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An unfinished story: reflections on the development of user involvement
- Author:
- BARNES Marion
- Journal article citation:
- Open Mind, 170, January 2012, pp.4-5.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Briefly traces the development of user involvement in mental health from its beginnings in the 1980's to its current position as an accepted part of official policy. It highlights the struggle service users face in operating both outside and within the system and new areas of involvement, such as research.
Uproar over missing links
- Author:
- SHEPARD Stuart
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 28.08.08, 2008, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Most changes brought in under the Mental Health Act 2007 start taking affect in November. However the section ensuring the rights of detained patients to independent mental health advocacy services will not be introduced until April 2009. The author reports on campaigners frustration by the delay.
Speaking up for minorities
- Author:
- GOSS Annie
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, June 2008, pp.30-32.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
This article considers how advocacy can help overcome the barriers facing African and Caribbean men. It draws on a review into advocacy provision for African and Caribbean men commissioned by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), and highlights the review's main recommendations.
Understanding Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) for mental health staff
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 5 minutes 34 seconds
- Place of publication:
- London
This film focuses on mental health staff's legal responsibilities to refer people for Independent Mental Health Advocacy, how they can support advocates and the benefits for staff. Actors are used in some of the scenes. (Edited publisher abstract)
Understanding Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) for people who use services
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 5 minutes 25 seconds
- Place of publication:
- London
Film providing a simple but authoritative overview of qualifying patients' right to independent mental health advocacy. It also covers how advocates can help and what the benefits are for people who use services. Key messages include: that IMHA is a free services; IMHAS are independent; they help you decide what you want. Actors are used in some of the scenes in the film. (Edited publisher abstract)
Speaking up for families
- Author:
- EVANS Reiz
- Journal article citation:
- Disability, Pregnancy and Parenthood International, 71, Winter 2010, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- National Centre for Disabled Parents
The advocacy services provided by Advocacy Partners Speaking Up to parents with learning disabilities and mental health needs are discussed. A short case study describes how the service helped a mother with learning disabilities and mental health needs whose child had been placed on a child protection plan.
Your history in your hands
- Author:
- SURVIVORS' HISTORY GROUP
- Journal article citation:
- Openmind, 154, November 2008, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- MIND
The Survivors' History Group discuss their work of creating a national web archive from historical material supplied by individuals and organisations involved in the campaigning movement for greater rights and representation in the UK mental health system.
A friend to alleged lunatics
- Author:
- BRANDON David
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, October 2007, pp.37-39.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
John Thomas Perceval founded the first ever user-led advocacy service, the Alleged Lunatics' Friends Society in 1845. The author discusses the work of John Perceval and how his beliefs about mental distress and recovery resonate with those of the service user/survivor and advocacy movements today.
A voice of their own: a toolbox of ideas and information for non-instructed advocacy
- Author:
- LAWTON Annie
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 85p.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
This toolbox is a place to come for ideas, suggestions and contact details to help you ensure your advocacy partner has a voice, is listened to and is taken seriously by others who can bring about change. It is particularly useful for anyone advocating for a person with high support needs by which we mean anyone who does not communicate using words, has significant barriers to communication and/or complex physical, health or emotional needs and requires lots of extra support as a result. This could include people who have a learning disability with sight or hearing difficulties or those with a mental illness or autism. There is no one ‘right’ way to advocate. The important thing is to collect together a number of different tools and use these in whatever combination will produce the required results.
The Mental Health Bill: plans to amend the Mental Health Act 1983: professional roles
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Professional roles here regard the expanding the skill base of professionals who are responsible for the treatment of patients without their consent.