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Bold but balanced: how community development contributes to mental health and inclusion
- Authors:
- SEEBOHM Patience, GILCHRIST Alison, MORRIS David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Development Journal, 47(4), October 2012, pp.473-490.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Drawing on their own exploratory study of the role community development can play in the UK mental health context (Connect and Include, 2008), the authors of this article discuss how community development can contribute to mental well-being. The article focuses on how community development practitioners connect and include people experiencing mental health difficulties with community activities and mainstream services and increase opportunity and choice. It covers mental health and community context, recovery, inclusion, community-led initiatives, building trust, enabling and challenging, facilitating and light-touch support, and bridging barriers. It includes discussion of the findings from the Connect and Include study, which involved a survey and interviews with community development practitioners and participants in 8 sites across the UK. It identifies challenges for community development practitioners working with mental health service providers and users, and discusses the strengths and potential contribution of the community development approach in improving mental well-being.
Outsiders coming in?: achieving social inclusion for people with mental health problems
- Authors:
- SAYCE Liz, MORRIS David
- Publisher:
- MIND
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 43p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A core aim of government policy is to reduce social exclusion. This requires community engagement and success is dependent on multiagency partnerships. Given the mental health dimension in social exclusion, achievements will be limited without significant involvement from mental health agencies.
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.