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Service user involvement: enriching the learning experience
- Authors:
- LECKEY Jill, WALTERS Phil, HOLT Barrie
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 5(1), April 2008, pp.35-49.
- Publisher:
- South West Yorkshire Mental Health NHS Trust and University of Huddersfield
This paper purports that by virtue of the service user’s experience of mental distress and service provision, they offer valuable knowledge and expertise to enrich the mental health nursing students learning experience collaboratively. This paper considers a historical perspective of the issues, shares some positive examples of good practice around involvement and inclusion considering the conflicting tensions that became complementary and how this helped, in developing an enriching learning experience.
It's all in the mind
- Author:
- RODNEY Nicola
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 12(2), May 2008, pp.6-8.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article describes the authors involvement, as a service user participant, in the Europe-wide 'Its all in the Mind' project. The project is looking into the training and support needs of teaching staff working with students in mainstream education who have mental health difficulties. It involved visits to Turkey and Ireland to look at current practice.
See with your mind
- Author:
- ROWLING Edwina
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, April 2008, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The author profiles the Experience in Mind (EiM)group, innovatory training project on young people's mental health devised and led by young people. EiM is a partnership between Mind in Brighton and Hove and Hove YMCA.
How do we get from here to there?
- Author:
- TAYLOR Ben
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 12(1), February 2008, pp.12-16.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Modernising and restructuring of mental health day services presents a huge challenge to trusts and commissioners. This article is based on the findings of a recent day services review undertaken by the National Social Inclusion Programme (NSIP), which focuses on some of the issues commonly arising in the restructuring process, and approaches to addressing them. One of the key factors identified was the involvement of current and potential service users. The article also includes examples from East Surrey and Brighton and Hove of how they approached restructuring their services.
Mental health recovery
- Author:
- PETCH Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.2.08, 2008, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author summarises findings of research into the recovery of people with mental health problems conducted by the Scottish Recovery Network. Sixty-four people completed structural questionnaire and then took part in a semi-structured narrative interview exploring their recovery journey. These personal narratives then helped clarify understanding of the individuals journey after a mental health issue.
Dancing to our own tunes: reassessing black and minority ethnic mental health service user involvement
- Author:
- KALATHIL Jayasree
- Publisher:
- National Survivor User Network
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 36p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Morden
This report presents the findings from a consultation exploring the involvement of service users/survivors from black and minority ethnic communities in mainstream user involvement initiatives in mental health. Other contents include: an outline of the work; redefining involvement; barriers to involvement; being involved - what has it achieved; effective involvement - what needs to change; looking to the future. A number of recommendations are presented including: set up a steering group; shift the focus of leadership; improve communities; build capacity of smaller groups; document and communicate.
Involving mental health service users considered to pose a risk to other people in risk assessment
- Author:
- LANGAN Joan
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 17(5), October 2008, pp.471-481.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Little research or policy guidance about the involvement of mental health service users in risk assessment exists. This study aimed to explore how hospital and community-based mental health professionals assessed risk to others and the extent to which they involved service users. It also aimed to ascertain service users' knowledge of, and involvement in, risk assessment. A qualitative research methodology was used and semi-structured interviews were conducted with mental health services users and professionals. The professionals included psychiatrists, nurses, social workers and occupational therapists. Four key themes arose (i) some professionals lacked confidence or experience in discussing risk openly with service users, (ii) most were not involving service users in risk assessments, (iii) the majority of service users were unaware that professionals were undertaking risk assessments on them, and (iv) there were differing levels of agreement between professionals and service users about risk and its seriousness. There is a research and practice gap about effective means of engaging service users in risk assessment.
Involving mental health service users in student education
- Author:
- JONES Kath
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 22.7.08, 2008, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
This article describes an initiative that involves service users sharing their personal experiences of illness and mental health services with nursing students. It focuses on the impact of this process on students and service users by examining feedback comments from both groups about their experience.
Consulting the experts
- Authors:
- SIMPSON Alan, REYNOLDS Lisa
- Journal article citation:
- Openmind, 152, July 2008, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- MIND
An e-learning project is encouraging the participation of service users in the education and training of mental health nursing students through the use of online discussion and message boards. This article gives a brief report of the initiative.
A day in the mind
- Author:
- GREEN Graeme
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 12(2), May 2008, pp.32-35.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Describes how a group of service users and staff from the supported housing provider Framework Housing Association wrote and produced three films, which they have since made into a training and awareness-raising package.