Mental Health and Social Inclusion: Volume 16 Issue 3

Policy watch: fighting stigma and discrimination

Sophie Corlett

The Policy Watch series reflects on recent and forthcoming developments in mental health policy across the UK. This paper aims to review recent trends in the stigmatisation of…

Research watch: the power of genetic and biological explanations to reduce social inclusion

Sue Holttum

This research watch aims to summarise two recent research papers relating to the use of biological explanations: the first paper highlights how unhelpful it can be to over‐use…

Remarkable lives: Peter Bullimore in conversation with Jerome Carson

Peter Bullimore, Jerome Carson

This paper seeks to offer a profile of Peter Bullimore, one of the most dynamic lived experience speakers and trainers in the mental health world.

The philosophy of greencare: why it matters for our mental health

Rex Haigh

This paper aims to demonstrate the confluence of thinking across several areas, in their critique of modernity, with potential solutions in the mental health field.

Rainbow redemption: mental health takes centre stage

Latoya Wilson

This article seeks to share and celebrate the experience of using drama to demystify and destigmatise mental illness.

The role of self‐help groups in promoting well‐being: experiences from a cancer group

Nazira Visram, Adrian Roberts, Patience Seebohm

This article aims to describe how a self‐help group for people with cancer helped members regain mental well‐being. It is set within the context of the ESTEEM project which aims…

Flying high – using trapeze to promote recovery, employment and social inclusion

Joanne Rixom

This paper aims to describe and explore the effects of integrating physical exercise (trapeze work) into a mental health individual placement and support (IPS) programme.

Transformation of payment by results in mental health: ensuring a recovery focused and socially inclusive system

Sally Denham‐Vaughan, Michael Clark

The article aims to discuss the process of assessment within the developing model of care clusters for mental health being implemented in England as a potential basis for a…

Editorial

Adam Pozner