Editorial

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Pozner, A. (2013), "Editorial", Mental Health and Social Inclusion, Vol. 17 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/mhsi.2013.55717baa.001

Editorial

Editorial

Article Type: Editorial From: Mental Health and Social Inclusion, Volume 17, Issue 2.

Welcome to Mental Health and Social Inclusion.

In this issue, Sophie Corlett reviews recent trends in detention under the Mental Health Act 1983 in England and the relationship to trends in access to mental health services. She suggests that a steady increase in coercion is related to tightening access to mental health care and that these form a toxic relationship that undermines people's mental health, recovery and rights.

Sue Holttum summarises two recent and very different research publications on art therapy and comments expertly on their ability to shed light on the usefulness of art therapy to address mental distress and enhance social inclusion.

Angie Williams explains how The Orders of St John Care Trust has led the way in promoting the social inclusion of individuals with dementia, by keeping a relationship-centred approach at the heart of their residential care practices.

Nicky Lidbetter and Dawn Bunnell describe the pioneering Self Help Services, a charity that champions personal experience of mental health problems and uses these experiences to support the recovery of people living with common mental health problems. Their paper describes how the charity grew from one individual's journey with agoraphobia to being the main provider of primary care mental health services in the North West of England.

Joe Taylor reports on the imaginative Wave Project which helps young people in Cornwall overcome emotional, social or mental health problems using surfing as a health intervention. Participation on surfing courses boosts participants’ levels of self-confidence, well-being and, in some cases, social inclusion.

Ben Bamber argues that monitoring of symptoms through self-assessed data is not only a vital part of record taking in mental health care, but can also aid patients in their recovery, giving them more of a say in their healthcare, and providing a record of progress for both patients and clinicians.

Jason Kelvin and Robert Lall describe the highly successful Imagine Your Goals, How Are You Feeling Today? project, a partnership project between Arsenal Football Club and Camden and Islington Foundation NHS Trust. This promotes the recovery and social inclusion of individuals living with mental health problems through the medium of football.

And finally, Sally Denham-Vaughan and Marie-Anne Chidiac explore what is meant by relational approaches and what role these should play in the provision of socially inclusive mental health services.

Adam Pozner is Senior Researcher at TriNova Research.