SCIE Research briefing 26: Mental health and social work
Useful links
Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP)- supports positive changes in services and in the wellbeing of vulnerable people with health and social care needs.
Depression Alliance - provides information and support services to those affected by depression through publications, supporter services and network of self-help groups. A user-focused organisation with offices in England and a sister charity in Scotland.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) - charity supporting research on social issues.
Mental Health Foundation - leading charity that provides information, carries out research, campaigns and works to improve services for anyone affected by mental health problems.
MIND - the leading mental health charity in England and Wales providing a variety of services including publications and a confidential information line for users, carers and practitioners.
National Centre for Independent Living - a support, advice and consultancy organisation that aims to enable disabled people to be equal citizens with choice, control, rights and full economic, social and cultural lives. The website provides information on independent living, direct payments and individual budgets.
National Institute for Mental Health - is responsible for supporting the implementation of positive change in mental health and mental health services.
Refugee Council - the largest organisation in the UK working with asylum seekers and refugees.
Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health - works to improve the quality of life for people with mental health problems, through research, policy work and analysis to improve practice and influence policy in mental health as well as public services.
SANE - a charity concerned with improving the lives of everyone affected by mental illness.
Shaping Our Lives - is a broad network of people who use services promoting user perspectives, involvement in service planning and development, and the sharing of information between different user groups.
Social Perspectives Network (SPN) - based at the Social Care Institute for Excellence in London, SPN is a coalition of people who use services, survivors, carers, policy makers, academics, students, and practitioners looking at mental health from a social perspective. SPN also seeks to promote the importance of social care and social work. Free membership and e-newsletter.
Related SCIE publications
- Research briefing 03: Aiding communication with people with dementia (2004)
- Research briefing 04: Transition of young people with physical disabilities or chronic illnesses from children’s to adult’s services (2004)
- Research briefing 11: The health and wellbeing of young carers (2005)
- Research briefing 12: Involving older people and their carers in after-hospital care decisions (2005)
- Research briefing 16: Deliberate self-harm (DSH) among children and adolescents: who is at risk and how is it recognised (2005)
- Research briefing 17: Therapies and approaches for helping children and adolescents who deliberately self-harm (DSH) (2005)
- Research briefing 20: Choice, control and individual budgets: emerging themes (2007)
