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Hidden healthcare
- Author:
- JOHNSON Robin
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, April 2011, pp.14-17.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Some of the mental health problems that social housing staff have to deal with in their work are discussed. These include paranoia, hoarding and personality disorders. The article highlights how social housing is supporting some of the most vulnerable people in society and argues that social housing should be include in partnerships and joint initiatives to identify needs.
Public health and social housing: a natural alliance
- Author:
- JOHNSON Robin
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 14(1), 2011, pp.6-14.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
In November 2010, the UK Coalition Government unveiled its White Paper on the future course of the new national public health services. The White Paper offers significant advances in the promotion of public health, and especially the role of local government in brokering local partnerships. The aim of this paper is to summarise and comment on evolving UK policy in public health and social housing, using mental health is as an example. It especially aims to outline the gaps in conventional health research approaches that have tended to obscure the evidence and potential in collaborative working. The paper describes how the evidence base relating to public health policy remains scattered across different disciplines and their various disparate communication channels. Any new public health strategy focussed on health inequalities needs to recognise the role that social housing already plays in supporting concentrations of the more vulnerable. Better recognition of the everyday social and mental health problems that social housing staff deal with illustrates the central role of housing management as the defining factor in social housing, and the potential for partnerships with public health.
Bringing it all back home: mental health and housing
- Author:
- JOHNSON Robin
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 11(3), November 2008, pp.30-35.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article calls for better co-operation and co-ordination between mental health and housing support services, and greater recognition of the important role of social housing in community mental health care. The article was originally published as: Johnson R (2008) A Life in the Day 12(2), pp.9-13.
Bringing it all back home
- Author:
- JOHNSON Robin
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 12(2), May 2008, pp.9-13.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article provides a broad overview of relations between mental health and housing service over recent years. The article draws on the findings of the Northern Centre for Mental Health commissioned study in 2003 on the views and experiences of staff working in social housing, published in 2006. The author calls for better co-operation and co-ordination between mental health and housing support services, and greater recognition of the important role of social housing in community mental health care.