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Personalisation in mental health: creating a vision: views of personalisation, from people who use mental health services
- Author:
- MIND
- Publisher:
- MIND
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report has been produced as part of the Mind project ‘Putting us first’ which aims to ensure that more people experiencing mental distress have choice and control over their care through a personal budget. Four focus groups for people with experience of mental health services were led by researchers from Bristol University. The venues were in Yorkshire, Cumbria, the South West and London. Twenty-six people attended these groups (14 men and 12 women), including a range of people using local Mind services, Mind members who are not currently using services, and a few people who have experience of direct payments. The focus groups confirmed that personal budgets can change people’s lives for the better. They can help people access ordinary activities and pursue their goals in life. They are also helpful in building confidence and motivation. They provide more flexible support, especially when people are coming back into the community from hospital. Ideas demonstrating the wide range of ways in which personal budgets can be used are discussed. The authors note that knowledge of direct payments is confused and the move towards personal budgets is even more widely misunderstood. They believe clear guidance and information for service users, care coordinators and local managers is urgently needed.
Making sense of treatments and drugs: ECT
- Author:
- MIND
- Publisher:
- MIND
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 30p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes what ECT is, what it involves and how it works. Looks at the debate around the usefulness of the treatment, including user views of it. Concludes with a section on alternatives to ECT.