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Advocacy and mental health
- Author:
- EVANS Louise Rhian
- Publisher:
- University of East Anglia
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 46p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Norwich
Introduces the concept of advocacy in mental health and goes on to discuss in detail the various different kinds of advocacy, how workers may fit into advocacy roles, and the real function of advocacy and how it may be valuable to people with mental health problems.
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
Birmingham Citizen Advocacy: and evaluation of a pilot citizen advocacy scheme for people with mental illness
- Authors:
- FAULKNER Alison, RITCHIE Jane
- Publisher:
- Social and Community Planning Research
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 51p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Advocacy information pack: advice and advocacy services for people with psychiatric disabilities
- Author:
- GOOD PRACTICES IN MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Good Practices in Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- looseleaf folder.
- Place of publication:
- London
Speaking up: how family members advocate for relatives living with a mental illness. community
- Author:
- SCHAFFER Marjorie A.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 57(8), 2021, pp.1547-1555.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Consumers with a mental health condition often feel powerless and overwhelmed in interactions with mental healthcare providers. Consumer self-advocacy and advocacy actions undertaken by their family members on the behalf of their relative contribute to a sense of empowerment for both consumers and their family members. This qualitative study explored family member perspectives of advocacy actions they took on behalf of their relatives and themselves. Data analysis of interviews with 20 family members, including parents, partners/spouses, siblings, and adult children, yielded three themes of family member advocacy actions: advocating for a relative’s mental healthcare, normalizing mental illness, and engaging in social and political actions. Advocacy frameworks offer useful guidelines for speaking up for individuals who live with a mental illness. (Edited publisher abstract)
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.
Swings and roundabouts
- Author:
- SHRUBB Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, May 2008, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The author discusses how the new statutory right to advocacy in England under the new Mental Health Act could prove a mixed blessing. In Scotland, anyone with a mental disorder has a statutory right to advocacy, in England and Wales, however, the right to advocacy is confined only to patients under section.
Independent advocacy
- Author:
- COUNSEL AND CARE
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 33p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Independent advocacy is a one-to-one partnership between an independent advocate and an older person who needs support in order to secure or exercise their rights, choices and interests. This factsheet looks at what independent advocacy is, and what it is not, when it may be needed, the importance of the relationship between the Independent Advocate and the older person (advocacy partner), how others (professionals/carers/ family) may respond to advocacy, and how and when to access it.
The 79-cent campaign: the use of on-line mailing lists for electronic advocacy
- Author:
- MENON Goutham M.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Community Practice, 8(3), 2001, pp.73-81.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philapelphia, USA
This case study shows how one American on-line group went beyond its primary function of being a discussion group, to be a more productive, empowering tool for electronic advocacy. By orchestrating an effective campaign to bring to the forefront issues affecting the lives of those living with severe mental illnesses, the work of this group can be seen as an example in the effective use of the Internet for advocacy and empowerment.