Mental Health and Social Inclusion: Volume 17 Issue 1

“Articles of faith”? Questioning the assumptions of disability welfare and benefits

Sophie Corlett

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

The linkage of social exclusion and poor mental health in minority Asian groups in Britain and America

Sue Holttum

This Research Watch aims to summarise two recent research papers on social exclusion and mental health within minority Asian population groups in the UK and USA.

Andrew Voyce in conversation with Jerome Carson

Andrew Voyce, Jerome Carson

This paper aims to provide a profile of Andrew Voyce.

Promoting social inclusion through community arts

Peter Swan

Using a case study of Artspace, a community arts and health charity, this article discusses how community‐based organisations can successfully promote the social inclusion of…

Happiness in severe mental illness: exploring subjective wellbeing of individuals with psychosis and encouraging socially inclusive multidisciplinary practice

Pawel D. Mankiewicz, David M. Gresswell, Colin Turner

This paper seeks to extend the focus of positive psychology research to individuals with severe mental illness (SMI) to address an aspect of social exclusion experienced by this…

Include me in: user involvement in research and evaluation

Tim Grayson, Yuet Hung Tsang, Dee Jolly, Kate Karban, Phillip Lomax, Claire Midgley, Ian O' Rouke, Caroline Paley, Jill Sinson, Kim Willcock, Paul Williams

This paper aims to discuss the experiences of a group of eight user and carer researchers from learning disability and mental health services who worked together in a research…

Supervised community treatment: does it facilitate social inclusion? A perspective from approved mental health professionals (AMHPs)

Jacqueline Ann Taylor, Simon Lawton‐Smith, Hannah Bullmore

This paper aims to set out the views of approved mental health professionals (AMHPs) on the impact of supervised community treatment (SCT) on their work and their patients' lives…

Developing practical social inclusion outcome measures to evidence mental health recovery

Tony Ryan, Michael Clark, Nick Dixon

The aim of this paper is to describe the development of a suite of social inclusion outcome measures and how they are being applied in practice within Stockport.

Welcome to Mental Health and Social Inclusion

Adam Pozner