OBJECTIVE: To use system ideas and the concept of 'wicked problems' to frame
examination of a decade-and-a-half of UK mental health policy. METHODS: Theoretically …

Interest in the contribution narrative can make across many disciplines has been booming in
recent years, but its impact in social work has been limited. It has mainly been used in …

Accessible summary What is known on the subject There is a move towards the use of new
ways of delivering mental health care, particularly via an increased use of telephone …

Educators have become increasingly interested in the diverse learning environments of
young children and the ways in which children and childhood are positioned within those …

Critical perspectives in mental health and the highly influential contributions of those who
identify with and/or ally with the psychiatric-survivor, consumer-survivor, ex-patient, or mad …

This article develops a conceptualization of 'space'that enables in-depth analysis of mental
health service user 'territories'. Driven by the aim to understand how spaces within the …

Theorising psychological activity as a spatial product appears a logical extension of moves
in social theory to emphasise the role of space and place in the consideration of experience …

The aim of this paper is to outline an agenda for critiques of psychiatry and other mainstream
ideologies of mental health for the 21st century. While the heyday of anti-psychiatry was the …

The high ideals of anarchism have inspired generations of activists and political thinkers for
over a century and a half, winning respect from even the fiercest of opponents. As …

In the United Kingdom there has been growing unease over standards of care and treatment
in acute inpatient psychiatric services. Although recent reforms have declared nurses as …