Mental Health and Social Inclusion: Volume 22 Issue 3

How can you treat someone who hit you yesterday with dignity and respect?

Rachel Perkins, Julie Repper

Inclusion of family and parenthood in mental health recovery

Sue Holttum

The purpose of this paper is to highlight how mental health recovery may involve family members and supporting the needs of parents who become mental health service users…

Remarkable lives: Jo Mullen in conversation with Jerome Carson

Jo Mullen, Jerome Carson

The purpose of this paper is to provide a profile of Jo Mullen.

The established state and patient X’s rebellion

Andrew Voyce

The purpose of this paper (anonymised case study) is to explore political perspectives on the detention of patients under the Mental Health Act.

Illness-related worries as a mediator among depression, anxiety and self-care in heart failure patients

Nastaran Mansouriyeh, Hamid Poursharifi, Mohammad Reza Taban Sadeghi, Mohammad Raze Seirafi

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of illness-related worries as a mediator among depression, anxiety and self-care in heart failure (HF) patients was the aim of…

Evaluation of a peer support specialist led group

Amber Taylor, Gemma Dorer, Kate Gleeson

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate a Peer Support Specialist (PSS) and NHS practitioner co-produced “Enabling Recovery” group that supports service-users’ recovery whilst…

Participatory arts, recovery and social inclusion

Tim Sayers, Theodore Stickley

There is growing evidence of the contribution participatory arts practice may make towards mental health recovery. The purpose of this paper is to examine this phenomenon by…

Chronicles of one woman’s journey towards well-being: preparations

Jo Mullen

The purpose of this paper is to share the experiences and reflections of one woman’s journey towards well-being.