Further reading
Recovery
Sainsbury Centre has a policy paper and ensuing project on Making Recovery a Reality.
Criminal Justice
Sainsbury Centre works on mental health and the criminal justice system.
Supported Employment
There are several initiatives to support mental health in the workplace, including Beyond Blue and Mental Health First Aid.
Sainsbury Centre is also carrying out some major work on supported employment and Individual Placement and Support. You can watch clips from a recent lecture on IPS by Professor Bob Drake.
Social Inclusion
The National Social Inclusion Programme (NSIP) brings together the work of government departments and other organisations to challenge attitudes, to enable people to fulfil their aspirations and to improve opportunities and outcomes for people with mental health problems.
Involving Service Users
Together runs mental health services across the country and involves service users in campaigning and research.
The National Service User Network (NSUN) is a user-led initiative that brings together groups and organisations in England that are run by users and survivors of mental health services.
Mental Health Promotion
mentality (part of Sainsbury Centre) did a great deal of work on mental health promotion, including work on the evidence and a toolkit for the workplace.
The Scottish Government has published a discussion paper on the future of mental health in Scotland.
Commissioning
Sainsbury Centre has published a guide to commissioning day and vocational services based on experience in two English counties.
Sainsbury Centre also has information for commissioners of healthcare for the criminal justice system.
The Department of Health's World Class Commissioning programme.
Advocacy
Mind helps people find advocacy services.
Talking Therapies
Several organisations collaborated on We Need to Talk, a report to make the case for psychological therapies on the NHS.
The Department of Health talking therapies programme, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, is being run by the National Mental Health Development Unit.
Cost of mental illness
The King's Fund has a report on the cost of mental health care in England to 2026.
Sainsbury Centre has also worked on this, with the main study being the Economic and Social Costs of Mental Illness and Mental Health at Work, which examines the business case for supporting people with mental illness to work.
Lord layard at the LSE has written on the costs of mental illness to society and the benefits of public happiness.
Challenging Stigma and Discrimination
Time to Change is the new national initiative run by Mind, Rethink and the Institute of Psychiatry that will publicly challenge attitudes towards mental illness in England and counter discrimination against people who experience mental ill health.
Exercise & Food
The Mental Health Foundation has worked on the effects of food on mental health and the benefits of exercise for mental health.
Children and Schools
Young Minds works on improving the mental health of all children and young people under 25 through giving advice, training, campaigning and publications.
The government's Healthy Schools Initiative aims to improve the health and wellbeing of schoolchildren in England.
Choice and personalisation
CSIP's Individual Budget Pilot Programme.
NHS Choices website allows you to choice and find the health services you need.
A briefing on Choice in healthcare by the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health.
Health Inequalities
The government's report Health Inequalities - Progress and Next Steps outlines its approach to hit the 2010 health inequalities Public Service Agreement targets.
The former Disability Rights Commission's report - Equal Treatment: Closing the Gap