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Not so easy
- Author:
- NEWBIGGING Karen
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, October 2002, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Looks at how primary care services are responding to standard two of the National Service Framework for Mental Health, that anyone who contacts their primary health care team with a common mental health problem should be assessed and offered treatment or referral to a specialist mental health service.
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.
Leadership development: reflections an learning on a two year programme
- Authors:
- DAVIDSON Deborah, NEWBIGGING Karen, PECK Edward
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 7(4), December 2002, pp.10-14.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
The National Service Framework for Mental Health (NSF) has clearly identified lead implementation officers as responsible for the execution of this policy. The North West Mental Health Development Programme was pilot project used to implement the framework. This article provides an overview of the programme, its educational design and reflects on the process of its development.