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Mental health and criminal justice
- 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:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Between 2003 and 2004, there were 93 suicides (known as self-inflicted deaths) in prison. People with mental health problems are more likely to be the victims rather than the perpetrators of violence: a study of people with psychosis in British inner-city areas reported that 16 per cent had been the victims of violence, compared with about 7 per cent of the inner-city population overall.
Mental health and ethnicity
- 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:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Addressed to people from ethnic minority communities affected by mental health problems, all those providing services for these groups, including primary care and voluntary sector staff, education, housing, employment and advice services.
Mental health and housing
- 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:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Over four out of five people with severe mental health problems live in mainstream housing, with the rest living in supported housing or other specialist accommodation. Half of those with their own home or tenancy live alone. Many people with mental health problems feel that they are not offered the same choices as other people when seeking a new home, and that they are frequently obliged to take hard to let properties. People with mental health problems are one-and-a-half times more likely than the general population to live in rented housing, with higher uncertainty about how long they can remain in their current home. Mental health problems are prevalent among homeless people with 30 to 50 per cent of rough sleepers having mental health problems, and as many as one in five homeless people having a mental health problem and a further issue such as substance misuse.
Local implementation of the 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:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The report sets out a new model for partnership working across sectors and an action plan to achieve change. The over-arching objective of this plan is to ensure that experiencing mental health problems does not present a barrier to achieving individual goals and participating in society. Health and social care services have a critical role to play in helping people recover – or hold on to – what they value in life, by facilitating access to advice, support and mainstream opportunities. At the same time, it is essential that other service providers, including those in the fields of housing, arts and leisure and supported employment, actively address the issues faced by this client group and engage with the health sector to deliver change. Local strategies to meet these objectives will need to take into account differing local characteristics, eg rural or geographically dispersed populations or services, the age/ethnicity profile, transport links and areas of deprivation.