Mental Health and Social Inclusion: Volume 20 Issue 1

Do computers increase older people’s inclusion and wellbeing?

Sue Holttum

The purpose of this paper is to consider two recent studies on computer use by older people, who may become increasingly isolated due to infirmity and sensory impairments. Older…

Remarkable lives: Clare Campbell in conversation with Jerome Carson

Clare Campbell, Jerome Carson

– The purpose of this paper is to provide a profile of Clare Campbell.

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

Emma Watson

The purpose of this paper is to describe the experiences of a day in the life of a peer support worker based within an NHS trust and to use these experiences as a basis for…

A community arts programme for older people: an evaluation

Theodore Stickley, Ada Hui, Gary Souter, Danielle Mills

– The purpose of this paper is to present an evaluation of a community-based arts programme for older people in Nottinghamshire.

A voyage of discovery: setting up a recovery college in a secure setting

Elizabeth Frayn, Joanna Duke, Helen Smith, Philip Wayne, Glenn Roberts

The potential transformative role of recovery colleges is well-documented in community mental health settings. The purpose of this paper is to reproduce the principles of the…

Making it clear and relevant: patients and carers add value to studies through research document reviews

Kristina Staley, Joanne Ashcroft, Lisa Doughty, George Szmukler

The National Institute of Health Research MHRN established the Feasibility and Support to Timely recruitment for Research (FAST-R) service in 2011, to provide rapid patient and…

Mentalizing after mentalization based treatment

Emma Louise Johnson, Marie-France Mutti, Neil Springham, Ioanna Xenophontes

The purpose of this paper is to examine a gap in knowledge about the interaction between mentalizing skills and social inclusion activity immediate after completing an intensive…

Clinicians’ perspectives on recruiting youth consumers for suicide research

Susan Knox, Sunny C Collings, Katherine Nelson

The purpose of this paper is to discuss mental health clinicians’ perspectives on recruiting youth for research exploring the influences of social media on self-harm in young men…

Editorial

Rachel Perkins, Julie Repper