Including the excluded

Article Abstract:

UK mental health charities MIND and SANE have launched an enquiry into social exclusion related to mental illness. The enquiry represents a response to the disappointment felt by the two charities concerning the work of the government's Social Exclusion Unit set up in Dec 1997. The unit has begun its work with the issue of two reports investigating two aspects of social exclusion, but the charities feel that there is insufficient concern about social exclusion related to mental health problems. The charities plan to report on the major issues and to set the agenda for reform.

United Kingdom, Social policy, Marginality, Social, Social marginality

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Citizen Smith

Article Abstract:

UK mental health service users are increasingly becoming involved in the planning and management of mental health services. User involvement ranges from a patient's personal involvement in their own psychiatric care, to the provision of evidence to the government in its mental health legislation review. However, mental health service users want more than recognition as service users; they want involvement in society as equal citizens and the empowerment that accompanies this type of involvement.

Management, Psychiatric services, Mental health services

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Alzheimer's cafe for people with and affected by dementia

Article Abstract:

The Alzheimer's cafe, started in 1997 in the Netherlands, is an intervention that can contribute significantly to supporting people with dementia, their carers, partners and relatives. A review of an adapted version of an Alzheimer's cafe is presented, focusing on eight couples where one partner was newly diagnosed with dementia.

Netherlands, Public affairs, Psychological aspects, Dementia

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