Mental Health and Social Inclusion: Volume 21 Issue 5

Innocent until proved guilty?

Rachel Perkins, Julie Repper

Social exclusion prevents us understanding the role of sleep in psychosis and “schizophrenia”

Sue Holttum

The purpose of this paper is to discuss recent papers on trauma, sleep and psychotic experiences to highlight the lack of attention given to sleep.

Jana Rozenhalova in conversation with Jerome Carson

Jana Rozenhalova, Jerome Carson

The purpose of this paper is to provide a profile of Jana Rozenhalova.

The importance of social ties in mental health

Laurie Hare Duke

Loneliness is associated with a variety of physical and mental health problems as well as mortality. In the mental health context, loneliness is sometimes viewed as a symptom of…

Understanding everyday life and mental health recovery through CHIME

Myra Piat, Kimberly Seida, Judith Sabetti

The purpose of this paper is to understand how daily life reflects the recovery journeys of individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) living independently in the community.

Recovery Colleges – safe, stimulating and empowering

Laurie Windsor, Glenn Roberts, Paul Dieppe

Recovery Colleges could deliver many of the defined key outcomes within the Cross Governmental Mental Health Outcomes Framework “no health without mental health” (Department of…

Mental health, family orientation, and individualism: a systematic review and meta-analysis in Iranian students

Hakimeh Mostafavi, Mohammad Hossein Ziloochi, Sajad Delavari, Satar Rezaei, Enayatollah Homaie Rad

Mental health is one of the most important factors for evaluating the health of different age groups in the community. The most common forms of mental health disorders are…

Recovery and dementia: promoting choice and challenging controversy

Laura Louise Hammond, Conrad Debney

The purpose of this paper is to provide a viewpoint about why people with dementia should be able to choose Recovery and how this approach might be experienced by them.