A Life in the Day: Volume 13 Issue 1
Table of contents
A journey of psyche and spirit
Jayne MacGregorJayne MacGregor shares with us her life‐long journey and battle with obsessive compulsive disorder and depression. She describes how religious belief, meditation, psychotherapy…
Recovery in Action
Louise Lingwood, Darren Bennett, Julie BevanLouise Lingwood, Darren Bennett and Julie Bevan describe the Recovery in Action Project, an exciting two‐year programme to embed recovery in the day‐to‐day practice of four…
By name, by nature: the Oasis Cafe
Sue Dixon, Vanessa Rowe, Patience Seebohm, Marjorie Baker, Stephen LeeEvery hospital has a cafe; most of us will have used one to wait for, or recover from, some ordeal. Those who know the Oasis say that this is a hospital cafe with a difference: it…
In the driving seat: community development and social inclusion
Patience Seebohm, Alison Gilchrist, David MorrisIt is obvious to many, but unproven to others, that community development has a positive impact on the mental health and well‐being of those who are touched by it. In our recent…
The Art and Well‐being Project, South Tyneside
Espe Ngituka, Mary Hagan, Carl GreenwoodThis article describes the highly innovative Art and Well‐being Project, which offers arts activities to asylum seekers and refugees in South Tyneside. This was the first outcome…
Nottingham Trent University: improving student access
Phil ScarffeThe government has frequently stated its aim to include 50% of all young people in higher education, and yet there is still no strategic national plan that adequately considers…
Sex, relationships and mental health
Richard Pacitti, Graham ThornicroftAlthough the sexuality of people with mental health problems raises important clinical, social and legal concerns, there is relatively little written about the subject, and it is…
Right on the button ‐ new technology bringing peace of mind
Sarah Burroughes, John Bartle, Robin JohnsonSarah Burroughes and John Bartle describe the highly innovative SMaRT scheme operated by Nottingham Community Housing Association. This demonstrates how the application of new…
Me and them
Roger ButterworthThis poem was inspired by my work with service users from Mind in the Vale, in Glamorgan, south Wales and contains several examples of their lived experience, thoughts and…
Policy and action
Zoe RobinsonZoe Robinson reports on recent and forthcoming developments within the National Social Inclusion Programme.