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Black and minority ethnic recovery group: report from the project
- Author:
- OUTSIDE THE BOX DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT
- Publisher:
- Outside the Box Development Support
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
In December 2006, Glasgow Association for Mental Health (GAMH) and Outside the Box Development Support (OTB) began working with women from the black and minority ethnic (BME) communities in Glasgow to explore what recovery meant for them. During 2007 a second project built on the initial work and began the process of developing a recovery group which was led by the women. This report describes what happened in the second project and what was learned from it.
Doing the right thing
- Author:
- COSH Jackie
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, February 2008, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
In Scotland mental health services are working to tackle and under-representation of people from black and minority communities. This article looks at the work of the National Resource Centre for Ethnic Minority Health, based in Glasgow, whose remit is to support NHS health boards to provided equal and accessible services to Scotland's minority ethnic communities.
What recovery means for people from the black and minority ethnic communities
- Author:
- TIMONEY Margaret
- Publisher:
- Scottish Recovery Network
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
This short project was started in December 2006 when it was identified that there was very little, if any, involvement in the local recovery networks by people from the black and minority ethnic (BME) communities. The main aim of this project was to explore the understanding of the concepts of recovery by people from the black and minority ethnic communities.
Positive steps
- Author:
- AMETEWEE Lynette
- Journal article citation:
- CDX News, 49, Winter 2006, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Community Development Exchange
- Place of publication:
- Sheffield
The author describes the work of community development workers in Black and minority ethnic mental health care.
Ethnic variation of self-reported psychopathology among incarcerated youth
- Authors:
- KARNIK Niranjan S., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 42(5), October 2006, pp.477-486.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Research on ethnic minority populations has shown them to be under-treated, under-diagnosed and perceived as more psychopathological in comparison to the Caucasian population. This American study aimed to assess ethnic variation of self-perceived psychopathology in a population of incarcerated youths. The Youth Self-Report (YSR) was completed by 5964 incarcerated adolescents (95% male; mean age = 16.5) in the California Youth Authority (CYA) system. Overall, ethnic minorities (African-Americans and Hispanics) self-report lower levels of psychiatric problems than Caucasians. These differences were more pronounced in males than females.
A holistic approach to black and minority ethnic mental health: the letting through light training pack
- Author:
- FERNS Peter
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 91p.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Based on the Letting Through Light training pack, this innovative resource has been developed to enable practitioners to provide better and more appropriate services to Black and minority ethnic (BME) people experiencing mental distress. A holistic approach to Black and minority ethnic mental health includes trainers’ instructions, a series of exercises and photocopiable masters of readings, handouts and OHPs, for five workshops.
Pamela pushes barriers aside
- Author:
- SALE Anabel Unity
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.01.06, 2006, p.32.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author reports on the Pamela Project, an acronym for 'proactive mentally empowering living activities', which seeks to better meet the needs of ethnic minorities carers caring for people with mental health difficulties in Birmingham. The project was winner of a Community Care award.
Horse sense and mental health
- Author:
- HOLLAND Sue
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 9(4), November 2005, pp.26-28.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The author describes a unique project with mental health problems from black and minority ethnic communities that aims to support recovery through teaching people how to handle, care for and ride horses. Participants are funded by social services via a service agreement as part of a care programme.
Psychiatric diagnoses in a sample of HIV-infected people of color in methadone treatment
- Authors:
- WINIARSKI Mark G., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 41(4), August 2005, pp.379-391.
- Publisher:
- Springer
This article describes the rates of psychiatric diagnoses in a convenience sample of HIV-positive, African American and Hispanic clients in methadone treatment in the Bronx, New York. Out of 139 HIV-positive volunteers, 99 subjects had diagnoses in addition to opioid dependence on agonist therapy. These findings confirm the need to target mental health as part of the national response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in inner cities.
Diverse Minds Magazine
- Publisher:
- MIND
Diverse Minds is designed to make mental health services more responsive to the needs of black and minority ethnic communities.