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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Vision and reality
Is independent mental health advocacy working for black and minority ethnic service users? asks Marcel Vige
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Ward Watch
Mind's 2004 Ward Watch report revealed two extremes of hospital conditions.
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We need to talk
Psychological therapies are known to be effective for treating a wide range of mental health conditions. However, availability of cognitive behavioural therapy and other evidence-based therapies on the NHS is extremely limited.
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We Need to Talk: campaign briefing
Mind has joined with the Royal College of General Practitioners and two other Royal Colleges to demand a new deal for children and adults with mental health problems.
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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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Welfare Reform Act 2009 briefing
A Welfare Reform Bill was introduced into the House of Commons in January 2009. This briefing outlines the Government's proposals, Mind's campaigning on the Bill and the final outcomes.
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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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Welsh youth consultation on suicide and help-seeking behaviours
This report complies the responses of 200 young people aged 12 to 25 across Wales who were asked for their views on issues such as suicide and self-harm.
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What price sanity?
Medication has robbed Lisa Barker of some of the best days of her life.
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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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While we are waiting
Waiting times for psychological therapies on the NHS for people with mental health problems have long been acknowledged to be too long.
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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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Why we hate
Hatred has been in the news. We've seen pictures of Muslims in the Middle East and in Indonesia demonstrating their hatred of the USA, and Americans plaintively asking, "Why do people hate us?"
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Work Capability Assessment: Campaigns briefing
Mind has long-standing concerns about the accuracy of the Work Capability Assessment (WCA), the medical assessment used to decide which stream of employment benefit a person receives.