Mental Health and Social Inclusion: Volume 24 Issue 3

On the question of vulnerability

Rachel Perkins, Julie Repper

Research watch: Coronavirus (COVID-19), mental health and social inclusion in the UK and Ireland

Sue Holttum

This paper aims to examine recent papers on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, including implications for some of the groups of people already less included in…

Andrea Handley in conversation with Jerome Carson

Andrea Handley, Jerome Carson

The purpose of this paper is to provide a profile of Andrea Handley.

Foregrounding the perspectives of mental health services users during the COVID-19 pandemic

Hannah Zeilig, Brioney Gee, Bonnie Teague, Jonathan Wilson, Corinna Hackmann

This paper aims to highlight the critical importance of the perspectives of mental health service-users during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Health-care workers’ knowledge and management skills of psychosocial and mental health needs and priorities of individuals with COVID-19

Ayman Hamdan Mansour, Ahmad N. Al Shibi, Anas H. Khalifeh, Laith A. Hamdan Mansour

The purpose of this study is to identify the knowledge and management skills of health-care workers regarding psychosocial and mental health priorities and needs of individuals…

Surviving the stigma: lessons learnt for the prevention of COVID-19 stigma and its mental health impact

Shweta Singh, Saniya Bhutani, Huma Fatima

The spread of novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has affected more than four million lives worldwide. Unfortunately, incidents of stigmatisation associated with COVID-19 are being…

Overcoming challenges in service user involvement in an older people’s mental health service

Sophie Smith, Maria Abbas, Ariane Zegarra

The purpose of this paper is to describe how an older people’s mental health service involves service users in research and service improvement projects, the value of this work…

Bridging the gap: from service user to service provider

Maddi Faith

The purpose of this paper is to share the author’s personal experiences as both a service user for the past 10 years and becoming a professional working in the same field. This…

Still worlds apart: flourishing in people with mental health problems

Rosie Elizabeth Allen, Jerome Carson, Bethany Merrifield, Stacey Bush

The purpose of this paper is to compare a group of service users with mental health problems with a community comparison group of gym attenders.

Chronicles of one woman’s journey towards well-being: identity part 2

Jo Mullen

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