Main description:

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

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Part I. What Is Social Exclusion?: 1. Introduction; 2. Concepts of social exclusion; 3. Social exclusion of people with mental health problems and learning disabilities: key aspects; 4. Policy and social exclusion; 5. How is social exclusion relevant to psychiatry?; 6. Socially inclusive working across the psychiatric subspecialties; Part II. Social Exclusion: The Scope of the Problem: 7. The extent of disadvantage, poverty and social exclusion in the UK; 8. How are people with mental health problems excluded?; 9. Social exclusion in specific social groups and individuals with mental health problems; 10. Social exclusion and people with mental health problems: developing a clearer picture; 11. Finding acceptance: the experiences of people who use mental health services; 12. Social inclusion from the carer's perspective; Part III. Working towards Inclusive Psychiatry: 13. Social inclusion: research and evidence-based practice; 14. Implications of social inclusion for individual practice; 15. Socially inclusive mental health services: what will they look like?; 16. Training for socially inclusive practice; 17. Community mental health and the inclusion-exclusion seesaw; 18. Socially inclusive practice and psychiatry in the 21st century.