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Mental health policy and Northern Ireland
- Author:
- PRIOR Pauline
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 27(4), December 1993, pp.323-334.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Mental health policy in Northern Ireland has moved through a number of phases during the past seventy years. This article examines some of the developments during each of these phases in the context of political factors which had an effect on policy formation and implementation.
Scotland the brave
- Author:
- ROBERTS Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, 9(6), July 2009, pp.16-18.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
This article looks at recent research that shows that Scotland pioneered the user movement. The Scottish Union of Mental Patients (SUMP) was founded sometime between 1969 and 1971, before the foundation of the Mental Patients Union in London in 1973. The article details the genesis of its first action, the "Petition for redress of grievances put forward by patients in Hartwood Hospital, Shotts Lanarkshire" and subsequent developments including the production of the training video "speaking from experience" in 1985. The article concludes with details of Scottish and English groups that are currently working on the history of the survivor movement.
Facing up to life in Hong Kong
- Authors:
- BARKER Lindsay, CHEUNG Stephen, NG Petrus
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 4(2), May 2000, pp.21-27.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article asks whether social firms and supported employment can they flourish in the very special situation of the new Hong Kong. Now part of the people's Republic of China, the former colony is still sitting between East and West, capitalism and communism, and is also in the throes of a very sharp recession. The authors look at what the future might hold.
Mental Divisions
- Author:
- MAPP Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 5.10.95, 1995, p.27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how people with mental health problems are taking advice to improve their image.
Information is power: preventing financial difficulties associated with mental health problems
- Authors:
- BOND Nikki, CLARKE Tasneem
- Publisher:
- Money and Mental Health Policy Institute
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 48
- Place of publication:
- London
This report explores how health professionals and other agencies can better support people who are struggling with their mental health to avoid financial problems. It outlines the current policy context, the opportunities to take a preventative approach to financial difficulty across a range of organisations, and explores the extent to which a preventative approach has been adopted within health settings. It also considers how preventative money support, which includes information, emotional and practical support could be provided outside of health settings. The report makes a number of recommendations, including for the co-location of mental health and money advice services and for preventative money advice information to be distributed through local authority services, including housing, social care and welfare rights teams. It draws on the findings from surveys with people with lived experience of mental health problems and those caring for them, including health professionals and social workers. (Edited publisher abstract)
The Women's Mental Health Taskforce: final report
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health and Social Care
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health and Social Care
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 73
- Place of publication:
- London
This report sets out how women's experience of mental ill health can differ to men's and the strategic priorities for the future. It is the final report of the Taskforce, which was formed in response to a rise in mental ill health among women. The Taskforce reviewed evidence and held focus groups to hear the views and experiences of women. Core themes identified include: women’s experiences of mental health services; women as mothers and carers; gender based violence and trauma; and multiple needs. The report sets out the statements developed by women as to what matters to them in mental health services. It also presents the gender and trauma informed principles developed by the Taskforce and describes how these could be implemented to improve outcomes for women. It goes on to outline the commitments made by members and other organisations to improve the experiences and treatments of women and makes suggestions for the future, including the strategic priorities and suggestions for how current research and data could be improved for women. It calls for commissioners and providers across the health and care system to take note of the report’s findings and to embed these in their work. (Edited publisher abstract)
Supported decision making: experiences, approaches and preferences
- Authors:
- DAVIDSON Gavin, et al
- Publishers:
- Praxis Care, Mencap, Queens University Belfast
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 72
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This report presents the findings from research which explores how people are supported to make their own decisions. The report includes the results of a review of literature on supported decision making, including different approaches; a review of key guidance; and findings from interviews with 41 people with mental health problems and/ or intellectual disabilities carried out by peer researchers. The interviews provided an in-depth understanding of people’s experiences of support for decision making and their ideas on how decision making should be supported in the future. The research was funded by the Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning (DRILL) programme and was led by Praxis Care in partnership with Mencap NI and Queen’s University Belfast. The findings identified three things that participants felt make decision making harder: the type of decision; the role of other people; and what the outcome might be. Time was also identified as an important factor. In terms of support, people said they would like: practical support including more accessible information; emotional support including someone to talk to; and sometimes the options to choose from. The report makes a number of recommendations for how support for decision making should be provided but also specifically for how these findings might help to inform how the new support principle in the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 should be implemented in practice. (Edited publisher abstract)
Let's talk: improving conversations about disability at work
- Author:
- SCOPE
- Publisher:
- SCOPE
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 36
- Place of publication:
- London
This research explores the opportunities and barriers working disabled people come across in having conversations about disability at work. It also highlights gaps between policies and practice that are preventing businesses from supporting disabled staff at work and looks at what employers and Government can do to reduce the risk disabled people perceive they face when sharing information. It draws on the results of interviews with disabled people about their experiences of talking about disability at work and two surveys, one with 306 working disabled people and another with a 1004 disabled people. The findings are discussed across the following themes: the barriers to sharing information at work; what can lead to sharing information; outcomes of sharing information; and what needs to change. The issues in each section are illustrated with case studies and results from the surveys. The results found that many disabled people struggle to share information about their impairment or condition in the workplace, which can make it harder to access the support and adjustments they need. The final section provides recommendations to disabled people, employers and to Government. (Edited publisher abstract)
From mental illness to a social model of madness and distress
- Authors:
- BERESFORD Peter, et al
- Publisher:
- Shaping Our Lives
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 76
- Place of publication:
- London
This report draws on the views and experiences of mental health service users/survivors, regarding mental health policy, models and services. It aims to update findings of an earlier 2010 report, ‘Towards a social model of madness and distress?’, which found that mental health service users/survivors felt that a medical model dominated both public and professional thinking and that further discussions about more social approaches to mental health were needed. A total of 82 people took part in this second stage project through discussion groups, individual interviews, and an on-line survey. Participants included a diverse range of service users including, people from rural and urban areas, older women and people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds. Organised in six main sections, the report draws heavily on the comments of service users and includes quotations throughout. The six sections explore mental health service users’/survivors’ views on: a medical model of mental health; reclaiming the term ‘madness’; the social model of disability as applied to mental health; the idea and policy of recovery; social approaches to mental health; and taking forward social approaches to mental health. A final section brings together the findings from the project and offers a set of possible ways of taking them forward. (Edited publisher abstract)
Towards a social model of madness and distress?: exploring what service users say
- Authors:
- BERESFORD Peter, NETTLE Mary, PERRING Rebecca
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 45p.
- Place of publication:
- York
There has been more emphasis on social approaches to mental health in recent years, reflected, for example, in the establishment of the Social Perspectives Network. There have been some initial discussions about a social model relating to mental health among mental health service users/survivors. However, as yet, this has not been widely explored or developed. This national study explores with mental health service users what models they feel underpin current thinking in mental health policy and practice. It asks what effects these models may have, and looks at what models service users think might be helpful. Four key issues were explored with service users; how mental health issues are understood in society; their personal understandings of mental health issues; the social model of disability in relation to mental health; and their personal understandings of madness and distress within a social model of disability. Key findings suggest that most service users believe that a medical model based on deficit and pathology still dominates public and professional understanding of mental health issues, shaping attitudes and policy. The idea of a social model of madness and distress, following the format of the social model of disability, met mixed views. The labelling and stigma following from a medical model of mental illness are major barriers for mental health service users. Service users see social approaches to mental health issues as much more helpful.