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Shunned: discrimination against people with mental illness
- Author:
- THORNICROFT Graham
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 301p.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
People with mental illness commonly describe the stigma and discrimination they face as being worse than their main condition. The book presents clearly for a wide readership information about the nature and severity of discrimination against people with mental illness and what can be done to reduce this.
Barriers to employment: what works for people with mental health problems
- Author:
- CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing identifies where the main barriers to employment still lie, what we know about which interventions work (and should be provided more widely), and where there are gaps in evidence-based interventions and what might be tested to develop that evidence. The briefing describes supports which are currently available for people wanting to work, and calls for a more widespread implementation of best practice. One such instance is Individual Placement and Support (IPS), an approach to helping people with severe mental illness to get back into employment; but although Its evidence base is well-established, its availability across the UK is patchy..Using personal budgets is suggested as an option for funding IPS. The briefing comments on the effects of policies such as universal credit (UC), and the work capability assessment (WCA): these do little to tackle inequalities in employment rates for those with mental health problems or other disabilities. The briefing urges commissioners and providers of both employment services and health and social care to make support into employment a priority: employers also need support to be able to help existing employees who develop mental health problems. . (Edited publisher abstract)
Time for an incapacity act? The case against another Mental Health Act
- Author:
- SULLIVAN Danny
- Journal article citation:
- Young Minds Magazine, 52, May 2001, p.17.
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
Argues that the Government's plans for a new Mental Health Act are inherently discriminatory and suggests it is time, instead, for an Incapacity Act applicable to everyone, not just those with a mental illness.
Enhancing workplace inclusion for employees with psychiatric disabilities
- Authors:
- FORBESS Rick, FARKAS Marianne, RUSSINOVA Zlatka
- Publisher:
- Boston University. Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 32p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Boston, MA
This technical assistance guide is for anyone working with employers and organisations whose goal is to eliminate prejudice and discrimination against employees with mental health problems. It could also be used by employers as a self-development aid. It acts as a practical workbook. The Guide beings with an overview of the general principles and processes to be aware of when carrying out work with organisations. The process itself is then broken down into seven individual steps. The seven steps detailed are: engaging the employer; targeting discriminatory behaviours; developing policies; establishing benchmarks; designing benchmark evaluation; educating employees; and addressing problems. Each step is briefly described. For each step intended outcomes, guidelines for conducting the step and an illustrative case study example are provided.
The mark of shame: stigma of mental illness and an agenda for change
- Author:
- HINSHAW Stephen P.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 331p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
In this book, the author examines the longstanding tendency to stigmatize those with mental illness. He also provides practical strategies for overcoming this serious problem, including enlightened social policies that encourage, rather than discourage, contact with those afflicted, media coverage emphasizing their underlying humanity, family education, and responsive treatment. Stigma is a deeply inspiring and passionate work that is realistic and filled with hope. It combines personal accounts with information from social and evolutionary psychology, sociology, and public policy to provide messages that are essential for anyone afflicted or familiar with mental illness.
Public mental health in England since 1997: past, present and future
- Author:
- BYWATERS Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Public Mental Health, 4(1), March 2005, pp.13-16.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Describes work streams developed since 1997, under the current government, and outlines opportunities for the future.
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.
Social inclusion and mental health
- Author:
- SAYCE Liz
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 25(4), April 2001, pp.121-123.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
Editorial looking at the relationship between social exclusion and mental health. Also looks at current government policy initiatives and how they are tackling the problem.
Meeting the mental health needs of older women: taking social inequality into account
- Authors:
- MILNE Alisoun, WILLIAMS Jennie
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 20(6), November 2000, pp.699-723.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Whilst there is increasing acceptance that social inequalities have implications for mental health, there is minimal acknowledgement of their effects on the development and treatment of mental ill health in older people. This article focuses on older women, as they are the majority sufferers of mental illness in later life, and are particularly vulnerable to the cumulative effects of lifelong and age-related inequalities. Draws on literature from the fields of gerontology and mental health and argues that for effective care to be developed, older women's mental ill health needs to be seen within the context of their past and present experience of social inequalities. Evidence particularly relates to socio-economic disadvantages as well as to the consequences of discrimination. Argues that psychological vulnerability is further compounded by the gendered effects of social policy, and by care system which constructs mental health needs as unrelated to oppression, and dislocated from their economic, social and historical roots. Finally outlines the key components of care and service system which takes account of social inequalities, and which accords centrality to the experiences, views and women opinions of older women with mental health problems.
Coming in from the cold
- Author:
- DUNN Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Practitioner, 72(12), December 1999, pp.383-384.
- Publisher:
- Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association
Over 500 witnesses gave evidence to mental health charity Mind's inquiry into social exclusion as experienced by mental health service users. The author of Creating Accepting Communities, a report based on the inquiry's findings, says mental health service users - young and old - remain victims of social exclusion.