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Power tools: a resource pack for those committed to the development of mental health advocacy into the millennium
- Authors:
- LEADER Alan, CROSBY Kate
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 142p.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Manual examining the steps required in establishing an independent advocacy service for people who experience mental and emotional distress.
Advocacy project in Central Europe
- Author:
- KLEIN Judith
- Journal article citation:
- Breakthrough, 2(1), 1998, pp.19-25.
Reports on the Central European Mental Disability Advocacy Project (CEMDAP), whose mission is to promote the inclusion of people with both developmental disabilities and mental health problems. CEMDAP provides direct funding and support for non-governmental organisations.
A chance to answer
- Author:
- STRONG Susannah
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 27.10.94, 1994, pp.12-13.
Advocacy in relation to vulnerable sections of people in society is a relatively new concept. Looks at the different approaches to advocacy and to some of the fundamental dilemmas of advocacy.
Report of the Warrington mental health advocacy project
- Authors:
- EMERSON Darlene, TAYLOR Rod, PAYNE Malcolm
- Publisher:
- Manchester Metropolitan University. Department of Applied Community Studies
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 46p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Sets out the findings of a project exploring the possibilities for establishing advocacy on behalf of users of mental health services in Warrington. The project was financed and staffed by Cheshire Social Services Department.
Mental health law: innovations in education and representation
- Author:
- DIESFELD Kate
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 9(3), 1994, pp.375-384.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Reports the experiences of a mental health law clinic in Kent, based on consumer objectives, which provides an opportunity to apply critical legal theory to the practice of law. Legal and citizen advocacy are combined to provide maximum participation in obtaining results. The development of the Kent Law Clinic is traced by documenting the value of clinical legal education and the necessity of commitment to consumer-centred representation.
The approved social worker - reflections on origins
- Author:
- PRIOR Pauline M.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 22(2), 1992, pp.105-119.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Discusses the contradictions inherent in the role of the ASW and argues that the provisions of the Mental Health Act and the lack of community resources have impeded the development of advocacy as part of the social work role.
Protection and advocacy for the mentally ill: new hope for emotionally disturbed children?
- Authors:
- PETR C., POERTNER J.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 25(2), Summer 1989, pp.156-163.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Reports on a study showing the strong potential effect of new U.S. protection and advocacy legislation on the lives of mentally ill children.
On the spot advice...
- Author:
- HUDSON B.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.12.86, 1986, p.11.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Summary of a report on a legal advice project in a psychiatric hospital.
Improving equality of access to Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA): a report for providers
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 17
- Place of publication:
- London
This report aims to help Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA) services reach everyone who is entitled to their support. It aims to help IMHA providers to achieve the best possible outcomes for all people treated under the Mental Health Act 1983 amended in 2007. Drawing directly on the findings and recommendations of the national review of the quality of IMHA services in England, the report highlights the problem of unequal uptake of IMHA by some groups of ‘qualifying patients' and explores what can be done to change this situation. It highlights the obligations of IMHA services under the Equality Act (2010) and provides concrete suggestions about how to take effective action and improve practice when working with people sharing relevant protected characteristics. It also suggest steps that IMHA providers can take to help them identify, understand, and address the barriers to the full and effective use of their service by everyone who is entitled to access it. (Edited publisher abstract)
Improving equality of access to Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA): a briefing for providers
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 3
- Place of publication:
- London
This summary aims to help Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA) providers to open up their service to everyone who has the right to use it. Ensuring equalities within IMHA services means reaching all qualifying patients regardless of their ethnicity, age, gender, disability, beliefs, sexual orientation or any other characteristics protected by the 2010 Equalities Act. It also means taking these characteristics into careful account and developing a service that can understand their impact and meet people's needs in the best possible way. (Edited publisher abstract)