In this timely analysis, Rich Moth assesses mental health services in a period of major
change. Based on extended fieldwork in community mental health services, he explores the …

There is little understanding of how recoveryoriented approaches fit within contemporary
mental healthcare systems, which emphasise biomedical approaches to care, increased …

Mental health policy initiatives in England over the last three decades have led to significant
restructuring of statutory service provision. One feature of this has been the reconfiguration …

We now have a new kind of psycho-politics; a brutal and destructive alliance between
neoliberalism and an expanding psychiatric empire. This article will explore how mental …

A paradigm shift in the ways in which mental health services are delivered is happening—
both for service users and for professional mental healthcare workers. The landscape is …

This highly regarded book offers a clear and considered guide to modern mental health
policy and practice. Building on the success of previous editions, this third edition provides …

Recent psychosocial and organisational literature has illuminated how perverse social
defences and systemic failures within institutions can act to undermine the work of an …

Accessible summary• In this paper we examine why some nurses, doctors and social
workers in the UK are becoming increasingly worried that their contributions to the care of …

In the first decade of the twenty-first century mental health practitioners have witnessed
unprecedented changes in mental health law and policy that have had profound …

Mary Nettlehas been living with a mental illness label since 1978. For over 20 years she has
been self employed as a Mental Health User Consultant focusing on patient and public …