Mental Health and Social Inclusion: Volume 28 Issue 2

Editorial

Jerome Carson

Ideas of how peer support workers facilitate interprofessional learning in mental health care teamwork: conceptual paper

Tuija Viking, Lena Nilsson

The purpose of this paper is to contribute theoretical ideas of how peer support workers (PSWs) bring added value to interprofessional learning (IPL) in mental health care…

Irish transgender voices on mental health and mental health care

Jan de Vries, Carmel Downes, Danika Sharek, Louise Doyle, Rebecca Murphy, Thelma Begley, Edward McCann, Fintan Sheerin, Siobhan Smyth, Agnes Higgins

People who identify as transgender face stigma, isolation and harassment while often struggling to come to terms with their gender identity. They also disproportionately…

“My words matter”: perspectives on evaluation from people who access and work in recovery colleges

Sophie Soklaridis, Rowen Shier, Georgia Black, Gail Bellissimo, Anna Di Giandomenico, Sam Gruszecki, Elizabeth Lin, Jordana Rovet, Holly Harris

The purpose of this co-produced research project was to conduct interviews with people working in, volunteering with and accessing Canadian recovery colleges (RCs) to explore…

Trafficking trauma: a review on the psychological effects of human trafficking

Raluca Ioana Pascale, Calli Tzani, Maria Ioannou, Thomas James Vaughan Williams, Daniel Hunt

The purpose of this study is to investigate the psychological consequences of human trafficking and to reveal the importance of appropriate post-trafficking psychological…

The ripple effects of suicide: a personal account of dealing with the death of an adult sibling

Angela Woods

The purpose of this paper is to offer an opinion piece that documents the experience of losing an adult sibling to suicide and explores the experience of personal and family grief.

Suicide attempts as turning points

David Lester

The purpose of this study is to examine why an attempt at suicide does not always indicate the beginning of a life with poor mental health.

Reaching out for help

Kirsty Lilley

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how often survivors are dismissed and unsupported in response to actively reaching out for help with distress. The author hopes the…

Remarkable lives – Robyn Clegg-Gibson in conversation with Robert Hurst

Robyn Clegg-Gibson, Robert Hurst

The purpose of this paper is to share Robyn Clegg-Gibson’s story.