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Looking ahead: the next 25 years in mental health
- Author:
- SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 47p.
- Place of publication:
- London
In the 25 years since the National Unit for Psychiatric Research and Development was established as a charity in 1985. This paper looks forward at the next 25 years. Leading commentators consider what they think the most important changes will be for people with mental health problems and for the mental wellbeing of society. They also discuss the change that should be made in policy and practice over the next 25 years.
Mental health and employment
- Author:
- SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 7p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
It is estimated that three in ten employees will experience some kind of mental health problem in any one year. Many people find it difficult to remain in employment and face isolation and discrimination in their workplaces. This briefing paper looks at the barriers to employment for people with common and severe mental health problems and at the positive initiatives that are being undertaken by the public, voluntary and commercial sectors to help them find and sustain work. It highlights the importance of employment as part of the recovery from and prevention of mental health problems.
Removing barriers: the facts about mental health and employment
- Author:
- SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 7p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This paper looks at barriers to employment for people with mental health problems and at efforts that are being made to support their efforts to find and sustain work. Barriers include: stigma and discrimination; low expectations and a lack of resources; financial disincentives. There is some discussion of government policy and the Pathways to Work scheme. The section on developing new ways of working lists some key ways in which people with mental health problems can be helped to find and retain jobs. These include: re-designing vocational and day services; vocational rehabilitation; the Access to Work Scheme; provision of appropriate primary care. It concludes by looking at employers and the case for developing effective programmes with which to manage mental health at work.
Mental health care in prisons
- Author:
- SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 7p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The quality of mental health care available in our prisons is frequently poor. This briefing paper provides an overview of the mental health care available in prisons. It examines how mental health problems are identified in prison, how prison inreach teams work, transfers to NHS care, alternatives to prison, and what care is available to prisoners after their release.
Mental health inequalities: measuring what counts: partnership seminar, 16 March 2009, Royal Institute of British Architects
- Author:
- SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A World Health Organisation report has posited that mental health is the lynchpin between economic and social inequalities, and poor mental health is a significant cause of wider problems, such as unemployment, low educational standards, low income, reduced standard of living and poor physical health. This paper is based on a seminar organised jointly by Sainsbury Centre and the Department of Health in 2009, arguing that public services do not routinely collect data on mental health inequalities and that the information they do collect is not used to its full potential. It calls for better information to be collected and used to measure inequalities in mental health and the life chances of people with mental health problems.