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Poverty social exclusion and mental health in the UK 1978 - 2000: a resource pack
- Authors:
- DAVIS Ann, HILL Phil
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 65p.,list of orgs.
- Place of publication:
- London
The research and literature collected and summarised in this resource pack clearly demonstrate the links between poverty and mental health. People with mental health problems usually have low incomes and people on low incomes are more prone to mental distress, creating a vicious circle. The resources are arranged in three sections: the nature of poverty and its impact on mental health; the experience of poverty and the circumstances of mental health service users; and combating poverty and promoting mental health.
Community development as mental health promotion: principles, practice and outcomes
- Authors:
- McCABE Angus, DAVIS Ann
- Journal article citation:
- Community Development Journal, 47(4), October 2012, pp.506-521.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
In this article, the authors explore the fields of community development and mental health with a view to promoting productive engagement between them, and discuss the potential and challenges of using community development approaches for mental health promotion interventions. The article examines differences and common ground between community development and mental health practice. It also draws on a case study of an evaluation of the Feeling Good programme, which aimed to apply community development principles and practice in addressing the mental health needs of people in a socially deprived community in England through promoting self-help and individual resilience. It identifies and considers 3 key issues: a tendency for mental health promotion interventions to be rooted in models of community pathology rather than individual and collective strengths; the ways in which mental health policies focus on individual determinants and responsibilities for mental health and well-being and fail to challenge structural inequalities; and how measures of the impact of community development are compromised in a policy environment which favours brief interventions and outcomes. The authors discuss possible future developments, including encouraging exchange and learning between community development, mental health workers and service users, and placing mental health and well-being at the centre of community development principles and practice.
Poverty work and the mental health services
- Authors:
- DAVIS Ann, WAINWRIGHT Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Breakthrough, 1(1), 1996, pp.47-56.
The issue of poverty in mental health is not just one of poverty stricken services, but the consequences that arise for individuals with mental health problems. Mental health problems disrupt and reduce personal income and resources because those subject to it find themselves disadvantaged in sustaining employment. Discusses the relationship between poverty and mental health and looks at initiatives to tackle this problem.