Mental Health and Social Inclusion: Volume 18 Issue 2

When bad things happen our brains change but psychotherapy and support can help the recovery of our brains and our lives

Sue Holttum

This paper summarises two 2014 research papers. The purpose of this paper is to suggest how the treatment of “schizophrenia” and other serious mental distress might realistically…

A day in the life of a peer support worker: a visit

Emma Watson

– The purpose of this paper is to provide an insight into a day in the life of a peer support worker (PSW).

The Recovery Rocks Community story

Amanda Waegeli

– The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of the Recovery Rocks Community of peers in recovery.

Why talk of illness entrenches discrimination

Liz Sayce

Biological understandings of mental illness are promoted by both anti-stigma campaigners and increasingly by activists protesting against social security cuts. The purpose of this…

Bridging vs. bonding: achieving participatory parity in recovery communities

Hans Oh

Mental health professionals have increasingly taken for granted the discourse of social inclusion, and so the purpose of this paper is to highlight two competing visions of…

Recovery, turning points and forensics: views from the ward in an English high secure facility

Mark Chandley, Michael Rouski

The authors offer up an example of recovery in a high-secure setting. The purpose of this paper is to highlight how an individual account of recovery and the academic literature…

Establishing a recovery college in a Scottish University

Marie McCaig, Lisa McNay, Glenn Marland, Simon Bradstreet, Jim Campbell

The purpose of this paper is to describe the establishment of the Dumfries and Galloway Wellness and Recovery College (The College) within the University of the West of Scotland…

Creating and establishing a recovery-oriented clinical psychology provision across an acute care mental health pathway. Ethical obligation and clinical reality

Pawel D. Mankiewicz, Johan Truter

The purpose of this paper is to summarise the development of a recovery-oriented and socially inclusive acute care clinical psychology service in one of the NHS Trusts based in…

Segregation, inclusion and citizenship

Rachel Perkins and Julie Repper