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Rethink blogs
- Author:
- RETHINK
- Publisher:
- Rethink
- Place of publication:
- London
Rethink's blog area contains posts from a range of Rethink blog writers who have experienced mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder either directly, or indirectly as a carer or sibling.
Just listen ...:mental health
- Authors:
- JAY David, (Director)
- Publisher:
- Alpha Films
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- (30 mins.), DVD, CD ROM
- Place of publication:
- Ipswich
This moving DVD sets out to challenge the stigma faced by people who experience mental problems. Four people talk frankly about their experiences of mental distress, some of the problems they encountered as a result, and how they would like to see attitudes change. Supplied with a CD containing printable support materials including suggestions for group discussions and transcripts of all four interviews.
Testimony: inside stories of mental health care
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Media
Testimony is a Mental Health Media project supported by the Wellcome Trust. In 1999 over 50 users or former users of the British mental healthcare system were filmed talking about their experiences of care between the 1930s and 1985. Testimony aims to use this material to increase understanding and challenge attitudes towards those who use mental health services. The resource section gives access to articles on the history of the asylum in the 20th century and the growth of the service user movement. The archive section provides all interview transcripts from the original Testimony archive.
Art of recovery
- Authors:
- SPEAK UP SOMERSET, (Producer)
- Publisher:
- Speak Up Somerset
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- DVD
- Place of publication:
- Yeovil
A guide to recovering from mental breakdown. This user-made film is a record of a conference on recovery organised by Speak Up Somerset. A range of people talk about creative activities that have helped them on their path to recovery from mental illness, and their stories are intercut with footage of speakers at the conference and of dance, art and music workshops.
Finding the edge: a positive view of mental health
- Authors:
- HOLE Ben, (Director), ONE LUNG, (Producer)
- Publisher:
- Croydon Mental Health Users Group
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- (15 mins), videocassette
- Place of publication:
- Croydon
Dispelling many of the myths surrounding mental health, a group of young people discuss some of the challenges they have faced, and talk about what has helped them to cope with and recover from periods of distress in their lives.
Mental health and loneliness: the relationship across life stages
- Author:
- NATCEN SOCIAL RESEARCH
- Publisher:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Place of publication:
- London
This report presents the findings from a qualitative study exploring the experiences of loneliness among those who had experienced a mental health condition. Specifically, the study explores: how those with diagnosed mental health problems experience loneliness; the extent to which social stigma associated with mental health conditions plays a role in experience of loneliness; how experiences of loneliness among those who have experienced mental health conditions vary by life stage. The report draws on findings from: 1) six interviews with professional expert stakeholders; and 2) 37 in-depth interviews and 14 diaries from those experiencing loneliness who also had a history of mental ill-health. Across the sample there was a spectrum of experiences of loneliness. Those who were most lonely described feeling isolated, with no close friends or supportive others. Participants in this group tended to have depression and be in the middle-aged or retired life stages. At the other end of the spectrum, the least lonely people were those with a wider social network, including close connections who provided emotional support. The relationship between loneliness and mental health was bidirectional and cyclical. Stigma associated with mental ill-health and loneliness clearly affected participants' ability to be open about their feelings, leading them to also feel less connected to others. Participants made a number of recommendations about the way in which support could be improved. These were to: provide more local and tailored mental health support services in place of more generic online resources that participants found hard to navigate; support group activities in communities around shared interests, including those tailored to personal characteristics e.g. faith, disability, gender, or sexual orientation; provide mental health support that reduces feelings of loneliness and isolation organised around shared interests in activities; establish community-based caseworkers who can help people navigate complex mental health services. (Edited publisher abstract)
Combating stigma
- Authors:
- RETHINK (producer), KING'S COLLEGE LONDON. Institute of Psychiatry (producer)
- Publisher:
- Rethink
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- DVD, booklet
- Place of publication:
- London
Contributors to this DVD talk from personal experience about the social impacts of living with a mental illness, including stigma and discrimination. Content includes the experiences of two carers and two people who have had experience of mental health problems. In addition, Professor Graham Thornicroft talks about the recent research evidence in nine key areas. Additional clips of other people's experiences also add to the evidence in these nine areas.
Unspoken: a film about sex, relationships and mental health
- Authors:
- HOLE Ben, (Director)
- Publisher:
- MIND
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- (27 mins.), DVD
- Place of publication:
- Croydon
This DVD explores a range of issues relating to sexual and intimate relationship for people with mental health problems. Coverage includes the stigma often felt by people with mental health problems and the problems lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender service users encounter. In the DVD service users explain their experiences. A range of experts discuss how professionals might respond differently, and models of good practice are presented.
Mental health transitions: an integrated practice example
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Place of publication:
- London
Four young people describe, in an intensely personal way, how transition from CAMHS felt for them. They discuss the onset of their mental health problems and their experience of transition to adult services, which they describe as scary, confusing, and ‘like falling down a cliff with rocky bits'. Admission to adult wards was particularly frightening. Young people and their families want information, joined up services, and to be listened to. Otherwise, being discharged ‘feels like being given up on'. The second half of the film is about the integrated Sheffield Health and Social Care Trust. The challenge is to improve transition when young people are no longer eligible for services from the child and adolescent mental health team at the age of 16. Young people were getting lost in the gap between services and many were not accessing services. The aim of creating special new services is to decrease the anxiety of young people and their families and to improve the transition. Services managed by health include a transition clinic, whilst social services run a peer support group and a drop-in counselling service. Staff and young people talk about the ways in which these new services are of benefit.
Personal budgets briefing: learning from the experiences of people with mental health problems and their carers
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing summarises the experiences of people with mental health problems and their carers using self-directed support and personal budgets. It is based on a six month study, which also included older people. It involved five local authorities and draws the experiences of 69 personal budget holders and carers, supported by the views of 40 practitioners and managers and 12 support provider organisations. The briefing discusses: moving to a personal budget, including having access to information about them; assessment; resource allocation; support planning; arranging support; the role of carers; management of a personal budget and using support provider organisations; the role of external organisations and monitoring arrangements. Recommendations for implementing personal budgets are presented.