Briefing 45: Probation services and mental health
This briefing summarises the ways in which health and probation services can work together to meet the needs of offenders with mental health problems.
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The Schizophrenia Commission report sets out a radical, positive agenda to change mental health services
The recent Schizophrenia Commission report, The Abandoned Illness, has shone a strong light on the way we as a society respond to people with psychosis.
Liaison psychiatry in the modern NHS
Liaison Psychiatry in the Modern NHS suggests that liaison psychiatry services can save an average hospital £5 million a year by reducing the number and length of admissions to beds.
Recovery, public mental health and wellbeing
This paper outlines how public mental health and the wellbeing movement can contribute to one of the key challenges for recovery: increasing opportunities for building a life beyond illness,.
A chance to change
Parenting interventions can dramatically improve children’s futures but they must be made widely available, delivered well and targeted at the children who need them most, according to a report from Centre for Mental Health.
Recovery, personalisation and personal budgets
This paper explores the links between recovery and personalisation and demonstrates how both are part of a common agenda for mental health system transformation.
Recovery colleges
Attending a Recovery College can give people the confidence, skills and insights to take control over their lives and pursue their aspirations.
Unsung heroes
This report draws together what we know about how the families and children of Service personnel are supported to deal with the emotional and psychological impact of deployment and training.
What is this thing we call peer support?
Gene Johnson, CEO and President of Recovery Innovations in Arizona, discusses the role of peer worker and the success of the projects he’s led.
We need a holistic approach to mental ill-health and homelessness
Poor mental health is widely recognised as both a cause and a consequence of homelessness.