Mental Health and Social Inclusion: Volume 19 Issue 1

Do clinicians and clinical researchers do enough to foster social inclusion?

Sue Holttum

The purpose of this paper is to raise questions about the social issues involved in mental and physical health. It highlights how, even where social issues are evident, clinicians…

A day in the life of a Peer Support Worker: One of those make or break visits

Emma Watson

– The purpose of this paper is to describe the experience of being a peer support worker (PSW).

Remarkable lives: Spencer Insley in conversation with Jerome Carson

Spencer Insley, Jerome Carson

– The purpose of this paper is to provide a profile of Spencer Insley.

Real lives: promoting recovery through personalisation and peer support

Rachel Perkins, Julie Atkins, Nicole Hunter, Poppy Repper, Peter David Robertson, Phoebe Thornton, Sue Thornton

The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of Real Lives: a community interest company that provides peer support for people who face significant mental health…

Creative minds: developing supportive creative opportunities in our communities

Philip Walters

The purpose of this paper is to describe South West Yorkshire Partnerships Foundation Trust's Creative Minds Strategy designed to build a strong infrastructure of community and…

Our recovery journey: two stories of change within Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Lyn Skipper, Kirsty Page

The purpose of this paper is to describe Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust's journey of developing more recovery-focused services from two perspectives: that of the Trust…

Schizophrenia, psychiatry and East African Muslim families in the United Kingdom: a pilot study

Farida Ally, Toni Brennan

– The purpose of this paper is to explore the experiences of East African Muslim families who have a family member diagnosed with schizophrenia in the UK mental health system.

How does enforcement of smoke free grounds in acute mental health settings sit with “recovery” focused practice? A personal view

Di Hurley

– The purpose of this paper is to outline, from the perspective of someone involved in smoking cessation, concerns about the intention to make all hospital grounds “smoke free”.

Editorial

Rachel Perkins, Julie Repper