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Out at work: a survey of the experiences of people with mental health problems within the workplace
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 33p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Drawing on the findings of a survey, this research report looks at real-life experiences of people with mental health problems who are employed. The survey also looks at and reinforces the belief that mental health problems may be caused or made worse by work due to, for example, the stress high expectations or long working hours can bring. Mental Health Action Week, self-complete questionnaires (copy appended) were returned by 411 participants (over 60% female, 14% of black and minority ethnicity, most aged 35-54 years) who had mostly either depression, anxiety, manic depression, schizophrenia or psychosis. Barriers to work included the effects of medication, difficulties associated with losing benefits, and discrimination at interview, short-list or job offer stages. However, many who have succeeded and disclosed their mental health problems reported recent, positive experiences, compared with the past. Participants' views are quoted. Data tables and graphs are presented throughout. Key findings and recommendatons are also provided.
The Disability Discrimination Act: failing people with mental health problems? Part 2
- Author:
- PATRICK Hilary
- Journal article citation:
- SCOLAG Journal, 296, July 2002, pp.122-123,133.
- Publisher:
- ScoLAG(Scottish Legal Action Group)
Looks at the problems of implementing the Act for people with mental health problems. Focuses on the difficulties faced by people with mental health problems to qualify for protection under the Act.
Let's be mindful of stigma
- Author:
- BAILEY Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 28.11.02, 2002, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A Royal College of Psychiatrists campaign is looking to encourage the public to be more tolerant of people with mental health problems The campaign is unique among the current anti-stigma campaigns in that it is aimed not only at the public but also at the medical and caring professions. It has been targeting doctors and other health care professionals who are just as likely as any of us to stigmatise people with, for example, drug addiction problems or eating disorders.
Modernising the workhorse: getting the best from service users
- Author:
- SNOW Rose
- Journal article citation:
- MCC Building Knowledge for Integrated Care, 10(4), August 2002, p.26.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
It is argued that discriminatory attitudes to (ex) service users may threaten modernisation as they limit and shrink the workhorse and prevent committed workers form succeeding. This article summarises the report of the first National Conference of Survivor Workers which gives senior managers the knowledge needed to increase the size and capability of the workhorse.
A question of money: the Hats Off campaign
- Author:
- FRIEDLI Lynne
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 1(4), December 2002, pp.32-34.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
The past decade has seen a wide range of campaigns worldwide devoted to challenging the stigma surrounding mental health issues and attempting to change public attitudes and behaviour. Such campaigns are notoriously difficult to evaluate and have also been criticised for failing to address the structural causes and sources of discrimination against people with mental health problems. In response to some of these problems, Mentality's 'Hats Off' campaign adopted a traditional fundraising strategy, based on the hypothesis that, like any other marginalised group, the user/survivor movement is best placed to define and achieve its own empowerment and, with adequate resources, can do so.
Ethnic differences in prisoners: risk factors and psychiatric service use
- Authors:
- COID Jeremy, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 181(12), December 2002, pp.481-487.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The aim of this article is to compare early environmental risks, stressful daily living experiences and reported use of psychiatric services in prisoners from different ethnic groups. Fewer Black and South Asian male prisoners reported childhood traumas and conduct disorder, and fewer Black prisoners experienced stressful prison experiences, than White prisoners. Fewer Black women had received previous psychiatric treatment, and fewer Black men had their psychiatric problems identified in prison. Black prisoners were less likely to have received psychiatric treatment than Whites. The lower prevalence of psychiatric morbidity observed in Black prisoners corresponds with reduced exposure to risk factors. Higher rates of imprisonment might be explained by higher rates of conduct disorder, adolescent-onset criminality and disadvantage within the criminal justice system.
Ethnic differences in prisoners: criminality and psychiatric morbidity
- Authors:
- COID Jeremy, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 181(12), December 2002, pp.473-480.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
In England and Wales, persons of African-Caribbean origin are more likely to be both imprisoned and admitted to secure hospitals. The authors examined Home Office data on all persons in prison, and carried out a two-stage cross-sectional survey of 3142 remanded and sentenced, male and female, prisoners in all penal establishments in England and Wales in 1997. The research confirmed high rates of imprisonment for Black people and lower rates for South Asians. Different patterns of offending and lower prevalence of psychiatric morbidity were observed in Black prisoners. Despite increased risks of imprisonment, African-Caribbeans show less psychiatric morbidity than White prisoners. This contrasts with the excess of African-Caribbeans in secure hospitals, an inconsistency possibly in part due to the effects of ethnic groups on admission procedures.
Racism and mental health: prejudice and suffering
- Author:
- BHUI Kamaldeep
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 256p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book investigates the impact of racism (both conscious and unconscious) in mental health settings, covering clinical encounters and the broader picture concerning service provision. The authors specifically look at racial and cultural identity and the significance of therapeutic communities.
Mental health and social justice: gender, race and psychological consequences of unfairness
- Author:
- SHEPPARD Michael
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 32(6), September 2002, pp.779-797.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Mental health or ill health is, by some, thought to be inherent within the individual, whereas social justice, as its name indicates, resides within the realm of the social. However, where we understand social justice as, on the one hand, an issue involving equality and fairness, and on the other as having both material and symbolic dimensions it becomes clear that there is an important link. In particular groups which suffer disadvantage and discrimination may be expected to suffer higher rates of mental ill health. However, the key to understanding this is by identifying the mechanisms by which this can happen. In order to do this it is necessary that one does not look at mental health (or illness) in an undifferentiated way, since there are different processes involved for different forms of mental ill health. This article, therefore, looks at this by focusing on the issue of social justice through two significant relationships: gender and depression, and race and schizophrenia. It then examines the mechanisms which link these together, and show how they are significant psychological consequences of social injustice arising in both material and symbolic form.
Attitudes towards disabled staff and the effect of the National Minimum wage: a Delphi survey of employers and disability employment advisors
- Authors:
- SCHNEIDER Justine, DUTTON Jillian
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 17(3), May 2002, pp.283-306.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Reports on a Delphi study on a drawing on the expertise of a national sample of 100 employers of disabled people, and a similar number of Disability Employment Advisors (DEAs). It presents their existing attitudes towards disabled employees before analysing the effect of the NMW on these views. Differences between employers and DEAs were found in relation to the perceived costs and obstacles to employers of taking or retaining disabled staff, the problems presented by specific disabilities and the motivation shown by disabled staff. There was general agreement that the NMW has benefited disabled people by making low paid jobs better paid. Some disabled employees appear to have been adversely affected by the interaction of the interaction of the NMW with the Supported Placement Scheme (SPS, now Workstep) and the benefits system. Concludes that understanding employers' perspectives may facilitate the promotion of work opportunities for disabled people.