A Life in the Day: Volume 12 Issue 2

Editorial

It's all in the mind

Nicola Rodney describes her involvement, as a service user participant, in the Europe‐wide It's All in the Mind project, which is looking into the training and support needs of…

Bringing it all back home

Robin Johnson calls for better co‐operation and co‐ordination between mental health and housing support services, and greater recognition of the important role of social housing…

Finding our place in the world

Barbara Knowles describes how she came to be involved in The Well, an arts co‐operative in Norwich founded and run by people with experience of mental health problems.

Defining expertise by experience

Drawing partly on her own experience, Joanna Fox seeks to unpack the expertise that service users bring to the design and delivery of mental health services. Service user…

Boxing clever

Boxercise has many benefits, not just for physical and mental health but also for confidence, self‐esteem and motivation, says Richard Pacitti. Here he reports on the achievements…

What does social inclusion mean?

Mark Bertram reports findings from his survey of service users, which asked what the term ‘social inclusion’ meant to them.

Social inclusion: what psychiatrists can do about it

Stefan Gleeson and David Kingdon suggest practical steps that psychiatrists can take to promote a socially inclusive and better quality of life for their patients.

A day in the mind

Graeme Green describes how a group of service users and staff wrote and produced three films, which they have since made into a training and awareness‐raising package.

Policy and action

Rebecca Mitchell reports recent and forthcoming developments within the National Social Inclusion Programme (NSIP)