Social psychiatry and social policy for the 21st century: new concepts for new needs ‐ the ‘Enabling Environments’ initiative

Abstract

A ‘psychologically informed environment’, or PIE, is the first of many new concepts that have spun off from the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Enabling Environments (EE) initiative. Based on the early developments in the therapeutic community movement, and adapting these values and principle to the 21st century world of community mental health, the EE initiative attempts to identify the key features in any setting that fosters a sense of connected belonging; and suggests a process by which these principles can then be customised for specific settings. The implications for a new social psychiatry at the heart of any future public mental health and social policy are clear; and to be pursued further in the final paper in this trilogy.

Citation

Johnson, R. and Haigh, R. (2011), "Social psychiatry and social policy for the 21st century: new concepts for new needs ‐ the ‘Enabling Environments’ initiative", Mental Health and Social Inclusion, Vol. 15 No. 1, pp. 17-23. https://doi.org/10.5042/mhsi.2011.0054