Mental Health and Social Inclusion: Volume 16 Issue 4

Policy watch: implementing the mental health strategy

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

Research watch: recovery as a personal journey: how mental health services are trying to support it

This Research Watch seeks to summarise two recent research papers at the forefront of research on recovery.

Remarkable lives: Julie Leibrich in conversation with Jerome Carson

This paper aims to offer a profile of Julie Leibrich.

Window tax

The purpose of this paper is to discuss concerns that, despite recent campaigns, stigma has not been fully addressed by the psychiatric profession and that evidence suggests it…

Beyond the gate: supporting the employment aspirations of offenders with mental health conditions

Around 90 per cent of offenders have a mental health problem, personality disorder or addiction, and most have two or more such problems. One of the most effective ways of…

Occupational therapy and supported employment: is there any added value?

This paper's aim is to explore the added value of occupational therapy in supported employment, demonstrated by a case study in Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Employment – hope and reality

This article aims to explore what are likely to be key factors in a successful journey to employment for someone who has experienced long‐term mental distress.

One charity's approach to perinatal depression and social inclusion

The purpose of this paper is to present an example of effective multi‐agency working between the statutory health services and the voluntary sector in the field of perinatal…

Care in the community?

This article aims to highlight how people with mental health problems are ostensibly in the community but can still “feel” excluded.

Editorial