Reports and resources
Papers, reports articles from Mind's campaigns and policy work, and our MindThink project to debate future mental health policy.
All resources:
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Improving mental health support for refugee communities - an advocacy approach
The Refugee and asylum-seeker mental health advocacy project was developed to build a better understanding of the mental health concerns of refugees and asylum-seekers.
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Vision and reality
Is independent mental health advocacy working for black and minority ethnic service users? asks Marcel Vige
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MindThink report 4: Psychiatry, race and culture
There is a sizable body of evidence detailing the over-representation and disproportionately negative experiences of BME people within secure mental health settings.
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When relationships break down
Louise Pembroke continues her series on how we improve relationships between service users and psychiatrists
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Screening Madness
This report identifies popular films as a reservoir of prejudice, ignorance and fear that feeds and perpetuates damaging stereotypes of people with mental health problems.
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Psychiatric Update in Openmind 158
Does stimulating the brain cure mental illness? asks Duncan Double
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A future vision for mental health
This report from Future Vision coalition sets out a new vision for the future of mental health and well-being in England.
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Fighting fit
The UK is facing a mental health time-bomb by neglecting veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, says Jason Beckford-Ball
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Matt Leverton profiles Matt Harvey
Poets through the ages have battled mental demons, and mild-mannered Matt Harvey is no exception. Often described as a stand-up poet, Harvey pokes gentle fun at being a modern, liberal, enlightened man, while also being exactly that.
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We're here, we're mental, get used to it
What did you get for Christmas? I'm starting 2003 with (among other things) two excellent T-shirts.
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Who owns the mind?
Provocative alternatives to understanding madness and treatment, based entirely on first-hand experience, are pioneering new ways of thinking, says Gail A. Hornstein
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Men and mental health: Get it off your chest
Mind's report shows that men’s help-seeking behaviour is different from women’s, with men being less likely to seek help for both emotional and physical problems.
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Prescription charges review
Mind's response to written evidence to Professor Ian Gilmore's review.
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Welfare Reform Bill 2009: Campaigns Briefing
The Welfare Reform Bill was introduced into the House of Commons in January 2009. It is intended to realise the Government's aspiration of an 80 per cent employment rate for people of working age.
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Coming off medication
If you are stopping taking medication it is advisable to reduce the dose gradually, as it is difficult to predict who will have problems withdrawing.