Stories
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Guerrilla public health
From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.
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Is it really OK to not be OK?
Our mental healthcare system is still the poor relation of services that treat physical illness, and the pandemic has shone a spotlight on this situation. Campaigner James Downs argues for fundamental change.
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Chronic illness and the pressure to get well
When she was ill, Naomi Morris assumed she was on a straightforward journey from sickness to health. But what if our experiences of mental distress and ill health aren’t that neat?
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Providing care across languages
When medics are taught in English but their patients speak other languages, effective communication becomes fraught. Niyoshi Shah explores the linguistic gaps between patient and doctor.
Catalogue
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Mental health policy in Britain / Anne Rogers and David Pilgrim.
Rogers, Anne, 1957-Date: [2001], ©2001- Books
Mental health and social policy / [David Mechanic].
Mechanic, David, 1936-Date: [1969]- Books
Mental health policy : the way forward : papers presented at a national conference held in London on February 21, 1989 ; conference chairmen, Julia Cumberlege, Hugh Freeman.
Date: 1989- Books
Mental health and social policy 1845-1959 / [Kathleen Jones].
Jones, Kathleen, 1922-2010.Date: [1960]- Books
Mental health care and social policy / edited by Phil Brown.
Date: 1985