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Life saver or memory eraser?
- Authors:
- FLEISCHMANN Pete, ROSE Diana, WYKES Til
- Journal article citation:
- Openmind, 122, July 2003, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Reports on a study carried out by the Service User Research Enterprise (SURE) to explore users' perspectives on electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). The review looked at 35 published research studies looking at user views and also collected 139 testomonies from users from internet sites, print media, video archives using advice from a reference group. Long term memory loss became one of the dominant themes of the review.
Nowhere else to go: increasing choice and control within supported housing for homeless people with mental health problems
- Authors:
- FLEISCHMANN Pete, WIGMORE Jon
- Publisher:
- Single Homeless Project
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 53p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report is the result of twenty one to one interviews and three focus groups with homeless people with experience of mental health problems. It includes their views about preventing homelessness, keyworking, user involvement, care planning and gives an insight into users perceptions of mental health crisis. Included in the report is a ready to use crisis card designed to give users more control at the time of crisis and to raise awareness of each individual's right to respect and fair treatment.
Nowhere else to go
- Author:
- FLEISCHMANN Pete
- Journal article citation:
- Openmind, 105, 2000, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Between 30 and 50 per cent of people who sleep rough have a serious mental health problem; yet their voices are rarely heard. This paper presents the views of people from this doubly excluded group.