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Power packed
- Author:
- STRONG Susannah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.8.95, 1995, p.25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the idea behind a new resource pack which empowers users with clear and concise guidance.
Strategies for managing auditory hallucinations
- Author:
- WESTACOTT Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 18.1.95, 1995, pp.35-37.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Reviews some of the recent literature and describes how a number of strategies can be used to help individuals gain control over their hallucinations and reduce the level of distress experienced.
Mental health recovery and arts engagement
- Author:
- JENSEN Anita
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health Training Education and Practice, 13(3), 2018, pp.157 - 166).
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: Arts and cultural activities have been illustrated to be beneficial for mental health service users. The purpose of this paper is to explore the benefits of museum visits and engage in arts activities for mental health service users. Design/methodology/approach: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 mental health service users in Denmark. A thematic approach was used to analyse the data and theoretical lens of sociological theories of institutional logics was employed to explore the findings. Findings: These benefits are perceived to include empowerment and meaning in life, which are two of the core principles of recovery; arts engagement can, therefore, be a useful tool in recovery. The findings also show that the experience of visiting a museum was not always positive and depended upon the interaction with the museum educators. Originality/value: The service users identified arts engagement as creating meaning in life and empowerment, which are two element in the conceptual framework, CHIME (an acronym for: Connectedness, Hope and optimism, Identity, Meaning in life and Empowerment), that describes the human process of recovery. The findings also highlighted that if museums want to engage positively with people with mental health problems and contribute to their recovery then the training of staff and the improvement of institutional approaches to support working with vulnerable people are essential. (Edited publisher abstract)
From Kerala to Kyrgyzstan
- Authors:
- CUTLER Paul, HAYWARD Robert, MAKENBAEVA Burul
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, November 2006, pp.18-20.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Over the last four years the UK-based international mental health charity InterAction has worked with partners in Eastern Europe to develop and research ways for grassroots activists to influence policy development through practice projects. The work has been guided by the policy as process model, which was developed originally for international work with people who experienced disempowerment and disadvantage through poverty and deprivation. The authors describe their work in Eastern Europe, and also outline findings of a research project to evaluate the usefulness of the policy as process model to mental health activists working at grassroots level. The authors also look at how they have been use the model in areas of the UK.
Women with learning disabilities and menstruation
- Author:
- RODGERS Jackie
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 9(4), October 2004, pp.33-35.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Discusses the importance of menstruation, the unhappy experiences with it of many women with learning disabilities, arguments that it should be suppressed, menstruation and womanhood, and what can be done and is being done to improve things. Concludes more profound change can only occur through the empowerment of women with learning disabilities through self-advocacy, disability rights and women's movements.
Real lives real difference
- Author:
- WARNER Lesley
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, April 2003, pp.20-23.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Looks at the 'Real lives, real people' awards scheme set up by Mind and funded by the Millennium Commission. The scheme gave money to individuals so that they could undertake training to help them achieve personal goals. The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health then evaluated the impact on individuals who had won the award and how it had improved their knowledge, skills and self confidence.
Strategies for living
- Authors:
- FAULKNER Alison, NICHOLLS Vicky
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 9(1), February 2001, pp.32-36.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
This article provides a discussion of the value of user-led research in mental health, with particular reference to the 'Strategies for Living' project at the Mental Health Foundation.
A blast from the past
- Author:
- HOPTON John
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 10.9.97, 1997, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Revisits anti-psychiatry and discusses the legacy it has to offer.
Recovery and empowerment for people with psychiatric disabilities
- Author:
- DEEGAN Patricia E.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 25(3), 1997, pp.11-24.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The concept of recovery from major mental illness and the empowerment process are explored. Subjective experiences from the author's own journey of recovery from mental illness as well as others are explored. The concept of recovery as a journey, not a destination or "cure" is emphasised. Suggestions for the clinical practitioner who wishes to support the recovery and empowerment process are also given.
Money for change?
- Author:
- BRANDON David
- Journal article citation:
- Care in Place the International Journal of Networks and Community, 1(3), December 1994, pp.211-217.
Traces the history of peer advocacy in mental health services. Explores alternate definitions of the term, and provides some examples of action linked with changes in the citizens advocacy movement. Staff resistance to these changes are documented, with possible explanations for the dynamic. Other obstacles to change are identified, with an attempt to define essential features of the model in action.