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What does social inclusion mean?
- Author:
- BERTRAM Mark
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 12(2), May 2008, pp.24-27.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Reports on findings from a survey of over 150 service users, through one-to-one interviews and discussion groups, which asked what the term 'social inclusion' meant to them. It also gathered their thoughts on whether mental health services could help people in the area of social inclusion.
Survey of community mental health services 2011: full national results tables
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 30p.
- Place of publication:
- London
National results of a survey which looked at the experiences of people receiving community mental health services during the time period July to September 2011. The survey involved 65 NHS Trusts in England and responses were received from over 17,000 services users (33% response rate). The survey included questions on care and treatment, contact with health and social care workers, medication, talking therapies, care coordinators, care plans and reviews, crisis care, and day to day living. Most people said that they were listened to carefully, treated with respect and dignity. The results also found that people needed to be more involved in some aspects of the provision of their care. Comparisons between 2011 and 2010 data are included where possible.
Crisis services
- Author:
- WAKELING Dawn
- Journal article citation:
- Open Mind, 90, March 1998, p.16.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Surveys of service users' needs consistently call for alternatives to hospital in times of crisis. Outlines the recent development of crisis services.
Consultation with users of mental health services
- Authors:
- HALL Sheila, SPEIRS Ronald
- Publisher:
- Cambridgeshire. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 40p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Consumer opinion survey undertaken as part of the development of a strategy for mental health services in the light of the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Disabled Persons' Act 1986.
Consumer survey: day centres for people with mental handicap (attenders)
- Author:
- CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Cambridgeshire. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 30p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Findings from the survey include: the need for a wider range of activities to cater for differing abilities; and the importance to users of the centres as places of social contact.
Long-term mental health disability: going to the consumers to assess need in the community
- Author:
- ORFORD J.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 49(11), 1986, pp.357-361.
- Publisher:
- Sage
How to set up and carry out a small-scale survey.
Activity and views of service users involved in mental health research: UK survey
- Authors:
- PATTERSON Sue, TRITE Jenny, WEAVER Tim
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 205(1), 2014, pp.68-75.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Aims: This article describes activities, roles and experiences of service users involved in mental health research. Method: National cross-sectional online questionnaire survey, using snowball sampling. A final sample of 166 service users were analysed. Descriptive statistics and framework analysis undertaken collaboratively with a service user reference group. Results: The survey revealed a previously undescribed, highly qualified service user research workforce. Positioned within and alongside mainstream research, respondents reported drawing on extensive service use, and passion for service improvement to challenge perceived clinical academic dominance of research. The support of peers was crucial to involvement, which typically enhanced mental health but for some, pervasive stigma and scrutiny undermined self-confidence and practical difficulties challenged equitable participation. Conclusions: Recognition of the service user research workforce will support the constructive amalgamation of academic and experiential expertise needed to shape and realise investment in mental health research. (Edited publisher abstract)
Discrimination against people with a mental health diagnosis: qualitative analysis of reported experiences
- Authors:
- HAMILTON Sarah, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 23(2), 2014, pp.88-93.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Aims: The study explores experiences of reported discrimination described by mental health service users in a national survey in England. Method: Structured telephone interviews were conducted with 537 mental health service users, randomly selected from five National Health Service Trusts in England. Interviews asked about experiences of discrimination in different life areas. Twenty-three interviews were audio-recorded and qualitatively analysed to develop a typology of discrimination experiences. Results: Seven types of discrimination experiences were identified: organisational decisions; mistreatment; social distancing; stereotyping; lack of understanding; dismissiveness; and over-protectiveness. Conclusions: Discrimination should be understood as occurring within social relationships and influenced by expectations of contact within these relationships. A better understanding of these processes can help target more effective messages in anti-discrimination campaigns. (Edited publisher abstract)
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.
All you need to know?
- Author:
- BRADSTREET Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, May 2004, pp.27-30.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Reports findings from the first ever Scotland-wide systematic study of what mental health service users themselves really think about all aspects of psychiatric drugs and their prescribing. It was conducted by the Scottish mental health charity the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH), with funding from the Community Fund.