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Diverse Perspectives on Mental Health - Audio - Podcast

Diverse Perspectives on Mental Health - Audio

 The Open University

What causes mental distress and what can be done about it? What factors in the external environment affect mental health? This album examines the ways in which social, environmental, economic and political factors shape and constrain our understandings and experiences of mental health and distress. It explores the wide range of diverse and frequently competing perspectives that characterise the world of mental health and looks at the impact of these perspectives on mental health practice and service provision. In a set of academic perspectives, Jonathan Leach of The Open University's School of Health and Social Welfare explains why the case studies were selected, and how they fit in with the aims of the course. He also describes how he became involved in the field of mental health education.

This material forms part of The Open University course K225 Diverse perspectives on mental health.

Culture Community Education Higher Education
Update frequency
every day
Average duration
8 minutes
Episodes
13
Years Active
2009 - 2010
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Diverse Perspectives on Mental Health

Diverse Perspectives on Mental Health

A short introduction to this album.
00:01:12  |   Mon 12 Apr 2010
Mental Health on Orkney

Mental Health on Orkney

Service users and practitioners discuss the constraints imposed on mental health care by the remote, dispersed nature of the Orkney Islands.
00:18:46  |   Sun 26 Apr 2009
Impact of 'The Troubles'

Impact of 'The Troubles'

How 'The Troubles' in Northern Ireland have shaped the city of Belfast and the lives of some of its inhabitants.
00:04:44  |   Sun 26 Apr 2009
Legacy of 'The Troubles'

Legacy of 'The Troubles'

The mental health implications of a divided society: at the time of the Peace Process, Belfast still carries a psychological burden which crosses generations, genders, and communities.
00:14:27  |   Sun 26 Apr 2009
Bronwyn's story

Bronwyn's story

Mentally ill or coping in the face of adversity? You decide. This audio drama reveals the inner life and outer persona of a woman living on a deprived estate in Cardiff.
00:21:01  |   Sun 26 Apr 2009
Identity and Relationships

Identity and Relationships

A theatre group consisting of mental health service users and survivors talk about how their experiences have affected their view of themselves as a person.
00:10:57  |   Sun 26 Apr 2009
Positive Experiences of change

Positive Experiences of change

Mental health service users reflect on the positive aspects of their experiences and question the attitudes of broader society to their illness.
00:06:17  |   Sun 26 Apr 2009
Expertise through Experience

Expertise through Experience

Special knowledge and skills that can result from the process of recovery from mental illness.
00:08:16  |   Sun 26 Apr 2009
Lessons for Practitioners

Lessons for Practitioners

Could service users' expertise be harnessed to develop better services for users of the future?
00:10:13  |   Sun 26 Apr 2009
Why Orkney, why Belfast?

Why Orkney, why Belfast?

Jonathan Leach of the course team explains why Orkney and Belfast were chosen. as case studies.
00:08:14  |   Sun 26 Apr 2009
Finding new perspectives

Finding new perspectives

Jonathan Leach of the course team explains why identity and relationships are important when trying to work through mental health issues.
00:04:31  |   Sun 26 Apr 2009
Listening to service users

Listening to service users

Jonathan Leach of the course team explains the practical importance of listening to service users' perspectives.
00:03:16  |   Sun 26 Apr 2009
Everyday experiences

Everyday experiences

Jonathan Leach of the course team explains the rationale for including Bronwyn's Story.
00:02:51  |   Sun 26 Apr 2009
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