The positive association between 'mental illness' and poverty is one of the most well
established in psychiatric epidemiology. Yet, there is little conclusive evidence about the …

Introduction: There is an increasing emphasis on recovery-oriented care in the design and
delivery of mental health services. Research has demonstrated that recovery-oriented …

The dominance of medicalized “psy” discourses in the West has marginalized alternative
perspectives and analyses of madness, resulting in the under-inclusion (or exclusion) from …

Despite a strong history of social justice–based social work professional education in
Canada, there has not been an intentional integration of direct critical clinical mental health …

Over 235,000 people couch-surf, stay in emergency shelters, or live on the street in Canada
every year. But lack of housing security is just one barrier faced by people who are …

From the perspective of psychiatric and mental health nurses in Sweden, this discussion
paper aims to position psychiatric and mental health nursing as a transformative force …

Relationships with professionals have been shown to be helpful to persons with severe
mental illness (SMI) in relation to a variety of services. In this article, we aimed to synthesize …

In this paper I provide an analysis of the implementation of “recovery” as a policy object and
commitment in the United Kingdom. This can be situated as part of the New Labour …

Race still matters in Canada, and in the context of crime and criminal justice, it matters a lot.
In this book, the authors focus on the ways in which racial minority groups are criminalized …

Abstract Background Recovery Colleges (RCs) are education-based centres providing
information, networking, and skills development for managing mental health, well-being, and …