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The palace
- Author:
- ALLARD Simon
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 4(4), November 2000, pp.23-25.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This report describes 'The Palace' - an ambitious contribution to community development by a user/survivor-managed organisation from the London borough of Newham, the Independent Newham Users' Forum.
Lullaby of Broadmoor
- Author:
- OLDEN Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 7.7.99, 1999, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Asks why Victor Nash, Susan Goscombe and Jason short, all patients at Broadmoor Hospital, committed suicide within a two-week period.
Service users' perspectives on housing and support
- Author:
- SWANSTON Kenny
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 3(3), September 1998, pp.14-16.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Describes the principles and features of housing and support which are valued by mental health service users in Fife, Scotland.
The challenge of individual rights
- Author:
- WOOD John
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 166, April 1995, pp.417-420.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The tasks undertaken by psychiatry and the other professions treating and caring for people with mental health problems are not easy. The work attracts publicity and is closely monitored by groups representing patients. Society also has measures of checking practice in the form of the system of Mental Health Review Tribunals. Discusses mental health law and practice, and psychiatric practice in relation to individual rights.
Policy implementation in England: developments to meet the mental health needs of people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- CHAPLIN Eddie, O'HARA Jean
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, 1(1), March 2007, pp.7-12.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article looks at current initiatives to improve mental health care for people with learning disabilities from around England and places them within a policy context. It highlights the areas that still fail to provide a basic care standard, some of which have been reported throughout the media from recent investigations. Where this is the case, the authors outline the response and actions that have been put in place to address these issues. The article focuses on the areas of 'rights', 'inclusion', 'choice' and 'independence'. They argue that there now needs to be cooperation between services that traditionally have not worked together for the benefit of this client group. The traditional views and values of service provides and commissioners will need to be challenged and tuned to the needs of this group of people.
Not just users of services but contributors to society: the opportunities of the disability rights agenda
- Author:
- SAYCE Liz
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 6(3), September 2001, pp.25-28.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Discusses the relevance of models of disability for people with mental health problems. Looks at the opportunities presented in the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 as they apply to mental health.
Taking instructions
- Author:
- KELLEY Nancy
- Journal article citation:
- Openmind, 107, January 2001, p.11.
- Publisher:
- MIND
The author defines and defends independent mental health advocacy.
Rescue me
- Author:
- FARMER Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.7.00, 2000, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
People caring for someone with a mental illness finally have a right both to an assessment and to have their assessed needs met. The author explains how much difference this will make to carers and their loved ones.
Gay advocacy
- Author:
- MANN Polly
- Journal article citation:
- Openmind, 107, January 2001, p.12.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Explains why gay-specific advocacy is needed in mental health.
The experience of young carers in the UK: the mental health issues
- Authors:
- DEARDEN Chris, BECKER Saul
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 2(8), April 1999, pp.273-276.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
The recent publication of a national carers strategy reflects increasing awareness of the burden of informal care on relatives of people with a disability or long-term health problem. This article examines the experiences of young carers in general, and of those caring for a parent or sibling with a mental health problem or learning disability.