Social Inclusion and Mental Health
Edited by Jed Boardman, Alan Currie, Helen Killaspy and Gillian Mezey
Medicine is changing, towards a greater emphasis
on self-care and patient choice. But truly collaborative care is
hampered by inequality, exacerbated by stigmatisation and
discrimination. These experiences of social exclusion can block the
road to recovery for people with mental illness.
People with mental illness are among the most
socially excluded in our society.
This book is concerned with social exclusion and
mental disorder and the steps that psychiatrists and mental health
workers can take to facilitate the social inclusion of people with
mental health problems. Alongside contributions from psychiatrists
and mental health professionals, people with mental illness and
their carers write about the helplessness they sometimes feel when
faced with mental health services, the challenges of caring for
someone, and what might be done to aid the journey to recovery.
The book encompasses a wealth of experience and
evidence supported by research and everyday practice.
Key features:
- Comprehensive discussion of the nature and extent
of exclusion resulting from mental illness in the UK today.
- Recovery-oriented perspectives from mental health
professionals, serviceusers and carers.
- Advice on how professional practice, training and
mental health services can be transformed to facilitate social
inclusion.
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"This well-constructed in-depth review of the nature and extent
of social exclusion should be required reading for all mental
health professionals - for it deals with what we all see every
day."
- British Journal of Wellbeing
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Readership: This is an invaluable
resource for mental health professionals, medical educators, policy
makers, mental health service providers and charities.
Book-signing session held at the
College's International Congress,
June 2010
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About the editors:
Jed Boardman - Consultant/Senior Lecturer in
Social Psychiatry, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust.
Alan Currie - Consultant
Psychiatrist, Newcastle.
Helen Killaspy - Senior
Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Rehabilitation Psychiatry,
University College London
Gillian Mezey - Reader in
Forensic Psychiatry, Division of Mental Health at St George's,
University of London.
"This reviewer would recommend this well-referenced work as
a starting point for thinking about psychiatry and its relationship
with the outside world. There is consistent attention to
detail, and the individual chapters stand on their own extremely
well. The trainee in general adult psychiatry will find this
book to be a useful starting point in understanding his
population."
- Journal of Mental Health
Quote from the editors:
"Social inclusion and recovery are of central
importance to people with mental health problems and their
facilitation is crucial to the work of mental health professionals
and the services in which they work."
Contents
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Foreword
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Part 1: What is social
exclusion?
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Introduction
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Concepts of social exclusion
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Social exclusion of people with mental health
problems and learning disabilities: key aspects
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Policy and social exclusion
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How is social exclusion relevant to
psychiatry?
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Socially inclusive working across the
psychiatric subspecialties
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Part 2: Social exclusion – the scope
of the problem
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The extent of disadvantage, poverty and social
exclusion in the UK
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How are people with mental health problems
excluded?
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Social exclusion in specific social groups and
individuals with mental health problems
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Social exclusion and people with mental health
problems – developing a clearer picture
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Finding acceptance – the experiences of people
who use mental health services
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Social inclusion from the carer’s
perspective
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Part 3: Working towards inclusive
psychiatry
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Social inclusion: research and evidence-based
practice
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Implications of social inclusion for
individual practice
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Socially inclusive mental health services –
what will they look like?
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Training for socially inclusive practice
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Community mental health and the
inclusion–exclusion seesaw
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Socially inclusive practice and psychiatry in
the 21st century
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