Mental Health and Social Inclusion: Volume 26 Issue 1

Editorial: Farewell, thank you and the framing of mental health challenges

Rachel Perkins, Julie Repper

Remarkable lives: Dave Morrison in conversation with Jerome Carson

David Morrison, Jerome Carson

The purpose of this paper is to provide a profile of Dave Morrison.

Recovery colleges in mental health-care services: an Australian feasibility and acceptability study

Liza Hopkins, Andrew Foster, Sue Belmore, Shelley Anderson, Di Wiseman

This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of establishing a recovery college in an Australian acute and community adult mental health service. Very little has…

Recovery college features and context: advancing a recovery and well-being policy agenda

Amadene Woolsey, Gillian Mulvale

Internationally, there has been a move towards more recovery-oriented mental health policies for people living with mental illness, and some countries have included well-being as…

Challenging leisure activities and mental health: are they more beneficial for some people than for others?

Ziggi Ivan Santini, Vibeke Koushede, Carsten Hinrichsen, Malene Kubstrup Nelausen, Katrine Rich Madsen, Charlotte Meilstrup, Ai Koyanagi, Line Nielsen

Previous studies have shown a positive association between being engaged or challenged through a leisure activity and good mental health; however, this relationship may vary by…

Depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life in patients attending government – owned psychiatric clinics in Nigeria

Deborah O. Aluh, Maxwell O. Adibe, Abubakar Abba, Chukwudi E. Sam-Eze, Abdulmuminu Isah

Depression and its symptoms negatively influence the health-related quality of life of patients. This paper aims to explore the occurrence of depressive symptoms and their…

Online resilience support groups during the COVID-19 pandemic: the Philippine experience

Maria Regina Hechanova, Arsenio S. Alianan, Jr, Rosanne M. Jocson, Angelique P. Villasanta

The purpose of this paper is to examine the outcomes of an online resilience support group during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. Specifically, it described the extent…

Determinants of personal social capital among Syrian refugees: comparison of inside and outside camps residence

Hamza Alduraidi, Shaher H. Hamaideh, Ayman Hamdan-Mansour

This study aims to assess the status and determinants of personal social capital (PSC) in Syrian refugees in Jordan, comparing the inside and outside camp residents.

Professionals harnessing experiential knowledge in Dutch mental health settings

Simona Karbouniaris, Alie Weerman, Bea Dunnewind, Jean Pierre Wilken, Tineke A. Abma

This study aims to explore the perspectives of mental health professionals who are in a process of integrating their own experiential knowledge in their professional role. This…

What does well-being mean to mental health peer workers?

Jenny Edge, Susan Wheatley

This paper aims to gain a detailed understanding of their experience of well-being from the perspective of mental health peer workers.