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Guidelines on advocacy for mental health workers
- Authors:
- READ Jim, WALLCRAFT Jan
- Publisher:
- UNISON/MIND
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 27p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
On our own terms: users and survivors of mental health services working together for support and change
- Authors:
- WALLCRAFT Jan, READ Jim, SWEENEY Angela
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 100p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report published on behalf of the User Survey Steering Group details a survey carried out in 2001-2002 of the mental health service user movement in England which looked at 318 user groups, representing some 9,000 service users. It describes the development of the movement and the activities that local groups undertake. It also reports on the effectiveness of user involvement, asks how representative the movement is and looks at shared issues and differences.
Research
- Author:
- WALLCRAFT Jan
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, July 2003, p.39.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Briefly explores the differences between service user led research and traditional medical models.
The road to recovery
- Author:
- WALLCRAFT Jan
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 37, 4.6.03, 2003, pp.21-22.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
The author from the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health examines how mental health users are leading the way in providing self help services for themselves.
Complementary therapies
- Author:
- WALLCRAFT Jan
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 2(10), June 1999, pp.351-354.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Complementary therapies may have much to offer even people in very severe mental distress. Reviews the evidence.
Healing minds: a report on current research, policy and practice concerning the use of complementary and alternative therapies for a wide range of mental health problems
- Author:
- WALLCRAFT Jan
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 114p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Looks at policy and practice backgrounds to using complimentary therapies in mental health services and goes on to examine the issues from an evidence based perspective.
Alternatives to the biomedical model of mental health crisis
- Authors:
- MICHAELSON John, WALLCRAFT Jan
- Journal article citation:
- Breakthrough, 1(3), 1997, pp.31-50.
Critically examines the biomedical model of mental health crisis and reviews several alternative models. Other models considered include the Crisis Intervention Model, the Self-organising Complexity Model and Self-advocacy Model.
Guidelines for empowering users of mental health services
- Authors:
- READ Jim, WALLCRAFT Jan
- Publisher:
- Confederation of Health Service Employees
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 24p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Banstead
Document designed to give users a voice by providing guidelines for empowering them to influence the people providing their services and to move services closer to their needs.
The mental health service user movement in England
- Authors:
- WALLCRAFT Jan, BRYANT Michael
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This policy paper aims to identify and analyse organisations comprising adults who are users of mental health services across England. No systematic attempt has been made until now to find out the extent and scope of the mental health service user/survivor movement, nor how far it represents the wider constituency of service users and survivors, including those from minority ethnic groups. A postal survey was conducted of all local mental health user groups in England. In all, 318 user groups responded to this survey and 25 were interviewed in depth. National leaders of the movement were also interviewed. Much of the research was carried out by users themselves.
Being there in a crisis: a report of the learning from eight mental health crisis services
- Editors:
- FAULKNER Alison, PETIT-ZEMAN Sophie, SHERLOCK Joanne, WALLCRAFT Jan
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation,|Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 89p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report demonstrates the value of partnerships between mental health users and providers in the development of community-based crisis services. Service users and the user movement have been calling for 24 access to care and admissions . Most of the services reported were strongly led, staffed or supported by service users or those with personal experience of crisis.