Social Inclusion and Mental Health: Understanding Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion - Softcover

Boardman, Jed

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1911623591 ISBN 13: 9781911623595

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2022

Synopsis

A comprehensive account of the multiple ways that people with mental health conditions are marginalised and disadvantaged in our society.

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About the Authors

Jed Boardman is visiting Senior Lecturer in Social Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK, and Senior Policy Adviser at the Centre for Mental Health, UK. He has worked extensively in social and community psychiatry and has researched and published widely in these areas. He is lead for Social Inclusion at the Royal College of Psychiatrists where he advises on employment, poverty, debt, welfare reform, and recovery. An authority on recovery, employment and community psychiatry, he chaired the Royal College of Psychiatrists Scoping Group on Social Inclusion.

Helen Killaspy is Professor and Honorary Consultant in Rehabilitation Psychiatry at University College, London, UK. Her research focuses on services and interventions for people with complex mental health problems. Her research has provided much needed evidence for the effectiveness of specialist services for people with complex mental health needs. She was awarded the Constance Pascal-Helen Boyle Prize for Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in Working to Improve Mental Health Care in Europe.

Gillian Mezey is Emeritus Professor of Forensic Psychiatry at St George's, University of London, UK. She has published widely on the psychological effects of sexual and physical violence, recovery, and social inclusion. She co-developed the Social Inclusion Questionnaire – User Experience (SInQUE), which is designed to assess social inclusion for people with mental health conditions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1911623591
• ISBN 13: 9781911623595
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 410