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An idea whose time has come?
— mental health, social inclusion and housing | | Author(s) | Robin Johnson |
| Journal title | Housing, Care and Support, vol 8, no 1, February 2005 |
| Pages | pp 24-28 |
| Source | Website: http://www.pavpub.com |
| Keywords | Mental disorder ; Integration ; Housing [elderly] ; Social policy. |
| Annotation | The Social Exclusion Unit's report, "Mental health and social exclusion" (2004) had surprisingly little to say about housing. Behind the scenes, though, there has been much activity and the National Institute for Mental Health in England (NIMHE) has been given the lead role in advancing all central government efforts to create a more joined-up vision of mental health for the 21st century. MIMHE has taken the lead on implementation of the SEU's conclusions, and much more besides. A National Project Team on mental health and housing is to come together in 2006, with a wide-ranging brief. This article looks at some of the issues that this new body will take on, including a new focus on research on the links between poor mental health and poor housing, and an evaluation of "housing-based solutions". As NIMHE itself is absorbed from April 2005 into the new Care Services Improvement Partnership, the prospects for linking housing with the community care modernisation agenda must be looking up. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050714202 A |
| Classmark | E: TO: KE: TM2 |
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