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The impact of exercise projects to promote mental wellbeing
- Authors:
- MALCOLM Estelle, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 22(6), 2013, pp.519-527.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
This study investigates whether exercise projects, funded by the time to change anti-stigma programme to reduce mental health-related stigma and discrimination in England, can improve (1) wellbeing, (2) participation in physical activity, (3) readiness to disclose mental health problems or (4) perceived reduction in levels of stigma and discrimination. Participants of exercise projects run in routine community settings by local Mind and Rethink Mental Illness associations completed the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) and questions addressing the other three outcomes at baseline and three month follow-up (N = 2663 baseline; N = 531 three month follow-up). Results found there was significant improvement at three months on the WEMWBS; readiness to disclose and participation in physical activity outside of the project. Community-based exercise projects have the potential to produce multifaceted positive outcomes for people with mental health problems; however, more methodologically robust studies are needed to adequately determine the effects of exercise. (Edited publisher abstract)
So much policy, so little change!
- Author:
- HOLLAND Ken
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, 1(1), March 2007, pp.3-6.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article provides a brief historical perspective and describes recent policy guidance relating to the mental health needs of people with learning disabilities in England. It also highlights the role that health and social care services have played turning the policies into practice. Finally it will suggest why people with learning disabilities continue to be one of the most excluded and discriminated groups within our society and how our drive towards social inclusion remains the key challenge for all of us.
Northern Ireland: the psychological impact of “the troubles”
- Authors:
- CAMPBELL Andrea, CAIRNS Ed, MALLETT John
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aggression Maltreatment and Trauma, 9(1/2), 2004, pp.175-184.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Maintained by the desires of the Catholic community to see Northern Ireland unified with the rest of Ireland and the Protestants' desire to remain part of the United Kingdom, violence in Northern Ireland lasted for 30 years, causing 3,585 deaths. This violence impacted people's lives through mental health and intergroup relations. While some individuals were deeply scarred by “the troubles,” most learned to cope partly by habituation, distancing, and/or denial. The impact on intergroup relations has been subtler but more damaging. Segregation in housing and education is widespread. This in turn has made it harder to reach a long-term settlement.
Money matters
- Author:
- CAMPBELL Peter
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 9(3), August 2005, pp.3-6.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
People with mental health problems have a need and right to access financial services at various levels. This article explores the issues, including the discrimination reported by respondents to a survey conducted by the campaign group Loonscape, and the possible solutions they suggested.
Mental health and social exclusion: Social Exclusion Unit report
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Social Exclusion Unit
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Social Exclusion Unit
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 144p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report marks the start of a sustained programme of change to challenge discriminatory attitudes and significantly improve opportunities and outcomes for adults with mental health problems. This will mean people with mental health problems regaining hope and recovering control of their lives, whatever their diagnosis or ongoing symptoms. Government has an important role to play, but the active involvement of the voluntary and community sector,employers and, crucially, people with personal experience of mental health problems will be essential to achieve real change. The report features case studies of many successful local projects and the experiences of individuals who have overcome the challenges posed by mental health problems to lead fulfilling lives. These examples demonstrate what can be achieved and the benefits that result for individuals and society.
Beyond Prevention
- Author:
- FRIEDLI Lynne
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 3(10), June 2000, p.328.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Describes the means by which Standard One of the National Service Framework gives priority to mental health promotion.
On strike
- Author:
- MOORE Wendy
- Journal article citation:
- Openmind, 100, November 1999, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- MIND
General practitioners, despite a rhetoric of inclusion, are striking people with mental health problems off their lists. This article discusses issues and incidents of such discrimination.
Estates of mind
- Author:
- HIRST Judy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.11.99, 1999, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Although people with mental health problems are no longer locked up in asylums, as an inquiry by MIND reports, society has many other ways of shutting them out. Asks how these barriers can be scaled.
The end of stigma?: changes in the social experience of long-term illness
- Author:
- GREEN Gill
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 156p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The author investigates the contemporary experiences of stigma and examines stigma in relation to a variety of long term conditions such as HIV, mental illness and substance misuse. Chapter two reviews the concept of stigma and looks at the ways in which the concept has been defined and applied in understanding long-term illness. Chapter three looks at the technological, personal and organizational challenges to stigma and exclusion. Chapters on HIV, mental health and substance misuse follow. The concluding chapter discusses the challenges and asks whether we are arriving 'at the end of stigma?'. The author demonstrates that people with long-term conditions refuse to be defined by their condition and highlights their increasingly powerful voice.
An introduction to the mental health of older people: ageism, age discrimination and social exclusion
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, MILNE Alisoun, GEARING Brian, WARNER Joanne
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Place of publication:
- London
**This learning resource was removed in March 2023.** In this learning object you are asked to consider issues which are central to understanding the experience of ageing and older age in contemporary society. Ageism, age discrimination and social exclusion diminish the quality of life which older people may enjoy. They also threaten their mental health. In spite of their negative effect on the daily lives of older people, however, ageism and age discrimination are often unrecognised, ignored, or even compounded in health and social care settings. And social exclusion has only recently been officially acknowledged as affecting older people as well as children and families.