Mental Health in the Mainstream of Public Policy: Research Issues and Opportunities

Goldman, Howard H.; Glied, Sherry; Alegrı́a, Margarita

doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08040584

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“…Mental health (MH) and well-being is not only a central issue for population health (Jenkins, 2001), but also an important issue to consider when developing and evaluating mainstream social and economic policy (Goldman et al, 2008). For example, MH is a significant barrier to workforce engagement (Butterworth, 2003b;Danziger and Seefeldt, 2003) and it has been well documented that common mental disorders, such as depression and anxiety, are over-represented among welfare recipients relative to the prevalence in the broader community (Butterworth, 2003a;Butterworth, 2003b;Coiro, 2001;Ford et al, 2010).…”

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Social disadvantage and individual vulnerability: A longitudinal investigation of welfare receipt and mental health in Australia

Kiely

Butterworth

2013

Aust N Z J Psychiatry

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The poor mental health of welfare recipients may limit their opportunities to gain work and participate in community life. In part, this seems to reflect their adverse social and personal circumstances. However, there remains evidence of a direct link between welfare receipt and poor mental health that could be due to factors such as welfare stigma or other adverse life events coinciding with welfare receipt for those receiving unemployment or disability payments. Understanding these factors is critical to inform the next stage of welfare reform.

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Social disadvantage and individual vulnerability: A longitudinal investigation of welfare receipt and mental health in Australia

Kiely

Butterworth

2013

Aust N Z J Psychiatry

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“…It has been argued that mental health treatment has evolved, especially over the past half-century through incremental steps, guided by scientific advances, driven by an ideology of recovery, community integration, and service user empowerment (Goldman et al, 2008). At the same time, individuals with a diagnosis of a mental illness too often feel that they have been labelled and given a message by the treatment system and their providers of hopelessness about their lives, unending disability and inevitable deterioration; the goal of a meaningful life as an integrated member of the community still has not yet been achieved in a real way for many people.…”

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Recovery in the USA: From politics to peer support

Ostrow

Adams

2012

International Review of Psychiatry

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Efforts to transform the mental health service delivery system to a more consumer-driven and recovery-orientated approach has its roots in a somewhat radical anti-psychiatry and civil-rights movement dating back to the 1970s. This grass-roots effort gained momentum and credibility with Harding’s landmark study published in 1988 followed by the work of Anthony et al. from Boston University in beginning to define the term ‘recovery’ In 1998 the Office of the US Surgeon General issued its first report on mental health, and this critical view of the shortcomings of the existing service system set the stage for the 2003 President’s New Freedom Commission and its recommendations for recovery-orientated systems transformation. The recovery movement has evolved from a more radical view in the early days, to participatory involvement in systems, to returning to alternative models of care that are more independent. Now as more peer specialists work in systems, there is an increased emphasis on non-medical alternatives and the cycle continues. Regardless, recovery, self-determination, choice, etc. are always at the centre. This paper notes the interesting cycles of recovery-orientation and how they spin around the values/tenets of the movement’s early roots.

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“…There is growing recognition of the need to consider mental disorders in the design and delivery of mainstream public policy rather than mental health being exclusively a concern of specialist medical and segregated disability policies and services [1,2]. For example, the Council of Australian Government (COAG) National Action Plan on Mental Health, endorsed by the Federal and all State and Territory governments, emphasizes the role of services outside the health sector, including employment and education, to promote recovery and assist people with mental disorders to participate fully in community life [3].…”

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Examining Welfare Receipt and Mental Disorders After a Decade of Reform and Prosperity: Analysis of the 2007 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing

Butterworth

Burgess

Whiteford

2011

Aust N Z J Psychiatry

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Income support recipients are much more likely to experience mental disorders than those not receiving payments and there has been little change in the strength of the association between income support receipt and mental disorders over the past decade. Mental disorders represent a substantial barrier to work, community engagement and social participation. A greater focus on mental health in the design and delivery of social policy and services may be an appropriate strategy to promote more positive outcomes in areas such as welfare, employment and social inclusion.

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Mental Health in the Mainstream of Public Policy: Research Issues and Opportunities

Cited by 7 publications

References 54 publications

Social disadvantage and individual vulnerability: A longitudinal investigation of welfare receipt and mental health in Australia

Social disadvantage and individual vulnerability: A longitudinal investigation of welfare receipt and mental health in Australia

Recovery in the USA: From politics to peer support

Examining Welfare Receipt and Mental Disorders After a Decade of Reform and Prosperity: Analysis of the 2007 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing

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