Mental Health and Social Inclusion: Volume 15 Issue 2

Policy watch

This paper reviews recent and forthcoming developments in mental health policy across the UK.

Research watch

This paper provides a quarterly reflection on recent research in mental health and social inclusion.

Peer support – a personal journey

The paper seeks to discuss the author's experience of peer support.

Social psychiatry and social policy for the twenty‐first century – new concepts for new needs: relational health

This final article in the series of three identifies and illustrates the links between the “enabling environment” approach and contemporary social policy themes such as relational…

Historical recovery heroes – Charles Darwin

The paper reviews Darwin's health problems and suggests they may have been a “creative malady”.

Mental health care clusters and payment by results: considerations for social inclusion and recovery

This paper aims to critically examine the emerging policy agenda of payment by results (PbR) and care clusters in order to identify how to engage with it to ensure it is…

The mental health recovery star

This paper aims to describe the origin, development and increasing application of the Recovery Star within the UK.

Group singing fosters mental health and wellbeing: findings from the East Kent “singing for health” network project

This paper aims to describe the development and evaluation of an innovative community singing initiative with mental health services users and supporters in East Kent, UK.

Change of ownership for Pier Professional

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