Mental Health and Social Inclusion: Volume 17 Issue 2

Policy watch: a steady erosion of rights

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 detention under the…

Research watch: art therapy: a dose of treatment, an aid to social inclusion or an unnecessary indulgence?

Sue Holttum

This Research Watch aims to summarise two recent and very different research publications on art therapy and comments on their ability to shed light on the usefulness of art…

Integration and independence: a new approach to autonomy and social inclusion within care homes

Angie Williams

The purpose of this paper is to explore the negative stigma associated with dementia, as well as the person‐centred care initiatives introduced by a not‐for‐profit care provider…

Self Help Services: helping people to help themselves

Nicky Lidbetter, Dawn Bunnell

Self Help Services is a pioneering charity in how it champions personal experience of mental health and uses these experiences in the treatment of people living with common mental…

Giving kids a break: how surfing has helped young people in Cornwall overcome mental health and social difficulties

Joe Taylor

The paper aims to provide a summary of an innovative three‐year project that uses surfing as a health intervention for young people with emotional, social or mental health…

Self assessment enables greater social inclusion in mental health care

Ben C. Bamber

The purpose of this paper is to argue that monitoring of symptoms through self‐assessed data is not only a vital part of record taking in mental health care, but can also aid…

Imagine Your Goals, How Are You Feeling Today?

Jason Kelvin, Robert Lall

The paper aims to outline the Imagine Your Goals, How Are You Feeling Today? project which seeks to promote the recovery and social inclusion of individuals living with mental…

SOS: a relational orientation towards social inclusion

Sally Denham‐Vaughan, Marie‐Anne Chidiac

Relational approaches have become fashionable in a variety of areas from organisational to clinical interventions, however the practical implications of such approaches are still…

Editorial

Adam Pozner