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Changes 12 Steps to Mental Health
- Author:
- WAIN Barbara
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 13(4), November 2009, pp.25-30.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Changes 12 Steps to Mental Health is a peer-led charity providing person-focused, recovery-rooted services that aim to promote recovery, enabling people to become contributing members of society again. This article traces its history, achievements and the challenges faced in developing the services that it provides today.
Abuse in mental health services: some theoretical considerations
- Authors:
- WILLIAMS Jennie, KEATING Frank
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 2(3), September 2000, pp.32-39.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The mental health field is viewed by some as reluctant to tackle the problem of abuse. While 'adult protection' offers one way forward, the authors of this paper caution against over-enthusiastic borrowing from this paradigm. Instead they argue that mental health services will only become intolerant of abuse when there is widespread acceptance of the role of power abuse in psychological distress and disturbance.
The power of creativity
- Author:
- SASSOON Mina
- Journal article citation:
- Voluntary Voice, 132, March 1999, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- London Voluntary Service Council
Profiles Core Arts, a pioneering arts project in Hackney for people with mental health problems.
User centred mental health assessments
- Author:
- COX Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 3(2), June 1998, pp.26-28.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Describes the Avon Mental Health Measure (AMHM), a user-centred approach to assessing need for those with mental health problems.
The end of stigma?: changes in the social experience of long-term illness
- Author:
- GREEN Gill
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 156p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The author investigates the contemporary experiences of stigma and examines stigma in relation to a variety of long term conditions such as HIV, mental illness and substance misuse. Chapter two reviews the concept of stigma and looks at the ways in which the concept has been defined and applied in understanding long-term illness. Chapter three looks at the technological, personal and organizational challenges to stigma and exclusion. Chapters on HIV, mental health and substance misuse follow. The concluding chapter discusses the challenges and asks whether we are arriving 'at the end of stigma?'. The author demonstrates that people with long-term conditions refuse to be defined by their condition and highlights their increasingly powerful voice.
Tackling discrimination
- Author:
- THORNICROFT Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, June 2006, pp.26-29.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The author discusses the practical steps that can be taken to tackle the discrimination and social exclusion experienced by users of mental health services. The article covers the following topics: empowerment of people with mental illness themselves; providing better information and knowledge about mental health problems; improved opportunities for employment; and national campaigns.
Timely intervention
- Author:
- McCURRY Patrick
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 28, 29.1.03, 2003, pp.26-27..
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Looks at the idea of Time Banks, which are now being used by GPs and social care professionals to promote self-esteem and better health and well-being of marganised individuals. The idea began in the US, with participants depositing their time the bank by giving practical and support to others.
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.
A question of money: the Hats Off campaign
- Author:
- FRIEDLI Lynne
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 1(4), December 2002, pp.32-34.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
The past decade has seen a wide range of campaigns worldwide devoted to challenging the stigma surrounding mental health issues and attempting to change public attitudes and behaviour. Such campaigns are notoriously difficult to evaluate and have also been criticised for failing to address the structural causes and sources of discrimination against people with mental health problems. In response to some of these problems, Mentality's 'Hats Off' campaign adopted a traditional fundraising strategy, based on the hypothesis that, like any other marginalised group, the user/survivor movement is best placed to define and achieve its own empowerment and, with adequate resources, can do so.
Mental health in Finland
- Authors:
- LAHTI Pirkko, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Breakthrough, 2(3), 1998, pp.51-55.
Looks at mental health in Finland, current legislation, the growth of the user movement and the influence of the Finnish Association for Mental Health. Also discusses the European project which was designed to help socially and economically marginalised young people find work.