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Mental health in Scotland: fundamental facts 2016
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 22
- Place of publication:
- London
An overview of key facts and statistics on mental health in Scotland, covering mental health across the lifespan. Facts and statistics cover: wellbeing, depression and anxiety, suicide, the relationship of social inequalities to mental health, services use and provision, and the cost of mental health care and treatment. (Edited publisher abstract)
See Me: cross cutting themes. Three year programme evaluation
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 36
- Place of publication:
- London
This report presents the cross-cutting themes and issues that have emerged over the past three years from the evaluations of See Me programme to tackle mental health stigma and discrimination. It is part of a suite of six aligned reports, with the remaining five reports providing insight into successes and learning from the See Me programmatic areas: social movement, workplace, education and young people, health and social care, and communications. The report identifies the key ingredients and strengths of the programme: social contact and lived experience – evidence consistently demonstrates that social contact-based theory underpins successful approaches to tackling mental health stigma and discrimination; strategic partnerships; education – this is achieved through volunteer training, e-Learning in workplaces, training delivery in schools, at residential and in health and social care settings; the See Me brand, which is a highly valued and an important part of working with the programme for individuals and organisations across programme settings. The report reveals that as the See Me programme progresses, a greater emphasis is being placed on facilitating and influencing anti-stigma and discrimination work and using the knowledge and expertise of local and regional partners to support the delivery of projects and activities. The report calls for a national commitment to tackling mental health stigma and discrimination and recommends improving the framing mental health messages; growing a peer leadership approach; review of See Me programme outcomes; strengthening data collection approaches to support the evaluation of programme outcomes. (Edited publisher abstract)
See Me: workplace. Three year evaluation
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 39
- Place of publication:
- London
An evaluation of the See Me in Work programme, which aims to support employers to create a working environment that encourages an equal and fair recruitment process for those seeking employment; where people feel safe and able to talk openly about mental health in work, and where those returning to work following ill-health are fully supported back into the workplace. Implementation of the programme incorporates the following aspects: conduct a baseline Mental Health Check survey with staff; create an action plan to tackle mental health stigma, including promoting the e-Learning resource to staff; showcase this work to other employers; and repeat the Mental Health Check survey to show any change. The e-Learning evaluation indicates this resource is the right length, with relevant content that inspires employees to change their own behaviour and that in broader workplace. Organisations value the level of engagement and support they receive from the See Me in Work team. However, some organisations feel that the focus on stigma and discrimination is too narrow and would prefer a focus on broader mental health wellbeing. A more focused single outcome for organisations appeared to be beneficial for those who engaged with the Workplace Equality Fund. Organisations that engaged with the pilot of the Starter Pack found the process to be engaging and helpful. The report makes a number of recommendations, including continuing to engage with the rural local authority to ensure evidence is captured on how to tackle stigma and discrimination in a small community; and considering a broader focus on mental health wellbeing rather than mental health stigma and discrimination. (Edited publisher abstract)
See Me: social movement. Three year programme evaluation
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 48
- Place of publication:
- London
An evaluation of the See Me Social Movement programme, which was developed to bring people together to affect changes in behaviours and attitudes towards mental health, using a series of anti-prejudice approaches and theories. This includes social contact theory, co-production strategies, education and awareness raising campaigns, protest activity and increasingly, a human rights-based approach. The programme incorporates community development approaches which provide volunteers with increased knowledge about the power they hold and how they can influence change. Volunteers learn about community development values including social inclusion and creating a social movement that is community-led, underpinned by community learning and development standards. The report shows that there are common themes emerging from both quantitative and qualitative data over the last three years of the programme. These include increased skills and knowledge particularly around human rights-based approaches and intentions to improve mental health and support others. Key findings include: social contact remains a key element of the success of the Social Movement programme; sharing lived experience is important because it normalises conversations about mental health and makes the programme messages feel real; local and national facilitated peer support networks are key to supporting people with lived experience of mental health problems to sustain involvement; education in the form of volunteer training, aftercare and visible support are very important to volunteers and partners; partners acknowledged that successful anti stigma work requires strong leadership; partnership working is demonstrating impacts such as greater reach, volunteer diversity, community-led activities, understanding of and action related to multiple stigma issues. (Edited publisher abstract)