News News Archive 2009 Mental Welfare Commission Roadshows 2009
Mental Welfare Commission Roadshows 2009 |
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| Monday, 05 October 2009 |
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The Mental Welfare Commission has announced its dates for roadshow events this year. Events will take place in Glasgow, Inverness and Dunfermline throughout November 2009. Roadshows are a great opportunity to get a quick, accessible overview of what the Commission has found out from its monitoring of mental health and incapacity laws as well as from its visits to people who receive health and social care services. They are also offer a ways to influence their work and ask questions about the Commissions role, priorities and future plans. Please see the booking form below for more information about dates and venues. Travel expenses for service user and carers attendance at an event can be provided. Mental Welfare Commission Roadshow 2009 - booking form If you would like to reserve a place you can complete the form electronically, save changes and e-mail the finished article to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . You can also contact the Commission on 0131 313 8777 and ask for the communications team. SRN advertise a range of events and resources developed by external organisations. In doing so we do not necessarily endorse or recommend them and we are in no way responsible for content or quality. |
| New SRN research explores the experience of recovery over time |
16 May Since the first discussions about bringing recovery based approaches to Scotland began, one thing has always been clear: that people's personal narratives - the stories and experiences they share - are central to understanding and encouraging mental health recovery. |
| Black women, recovery and resilience |
16 May In a specially commissioned article for SRN, researcher and psychiatric survivor Dr Jayasree Kalathil explores the issues of recovery and resilience from the perspective of black women interviewed for a 2011 study by Survivor Research and the Mental Health Foundation. While the article focuses on recent data from England, there are important lessons to be learnt everywhere, including Scotland. |
| What mental health practitioners talk about, when they talk about SRI 2 |
16 May Having recently facilitated Learning Networks on the use of the updated Scottish Recovery Indicator (SRI 2), SRN’s John McCormack was keen to hear from practitioners about their use of the tool and how it affects practice in the field. Here John shares his discussions with Lindsay Kerr and Jan Thomson who both work in NHS Ayrshire and Arran’s Mental Health Services. |
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