A Life in the Day: Volume 5 Issue 4

Editorial: They're changing guard at Rockingham House…

Out of touch with reality: Benefits system or psychotic illness?

Andrew Webster is a writer and innovator with a special interest in increasing employment opportunities for people with mental health problems. He was for many years Director of…

Workplace assessment for people with mental health issues

Jenny Chapman is a practitioner, consultant and lecturer in vocational rehabilitation, and has extensive experience of rehabilitation, training and service management in Australia…

Private lives

Chris O'Sullivan uses his own experiences to make some important points about the needs of people with mental health problems in higher education.

Umbrella Works

From time to time A life in the day provides advance information about new ventures that may be of interest to readers. Umbrella is a housing association and we know that several…

Using your skills and experience: Designing a course in health and social care for people with mental health problems

This article describes the research and development that went into a course for people who use mental health services who might want to offer their skills and experience to help…

Are changes to the benefit system based on evidence or assumptions?

Special interest networks

In this issue we include profiles of one regional and three national networks. SWEMPNET is a network of practitioners in the south west aiming to promote good practice in…