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Social exclusion and mental health promotion: an inextricable link?
- Author:
- MURRAY Michael
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 3(3), September 2001, pp.25-32.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Discusses the concept of health and stresses the inherent value of mental health to our general well-being. Using New Labour policies to fight social exclusion as an example of government policy, and the position of people with mental health problem as a socially excluded group, it criticises the policy initiative undertaken so far as being simplistic in nature, supportive of conventional lifestyles and failing to redistribute in come. The results of such policies, it is argued, will be a continuation of social exclusion for a range of disadvantaged groups. If health for all is to be achieved, a socially inclusive society is required.
Wish you were here?
- Author:
- TAYLOR Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.3.01, 2001, p.14.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at how foot and mouth disease is ravaging the countryside bringing more heartache to adults and children who already suffer severe poverty, and poor social services.
Citizenship and community in mental health: a joint national programme for social inclusion and community partnership
- Author:
- MORRIS David
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 6(3), September 2001, pp.21-24.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Describes the key themes and projects of the Citizenship and Community Programme, an 18 month project.
Promoting social inclusion
- Author:
- NEWBIGGING Karen
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 6(3), September 2001, pp.5-12.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
The National Service Framework for Mental Health (Department of Health, 1999) highlights the need for health and social services to tackle stigma and discrimination and to promote the social inclusion of people with mental health problems, but there are doubts as to how effectively this will be translated into action. This article aims to provide a basis for practical action by starting with the experience of exclusion by people with mental health problems, exploring the meanings of social inclusion and exclusion, identifying some useful contributions to thinking about social inclusion and considering what these might mean in practice. Argues that if social inclusion is to be translated into reality for people with mental health problems then the ambiguities within practice and policy need to be recognised, the reasons for exclusion made explicit, and an acknowledgement that promoting inclusion is necessarily a demanding endeavour.
Poverty and mental health: the work of the FOCUS on mental health consortium
- Author:
- LAWTON-SMITH Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 6(3), September 2001, pp.17-20.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
FOCUS on Mental Health is a UK consortium, founded in 1993, which comprises some 25 representatives of leading UK groups with an interest in mental health. Its overall aim is: to help create a positive climate of opinion towards mental health; to stimulate communication and collaboration between groups working in mental health; to co-ordinate events involving member organisations which are beyond the organisational capacity of individual members of the group; to organise and advise on concrete initiatives, aimed at promoting and improving the image of mental health. Discusses their work and achievements.
Detention under the Mental Health Act: balancing rights, risks and needs for services
- Authors:
- HATFIELD Barbara, ANTCLIFF Valerie
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 23(2), May 2001, pp.135-153.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Article identifies that increasing rates of detention through the 1990s in a particular region , disproportionately involve longer-term detentions (under section 3), men, and people with serious mental illnesses. Those detained are likely to experience social difficulties. Changes in legislation are imminent, and the article concludes that thought should be given to the amount of statutory intervention in the lives of seriously mentally ill people, and to the principle of reciprocity in relation to those coerced for lesser periods. Argues that services should seek to address the issues of social exclusion which are reflected in the circumstances of those detained.
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.
Double jeopardy
- Author:
- BIRD Lisa
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 4(8), April 2001, pp.252-253.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Reports on the results of a new survey which reveals that poverty and mental health problems go hand in hand.
Homelessness, mental illness and citizenship
- Authors:
- ROWE Michael, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 35(1), March 2001, pp.14-31.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Assertive mental health outreach to homeless persons points towards the goals of community membership and "citizenship" - a connection to the rights, responsibilities, roles and resources that society offers through public and social institutions and informal "associational life" - for homeless persons. The authors argue that the concept of citizenship is a useful framework for approaching these goals. Go on to review the principles of assertive mental health outreach and relevant aspects of contemporary citizenship theory; present a case example of outreach leading to a "citizenship project"; and discuss the potential benefits and pitfalls of a citizenship framework, including strategies and recommendations for program administrators, researchers and policy makers.
Exclusion zone
- Author:
- DOWNEY Rachel
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.9.01, 2001, pp.29-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author reports on the issues, what hope is there for the government's initiatives to promote social inclusion when social workers, who are best placed to act as advocates for vulnerable groups, are themselves feeling excluded while some service users explain how social care workers have helped them to turn around their lives.