Mental Health and Social Inclusion: Volume 14 Issue 3

Editorial

Adam Pozner

Policy watch

Simon Lawton‐Smith

A quarterly review of recent and forthcoming developments within mental health policy.

Human kindness, compassion and love: the hospital ward visiting scheme designed and delivered by Canerows and Plaits

Dwight Reynolds

Canerows and Plaits is a group organised for and by mental health service users from Black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds. This article describes the successful ward…

Is day service modernisation such a daunting prospect?

Peter Swan

This article describes the results of a survey of adult mental health day service staff that explored their views and experiences of day service modernisation. While respondents…

Green care and mental health: gardening and farming as health and social care

Joe Sempik

This article discusses the role that gardening, horticulture and farming can play in promoting mental well‐being and in supporting the recovery of individuals with mental health…

What's in a name? A discussion paper on the labels and location of self‐organising community groups, with particular reference to mental health and Black groups

Patience Seebohm, Carol Munn‐Giddings, Paul Brewer

This article discusses the labelling and location of self‐organising community groups ‐ ‘self‐help’, ‘peer support’ and ‘service user’. It notes the increasingly close…

Harnessing the creative potential of Ikebana in promoting personal well‐being

Annie Lau

The author of this article is a Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and also a student of Ikebana, Japanese flower arrangement. Her Ikebana master since 1978 has been…

Developing peer support worker roles: reflecting on experiences in Scotland

Simon Bradstreet, Rebekah Pratt

This article describes the development of peer support roles and programmes in Scotland, and includes findings from an evaluation of a peer support worker pilot scheme. The…