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Awareness Raising
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Making It Happen
This document is designed to provide information about mental health promotion and the evidence to support it to enable MSF Standard One leads and others to develop an effective implementation plan for Standard One of the National Service Framework for Mental Health.
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One of the biggest barriers to recovery from mental illness is stigma and discrimination. Rethink's research and findings suggest that social contact is one of the factors most likely to promote more favourable attitudes and reactions. This is why, any training programme developed and delivered by Rethink aims to include people with direct experience of mental illness, a carer or family member to ensure that their voices are heard.
Key features of the DVD are:
- all DVD contributors are people who have experienced mental health problems, their carers or family members
- contains 35 minutes of extras, divided into sections by 'key themes'
- contains linked PDF resources with additional information
This training aid can be used by trainers, HR departments and any organisation keen to raise awareness of mental health issues. The DVD can be integrated into internal training programmes, be used to develop new training around health issues or be used as part of an induction process.
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These guidelines will promote good practice in user and carer Mental Health Act training and development.
This will be important not only with the current Mental Health Act (1983), but with any future legislation.
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The Men's Health Forum mini manuals, contain easily accessible and uniquely presented information covering a wide range of subjects relating to men's health.
This manual is an abridged version of the main publication "Haynes Brain Manual" (available for purchase at http://www.haynes.co.uk/), and covers all aspects of Mental Health in straightforward everyday language.
Extracts from the Haynes Brain Manual used by permission; © Dr. Ian Banks 2007.
http://www.haynes.co.uk/
The whole range of the Haynes health-related titles can be seen here
The Men's Health Forum has it's own website which can be found at:
http://www.malehealth.co.uk/
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Training presentation by Irene Cotterell of Develop Partner Horizon House, made initially to housing agency to raise awareness of mental health and how to use their knowledge to interact with appropriate clients.
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This toolkit has been developed as a collaboration of many partners who have an interest in contributing to promoting and protecting mental well-being.
The explicit intention in developing this toolkit is to support policy-makers,planners and people delivering programmes and services in understanding how they currently, and have potential to, improve the mental well-being of communities.
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One in Four is an aspirational lifestyle magazine for people with mental health difficulties, for those who know and live with them and for the community at large.
The glossy, full colour quarterly contains a mixture of articles, news and information written predominantly by people with mental health difficulties, for people with mental health difficulties. It explains services and treatments, discusses health and wellbeing and inspires by showing positive images of people with mental health issues.
One in Four fights stigma and exclusion by challenging negative images of people with mental health difficulty, dispelling myths and increasing understanding.
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Are You Really Listening?
Publication from the National Resource Centre for Ethnic Minority Health, and contains stories about stigma, discrimination and resilience towards mental health problems among black and minority ethnic communities in Scotland.
This booklet is the output of a storytelling project in which BME users of services shared their personal stories of mental health problems as experienced in their communities and in using mental health services.
The resource is intended to be used in 2 ways - with communities to highlight the impact of stigma and to help tackle this and also with mental health service providers to support a better understanding of the particular experiences of minority ethnic service users.
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Training and Awareness Raising
This section of the Student Mental Health website is concerned with the measures that can be taken to train members of the institution in different aspects of mental health awareness and to look at other means to raise the general profile of mental health issues among staff and students.
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What a Difference a Friend Makes
Among 18 to 25 year-olds, the prevalence of serious psychological distress is the highest in the adult population; yet this age group is the least likely to receive treatment or counseling.
In response, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in the United States has developed a website designed to encourage, educate, and inspire people in that age group to support their friends who are experiencing mental health problems.
Visit the "What a Difference a Friend Makes" website to learn more about mental health and what students can do to play a role in their friend's recovery:
From Here To Equality
The National Institute for Mental Health in England is taking a strategic five-year programme to tackle stigma and discrimination, but it will need local support to make this happen.
This report sets out a framework for a sustained programme to give people back their rights, working in partnership across government, with the voluntary sector and with private organisations.
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People with mental health problems constitute the largest group of people who are unemployed as a result of disability. The barriers and difficulties experienced by people with mental health problems in returning to work should not be underestimated and have been well documented elsewhere.
The Social Exclusion Unit has subsequently identified employment as a priority action area for people experiencing mental health problems. Employment for people with mental health problems is therefore afforded high priority by Government, as well as by people experiencing mental health difficulties. Two of the main barriers people face in securing and retaining employment is the lack of collaboration between different organisations and the lack of understanding of how to work with people in a positive way. The Working for Mental Health (WfMH) materials have been designed to address these barriers.
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