A Life in the Day: Volume 13 Issue 3
Table of contents
Recovery heroes ‐ a profile of Peter Chadwick
Peter Chadwick, Sarah Morgan, Jerome CarsonIn the first paper in this short series (Sen et al, 2009), we talked about the importance of having ‘recovery heroes’. There is a grave danger to the whole recovery movement if it…
The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival ‐ promoting social change through the arts
Pamela Clarke, Lee KniftonNow in its third year, The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival is fast becoming a significant cultural annual event, which aims to achieve social change through the…
The innovative role of user‐led organisations
Carol Munn‐Giddings, Melanie Boyce, Lesley Smith, Sarah CampbellThis article gives an overview and selected findings from a study funded by the Mental Health Foundation in 2007, which was collaboratively carried out by researchers at Anglia…
Riverscross: a soap opera
David BlazeyAs part of their provision for children and adolescents, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provides acute and elective inpatient and day patient care for young…
Voices for change ‐ involving BME groups in commissioning mental health services
Sasha Bhat, Kulvinder Kaur, Shabana KauserIn this article, Sasha Bhat describes a project in Bradford set up to improve mental health services by researching and designing better systems for involving black and minority…
The National Day Services Modernisation Network
Ben TaylorThe National Day Services Modernisation Network was launched in January 2009 and is a collaboration between the Inclusion Institute (taking on the role previously held by the…
Survivors' history
Peter Campbell, Andrew RobertsVeterans of the user‐survivor movement, Peter Campbell and Andrew Roberts, profile the Survivors' History Group, a network of approximately 100 members across the UK and Ireland…
A ‘homecoming’ for arts in mental health
Mike WhiteThis article considers how participatory arts programmes within mental health services can contribute to the challenging agenda of improving both individuals' well‐being and…
Putting the ‘lunatics’ in charge of the ‘asylum’? Handing over the keys of power to peer support volunteers
Alex DuffieldAlex Duffield describes a fascinating project at Bromley Mind to train and support people with lived experience of mental health difficulties ‐ peer support volunteers ‐ to run…