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Betting on a different horse: a qualitative analysis of mental health in health promotion policies
- Authors:
- SOLIN Pia, LEHTO Juhani
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 3(3), September 2004, pp.8-17.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Aims to analyse the position and role of mental health in health promotion policy. Policy documents from Finland, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, England and Portugal indicate that, although mental health is considered a serious issue, it is problematic in policy terms. Arguments make the case for the importance of mental health within the health promotion agenda, including the classification of mental illness as a public health problem, socio-economic and individual costs of mental health problems, and the view that mental wellbeing is a crucial element of overall health. However, problems of definition and measurement, and a traditional focus on treatment and care, continue to make mental health promotion problematic for policy makers.
Law without enforcement: integrating mental health and justice
- Editors:
- EASTMAN Nigel, PEAY Jill
- Publisher:
- Hart
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 238.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Explores and reflects on the debate on the law relating to mental disorder. Considers the apparently irreconcilable objectives of mental health and justice. Looks at the nature of mental disorder and its impact on legal capacity, juxtaposing constructs which arise from differing disciplines and exposing the inadequacies of current mental health law. Makes proposals for integrating the achievement of mental health and justice and acknowledges the potential contribution of law to mental health is inherently limited. Argues for radical law reform but cautions against hasty and ill considered proposals at a time when issues concerning mental health care and related law are politically highly charged.
Exploring mental health and wellbeing: the role of arts and humanities research
- Author:
- ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL
- Publisher:
- Arts and Humanities Research Council
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 33
- Place of publication:
- Swindon
This report highlights the important role that arts and humanities based research can play in helping to address complex issues around mental health. It includes case studies from a new cross-disciplinary mental health research agenda, which sees the UK’s seven research councils collaborating on mental health research. The case studies cover the areas of art and expressive therapies, design, and policy shaping and include: a project on using creative activities to improve mental wellbeing in carers, health professionals and patients; using innovative design in the form of a personalised fragrance dispenser to help manage mental health conditions; the Essex Autonomy Project, which aims to help the way the law and care services treat patients whose ability to make decisions may be impaired; and a project which looks the potential of the rural landscape can help improve mental wellbeing. (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.
Modernising mental health approaches: using system dynamics to explore the options
- Author:
- SMITH Gill
- Journal article citation:
- Management Issues in Social Care, 9(3), Summer 2004, pp.15-24.
- Publisher:
- OLM Systems
Explores the use of systems dynamics in deriving policies for mental health, as part of the modernisation drive in mental health.
Adults, mental illness and incapacity: convergence and overlap in legal regulation
- Author:
- BARTLETT Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 25(4), December 2003, pp.341-353.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
While not entirely congruent, there will be substantial overlap between the classes of individuals governed by the proposed Mental Incapacity and Mental Health Acts, and by the court's inherent jurisdiction. This paper argues that the mental health proposals are procedurally strong but substantively weak, while the incapacity reforms are, largely, the reverse. For individuals who may be subject to either legal régime, therefore, the safeguards of one statute may be avoided by resort to the other. Lying across both reforms is the court's inherent jurisdiction. It remains to be seen whether or how the scope of this jurisdiction will be developed in the event that the legislative reforms are passed.
Researchable questions to support evidence-based mental health policy concerning adult mental illness
- Authors:
- THORNICROFT G., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 26(10), October 2002, pp.364-367.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
This article aims to identify important gaps in completed research and to translate these gaps into researchable questions that can contribute to a debate about the future research agenda for general adult mental health in England. The authors conduct an expert assessment of a thematic review of commissioned research on adult mental health between 1992 and 2000 the Scoping Review of the Effectiveness of Mental Health Services, produced by the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination at the University of York and the Report of the Mental Health Topic Working Group (1999).
Mental health under review
- Author:
- DAVIDSON Gavin
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, June 2002, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Gives the BASW response to plans to review policy and practice for mental health services in Northern Ireland.
Renewing mental health law: a policy statement
- Author:
- SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 79p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Policy statement from the Scottish Executive on proposals for a new Mental Health Act for Scotland. The paper sets out the framework of the new Act and goes on to look at more specific issues such as: compulsory treatment; rights of users and carers; vulnerable people; the Mental Welfare Commission; offenders with mental health problems; and making the Act work.
The Mental Health Act: from review to reform
- Authors:
- O'KEEFFE Gerardine, SCOTT-MONCRIEFF Lucy
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, 11(3), December 2000, pp.667-681.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
Outlines the review of the Mental Health Act, including the recommendations of the Expert Committee and the views of the government