Drawing partly on personal experience, the author of this article seeks to unpack the expertise that service users bring to the design and delivery of mental health services. Service user involvement cannot be imposed by policy diktat from above, she…

This paper assesses the extent to which the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) approach is currently adopted in England. Interviews based on the Supported Employment Fidelity Scale were conducted with staff from five of the leading providers of supported employment.…

This paper describes and discusses the evaluation of
an innovative child and adolescent mental health
project located in a large county in eastern England.
The project was one of eight located in the
voluntary sector and supported by the Mental

To promote stable mental wellbeing during childhood (from birth – 19 years old) should be a major priority for governments. This is the time within the lifespan when children will learn and develop the most, so positive influences are greatest…

Copyright by Sage Publications, 2008. Published in Journal of Research in Nursing, 13(6), pp.465-477., Action research (AR) is promoted for health care development. A systematic review was undertaken to gain insight into the uptake and designs of practice-based AR. Empirical…

Current treatment guidelines for anxiety disorders, including panic disorder (PD), recommend either
medication or cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).There is currently a call through the Layard
Report for significant investment to increase the availability of CBT resources. However, there are
reported…

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The definitions and meaning qualified nurses employed in an acute NHS
hospital setting in the UK gave to health education and health promotion practice
and how these fitted established language and theory were investigated qualitatively.
These concepts, and the concomitant…

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