Mental Health and Social Inclusion: Volume 16 Issue 2

Policy watch

Simon Lawton‐Smith

This paper aims to review the last ten years of developments in mental health policy across the UK and to suggest how the mental health world may look in ten years' time.

Poor quality employment is worse for mental health than no job at all and contributes to mental distress in new mothers

Sue Holttum

This Research Watch aims to summarise two recent research papers relating to employment and mental health, one relating to all sectors of the working‐age population and the other…

The making of a film about recovery

Jerome Carson, Michelle McNary, Paul Wolfson, Frank Holloway

The aim of this paper is to describe how the authors made a film about recovery.

Care clusters in mental health and co‐production of care – towards a more lay friendly set of cluster descriptions

Sally Denham‐Vaughan, Michael Clark

This paper aims to critically examine the care clusters descriptors now being introduced in mental health care in England and to discuss them in the context of trying to further…

Eco art on prescription

David Baker, Ann Ley, Justine Alexander, Anne Beer

This article reports an evaluation of the effect of Eco Art on Prescription courses on the wellbeing of 39 participants.

A consideration of the nature and purpose of mental health social work

Robert Goemans

This paper aims to provide an analysis of the mental health social work role, its contribution to social inclusion, and its ability to translate this into practice.

Wash and brush up?

Peter Bates

The aim of this article is to highlight the consequences of poor hygiene on employability, inclusion and quality of life and suggest possible ways of making sense of this…

Tuning in to race equality in mental health

Edward Davie

The aim is to examine the current state of black and minority ethnic (BME) service user involvement in mental health policy making and commissioning of services, identifying…

Editorial

Adam Pozner