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Breaking the circle
- Author:
- FRANCIS Joy
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 22.10.03, 2003, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Reports on plans to form a new national network, the National Black and Minority Ethnic Mental Health Network, which aims to change the negative experience of black and minority ethnic communities in the mental health system. It is planned that the network, organised by the Afiya Trust, will be open to all black and minority ethnic voluntary organisations and will work with a range of agencies.
Homeward bound
- Author:
- FRANCIS Joy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.7.95, 1995, p.9.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Opportunities for single people with mental health problems to live independently are not very often available. Visits a Hackney project which has been successful in offering independent living.
Meeting the challenge
- Author:
- FRANCIS Joy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.7.93, 1993, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
It is an established fact that black people are over represented in psychiatric care and are more likely to be diagnosed as schizophrenic than their white counterparts. The government has approved an 18-month action plan to improve mental health services for black people. Reports on the programme and the requirements of SSDs to make it work.
Options for employment
- Author:
- FRANCIS Joy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.7.93, 1993, p.21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Enterprise Awards: winner of one of 'Community Care' journal's awards, PACT a community development agency in Sussex which responds to local needs of people who are mentally ill or who have physical or sensory disability has been able to collate an information directory of all the local employment initiatives within the area.
Not just black and white
- Author:
- FRANCIS Joy
- Journal article citation:
- Open Mind, 171, March 2012, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Media coverage of mental health, particularly of black mental health issues, has a chequered history. This article discusses media reporting of black mental issues from the 1990s, with the case of Christopher Clunis, to the ongoing case of Kingsley Burrell. It shows that there has been an increase in the visibility of black and minority ethnic (BME) people and mental health in the media, and a more informed shift has been reflected in the media coverage of Kingsley Burrell. The article argues that, while there have been a positive shift, the media has a long way to go to abandon racialised representations. One of the biggest catalysts for positive change has been the growth of online and social media. Specialist publications have blog or community sections that allow both professionals and service users to give their perspective on adult services and possible solutions. Voluntary and community organisations are generating their own media online to inform and influence debate. Today, therefore, the debate on mental health is no longer one-sided.
Too much too young?
- Author:
- FRANCIS Joy
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 1.03.05, 2005, pp.20-22.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Many unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK come from war zones. Reports on efforts by primary gateway authorities to address their trauma.
Raised voices: African-Caribbean and African users' views and experiences of mental health services in England and Wales
- Authors:
- WILSON Melba, FRANCIS Joy
- Publisher:
- MIND
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 34p.,diags.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report aiming to offer a 'snapshot' of what some African-Caribbean and African users of mental health services have experienced with a view to using this information to make these services more appropriate to people's lives.
Home from home
- Author:
- FRANCIS Joy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.9.93, 1993, p.26.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Shared Care Option Placements for Elderly People team, in Lewisham, which provides short- and long-term residential placements for elderly people has just completed a six-month pilot project, aimed at offering black elders and elderly people suffering from mental ill-health a flexible alternative to the more traditional day care services. The scheme involves people being cared for in carers' own homes; an approach which is viewed as having much to offer black elders in particular, as they may be reluctant to enter an all-white environment. Looks at this alternative to day centres.
No more excuses
- Author:
- FRANCIS Joy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 16.6.94, 1994, pp.21-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
More black people are still over-represented in psychiatric wards than their white counterparts. Looks at a system which continues to offer a inadequate service to this client group.
Comfort and light
- Author:
- FRANCIS Joy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.11.94, 1994, p.24.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Roshni Ghar project which is based in the Bradford town of Keighley is a mental health day care centre for Asian women. The key to the success of the centre is that tranquillisers are replaced with "talking treatment". Reports on how the project works.