social care – A New Vision for Mental Health

‘It’s time to recognise the contribution arts can make to health and wellbeing’

Author: Editorial 7th August 2019 0 Comments

This article by Nicola Slawson inThe Guardian newspaper begins: “ Arts and Minds , a leading arts and mental health charity, has been running weekly art workshops for people experiencing depression, stress or anxiety in Cambridgeshire for the past seven years. Led by an…
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a wellbeing society

anxiety, arts, Arts and Minds, depression, loneliness, social care, social prescribing, The Guardian, wellbeing

International Perspectives on Mental Health: Critical issues across the lifespan

Author: Editorial 24th July 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by Barbara Fawcett, Zita Weber and Sheila Wilson. The publishers say: “… the field of mental health is complex – fraught with differences in understanding and experience, variations in service provision, political agendas and professional discourses….
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a coherent system

age, Barbara Fawcett, books, history of psychiatry, holism, international perspectives, mental health policies, Sheila Wilson, social care, Zita Weber