA services can be made accessible and appropriate to diverse groups. (Edited publisher abstract)
The right to be heard: review of the quality of Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA) services in England: summary report
- Authors:
- NEWBIGGING Karen, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Central Lancashire. School of Health
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 35
- Place of publication:
- Preston
An Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA) is a statutory mental health advocate, granted specific roles and responsibilities under the Mental Health Act 2007. The Department of Health commissioned researchers at the University of Central Lancashire to undertake this study (UCLan) in partnership with Equalities National Council, Aawaz, Manchester African Caribbean Mental Health Services and Comensus, a University-wide forum supporting the involvement of service users and carers in teaching and research. The main aim was to look at how IMHA services are providing help to patients under the 2007 Act, what makes for a good IMHA service, and what factors influence the quality of service provided. The study used multiple methods to gather information about how IMHA services are working in practice. The study was undertaken in two stages, the first of which enabled the development of draft quality indicators for IMHA services. The second stage involved gathering data in eight case study sites (NHS Trust areas) to understand the experience of qualifying patients, and the commissioning and delivery of IMHA services and their relationship with mental health services. This report summarises the main findings on: experiences of the 2007 Act; access to, and understanding and provision of IMHA services; IMHA services and the diversity of qualifying patients; the mental health services context; the benefits of the service; commissioning IMHA services; and determining the quality of IMHA services. The findings confirm that there is a role for IMHA and that this role is valued by IMHA partners, but that most is not being made of this opportunity. (Edited publisher abstract)