Community work - A cure for stigma and social exclusion?
| dc.contributor.author | Schneider, Justine | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-11-02T13:48:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-11-02T13:48:39Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Schneider, J. (2009). Community work - A cure for stigma and social exclusion? Psychiatric Bulletin, 33 (8), pp.281-284. | en |
| dc.identifier.other | 10.1192/pb.bp.108.022343 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12904/9158 | |
| dc.description.abstract | It is possible to tackle exclusion by altering the nature of transactions between individuals and groups, including mental health services. One way to do this is to cultivate social capital or interdependence between individuals and groups as well as giving, each is entitled, but not compelled, to claim something in return. It is difficult, if not impossible, to sustain stigma and social exclusion when people are meeting mutual needs, building trust and helping each other. Mental health providers can foster social capital by creating community cohesion, namely interdependent relationships between individuals and organisations. This approach has been put into practice in the USA, where providers assert that small investments in building social capital return many times the cost. In the UK there is evidence that community development can make a contribution to mental health but it does not fit well with conventional approaches to mental health services. it calls for different skills and a vision that is collective rather than individualised. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract) | |
| dc.description.uri | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychiatric-bulletin/article/community-work-a-cure-for-stigma-and-social-exclusion/2DC787DB8D19E11C40354A41F6D6E07B | |
| dc.subject | Mental health services | en |
| dc.subject | Stigma | en |
| dc.subject | Mental health | en |
| dc.title | Community work - A cure for stigma and social exclusion? | en |
| dc.type | Article | |
| html.description.abstract | It is possible to tackle exclusion by altering the nature of transactions between individuals and groups, including mental health services. One way to do this is to cultivate social capital or interdependence between individuals and groups as well as giving, each is entitled, but not compelled, to claim something in return. It is difficult, if not impossible, to sustain stigma and social exclusion when people are meeting mutual needs, building trust and helping each other. Mental health providers can foster social capital by creating community cohesion, namely interdependent relationships between individuals and organisations. This approach has been put into practice in the USA, where providers assert that small investments in building social capital return many times the cost. In the UK there is evidence that community development can make a contribution to mental health but it does not fit well with conventional approaches to mental health services. it calls for different skills and a vision that is collective rather than individualised. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract) |