Mental Health Review Journal: Volume 12 Issue 3

Editorial

Mark Freestone

Partial Defences to Murder Under Review

Andy Bickle

An Intervention for Alcohol‐Related Violence

Mary McMurran

Alcohol‐related violence is a social phenomenon and a serious public health issue that features regularly in the headlines. This article describes a cognitive behavioural…

Supporting Change: Implementing New Ways of Working in East Lancashire

Paul Greenwood, Tony Ryan, John Keaveny, Ripu Deo

This article describes the processes undertaken to implement change in East Lancashire adult mental health services through New Ways of Working. The views of users, carers and…

Sex Sells, But Does it Help? A Survey of Media Coverage in a Medium Secure Unit Treating Sex Offenders

Piyal Sen, Deji Adeleke

This article reports on a study designed to review the media coverage of patients in a medium secure unit and to demonstrate the value to such units of having a media strategy…

Mental Health Legislation in South Asia with Special Reference to India: Shortcomings and Solutions

J Trivedi, Puneet Narang, Mohan Dhyani

Mental health legislation codifies and consolidates fundamental principles, values, goals, objectives and mental health policy. Such legislation is essential to guarantee that the…

The Secondary Family: The Result of Strong Community Partnering

Irene Cant

Support for individualism can leave marginalised people feeling even more isolated and hopeless. Families often attempt to help but can soon become emotionally depleted. The…

Developing and Using Social Capital In Public Mental Health

Paul Falzer

Social capital has played a prominent role in recent initiatives to improve mental health and enhance the quality of services. However, efforts to substantiate a link between…