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Supping with the devil
- Author:
- JACKSON Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, February 2003, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The author talks to users about their experiences of working with NHS advisory groups.
Your friend or mine?
- Author:
- JACKSON Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, September 2001, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Reports on user groups concerns about the independence of the new Patient Advocacy and Liaison schemes.
Critical friends
- Author:
- JACKSON Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Openmind, 161, January 2010, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- MIND
The principles of intentional peer support, a formal model of peer support developed in the US, are briefly summarised. The peer support project operated by Sutton Mental Health Foundation is then described. As well as providing training for peer support they provide intentional peer support on acute psychiatric wards for South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.
Life peers
- Author:
- JACKSON Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, March 2008, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Scotland is to employ peer support workers in its mainstream mental health services. This article looks at the development of the scheme.
Criminal injustice
- Author:
- JACKSON Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, December 2007, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The author reports on a recent Mind survey, which surveyed 304 people with personal experience of mental illness about their experiences of crime and how they felt the police had responded. It also asked 86 support workers working with victims and witnesses with mental distress for their views about the criminal justice system. The findings revealed that people with mental health problems are not only more vulnerable to crime; they are much less likely to get justice.
Leading by example
- Author:
- JACKSON Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, July 2006, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The author looks at how user-led peer support services could be the answer to failing mental health services. The article looks at examples from New Zealand where service users have set up commercial businesses to provide mental health services under contract to the statutory mental health sector. The article also highlights a pilot project to provide Scotland's first speciality peer support scheme.
We have a lot to say
- Author:
- JACKSON Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, June 2006, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The author looks at the work of the Southampton City Service Users Working Group. The group is for people with learning disabilities who also have mental health problems. The group was winner of the NIMHE Positive Practice Award for learning disabilities and mental health.
Lest we forget
- Author:
- JACKSON Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 3(7), March 2000, pp.220-221.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
The filmed life stories and testimonies of survivors of the psychiatric system have been added to the National Life Story Collection at the British Library. This article details the Mental Health Media project and gives some brief examples of the kind of stories that were told.
Right on our side
- Author:
- JACKSON Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 4(1), September 2000, pp.6-8.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Reports on how legislation is just one of the many tools the Disability Rights Commission will be using to tackle discrimination.
A bridge for families
- Author:
- JACKSON Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 3(7), March 2000, pp.222-223.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
This article describes the work of Luton Building Bridges, a voluntary sector support service for families where a parent has mental health problems. Includes an interview with a user of the service.