Mental Health and Social Inclusion: Volume 19 Issue 3

Coping with cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis, adapting it for another culture, and community inclusion

Sue Holttum

The purpose of this paper is to highlight what helps and what is difficult about cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis (CBTp) in relation to recovery and social inclusion, how…

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

Emma Watson

– The purpose of this paper is to describe the experience of being a peer support worker by drawing reflections from a working day.

Remarkable lives: Charlotte Tetley in conversation with Jerome Carson

Charlotte Tetley, Jerome Carson

– The purpose of this paper is to provide a profile of Charlotte Tetley.

Compassion and what can happen to it: reflections of a peer support worker

Sue Williams

– The purpose of this paper is to provide some reflections on how easily compassion can be eroded on a busy inpatient ward and ways in which it might be restored.

The experience of compulsory treatment: the implications for recovery-orientated practice?

Skye-Blue Ford, Terry Bowyer, Phil Morgan

The purpose of this paper to contribute to discussions on improvements to acute mental health services by increasing the awareness of the experience of being compulsorily…

Evaluating a “healthy minds” course for asylum seekers

Kim Alexandra Jackson-Blott, Brian O'Ceallaigh, Karen Wiltshire, Sarah Hunt

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the addition of a “resilience-focused” Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)-based psycho-educational course for asylum seekers within a…

Creative practice in a group setting

Elaine Argyle, Gary Winship

Involvement in creative practice is commonly regarded as “therapeutic” but what is actually meant by this and how does this work promote social inclusion and mental well-being…

Making use of elephants: lived experience and organisations

Sarah Paynter, Christine Rivers

The purpose of this paper is to examine the surrounding attitudes, culture and workplace environment in which Oxleas NHS Foundation trust developed a network for staff with lived…

Editorial

Julie Repper, Rachel Perkins