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.
Readership: This is an invaluable resource for mental
health professionals, medical educators, policy makers, mental
health service providers and charities.
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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.
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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