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Mental health and social inclusion: mental health in the mainstream: working paper two
- Author:
- RANKIN Jennifer
- Publisher:
- Institute for Public Policy Research
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 22p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Mental health problems deny people many ordinary opportunities. It has been estimated that someone with a serious mental health problem is four times more likely than an ‘average’ person to have no close friends. In a survey, 84 per cent of people with mental health problems reported feeling isolated, compared with 29 per cent of the general population (Mind 2004). These barriers to basic social networks signal the wider social exclusion of people with mental health problems. There is increasing understanding about the links between poor mental health and social exclusion. This paper explores these links and aims to add to the momentum for change, for good mental health to become ‘everybody’s business’, as well as a core objective for social policy.
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.
Card carriers
- Author:
- STRONG Susannah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.7.95, 1995, p.7.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Increasing numbers of people with mental health problems are experiencing adverse side effects from prescribed drugs. Reports on the practice implications of a new yellow card scheme to give users a voice.
Innovation without change: consumer power in psychiatric services
- Author:
- BRANDON David
- Publisher:
- Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 192p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
Traces the history of mental illness services to the present day. Argues that the only way to improve these is to listen to the users, and to give them a say in the planning and running of services.
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.
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:
- 4p.
- 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 report provides a summary of a national study which 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. 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.
Direct payments in England: factors linked to variations in local provision
- Authors:
- FERNANDEZ Jose-Luis, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 36(1), January 2007, pp.97-121.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Direct payments have moved to the heart of the government's drive for increased user choice. At the same time, implementation has remained disappointing. This article explores the demand, supply and related factors associated with patterns of local variability in uptake and intensity of care package provision. Statistical analyses are conducted for key client groups – people with physical disabilities, older people, people with learning disabilities and people who use mental health services – using data for England from 2000–01 to 2002–03. The results suggest that direct payments variability reflects a complex array of factors, both within and beyond the control of local public actors. In particular, while local policy preferences appear to shape the extent of direct payments growth, the results also demonstrate that understanding levels of activity requires attention to local circumstances.
Mental health needs a lifeline
- Author:
- SARDAR Shahid
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.03.04, 2004, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Delivering Race Equality is the most recent strategy, or draft framework as the government prefers to describe it, to be touted as vanquisher of the many-headed hydra of inequity in the mental health system. The National Institute for Mental Health in England's national strategic director, believes the programme for change is unique and unprecedented in the NHS in its focus on race. Initial responses from the voluntary sector to the framework were robust. Though welcoming key aspects, such as the emphasis on suicide prevention and acute care, they considered that a strategy was needed to tackle the structural inequalities within mental health services through clearly specified targets, objectives, rigorous monitoring and lines of accountability. A view was also expressed for a greater emphasis on staff training, which would tie into proposals in the framework around management and governance. Many also felt there should be a greater emphasis on service users and assessments.
For better or worse?
- Author:
- CARLISE Daloni
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 20.6.02, 2002, p.40.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Discusses whether the framework for mental health has created a scramble to meet targets rather than users' needs.