Mental Health Shop - 100 Ways to Support Recovery

Mental Health Shop - 100 Ways to Support Recovery

Free down loadable publication with plenty of good advice for professionals and anyone working in mental health. It really does give you 100 ways to change practice and links to other resources. Available from the English mental health charity 'Rethink' Website.

Playing Asylum Seeker | Testimony

Playing Asylum Seeker Testimony

short video from the Inside Stories project - oral histories of people who have suffered from mental illness

Outcomes Star named in White Paper - Outcomes Star - Outcomes Star

Outcomes Star named in White Paper - Outcomes Star - Outcomes Star


This seems to be proving a popular tool for assessing mental health recovery. I just hope people do not become too reliant on it though - it could stop people listening to what's important for the client if it is not on the Star. Or worse practitioners might try to fit people into neat boxes or packages just so they can show everyone what good work they have done.

Ethics: The Ethics of Diversity: A Call for Intimate Listening in Thin Places

Ethics: The Ethics of Diversity: A Call for Intimate Listening in Thin Places

An interesting paper on how listening has little effect if it is not put into action

The vision of recovery today: what it is and what it means for services

The vision of recovery today: what it is and what it means for services
an interesting update on current thinking on recovery