Member News: #PuttingMeFirst
Association of Mental Health Providers
Published: December 5, 2017
As part of our 30th birthday celebrations, Second Step has launched our #PuttingMeFirst campaign and a short film of the same name. The film showcases the way we support and work with people, as well as sharing some inspiring stories of hope, courage and change. To watch the film go to our YouTube channel where…
Read moreGuest Blog: Shared Ownership
Association of Mental Health Providers
Published: November 22, 2017
– Julie Layton, Advance UK What is shared ownership? Advance was one of the first organisations in the UK to deliver shared ownership for customers with learning disabilities and mental health conditions. It is now one of the few remaining housing providers who still offer this form of housing. Since 1997 we’ve helped more than…
Read moreMothertongue: Team Effort – Training Therapists to Work with Interpreters as a Collaborative Team
AMHP
Published: August 17, 2017
This paper offers a framework for training therapists/counsellors and interpreters to work together as a team. It considers the need for a collaborative relationship between counsellor and interpreter, consideration of dynamics in a triangular relationship and a clear delineation of responsibilities within the team. The paper can be found here.
Read moreMothertongue: Psychotherapy across Languages: beliefs, attitudes and practices of monolingual and multilingual therapists with their multilingual patients
AMHP
Published: August 17, 2017
The study investigates beliefs, attitudes and practices of 101 monolingual and multilingual therapists in their interactions with multilingual patients. Mothertongue adopted a mixed-method approach, using an on-line questionnaire with 27 closed questions which were analysed quantitatively and informed questions in interviews with one monolingual and two multilingual therapists. A principal component analysis yielded a four-factor…
Read moreDual Diagnosis toolkit: A practical guide for professionals and practitioners
AMHP
Published: August 17, 2017
Turning Point’s first Dual Diagnosis toolkit developed in 2004 with Rethink Mental Illness, to support practitioners working with people who have coexisting mental health and substance misuse needs.
Read moreTurning Point: Dual Diagonsis - Good Practice Handbook
AMHP
Published: August 17, 2017
This Good Practice Handbook helps practioneres to plan, organise and deliver services for people with co-existing mental health and substance use needs.
Read moreTurning Point: Independent Commission on Mental Health and Policing Report
AMHP
Published: August 17, 2017
The Independent Commission on Mental Health and Policing, chaired by Lord Victor Adebowale was set up in September 2012 at the request of the Metropolitan Police Commissioner. The Commission’s brief was to review the work of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) with regard to people who have died or been seriously injured following police contact…
Read moreTurning Point: Moving from the Margins
AMHP
Published: August 17, 2017
This report produced by Turning Point and Collaborate argues that joined-up services which are responsive to the people using them and the needs of the local communities should be at the heart of social and public reforms in the NHS, local government and criminal justice system.
Read moreTurning Point: Dual Dilemma
AMHP
Published: August 17, 2017
This short report provides an update on challenges facing those with co-existing needs and calls on the government, commissioners and others to work together to improve service provision.
Read moreTogether: Using personal experience to support others with similar difficulties
AMHP
Published: August 17, 2017
Together commission research to provide evidence for practitioners and policymaker to help them improve care for people experiencing mental distress.
Read moreA helping hand: consultation with service users about peer support
AMHP
Published: August 17, 2017
Together commission research to provide evidence for practitioners and policymaker to help them improve care for people experiencing mental distress.
Read moreLived experience leading the way: Peer support in mental health
AMHP
Published: August 17, 2017
Together commission research to provide evidence for practitioners and policymaker to help them improve care for people experiencing mental distress.
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