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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.…

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    • Apr 12, 2010 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 8m AVG DURATION
    • 26 EPISODES


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    Diverse Perspectives on Mental Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2010 1:12


    A short introduction to this album.

    Transcript -- Diverse Perspectives on Mental Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2010


    Transcript -- A short introduction to this album.

    Mental Health on Orkney

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2009 18:46


    Service users and practitioners discuss the constraints imposed on mental health care by the remote, dispersed nature of the Orkney Islands.

    Transcript -- Mental Health on Orkney

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2009


    Transcript -- Service users and practitioners discuss the constraints imposed on mental health care by the remote, dispersed nature of the Orkney Islands.

    Impact of 'The Troubles'

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2009 4:44


    How 'The Troubles' in Northern Ireland have shaped the city of Belfast and the lives of some of its inhabitants.

    Transcript -- Impact of 'The Troubles'

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2009


    Transcript -- How 'The Troubles' in Northern Ireland have shaped the city of Belfast and the lives of some of its inhabitants.

    Legacy of 'The Troubles'

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2009 14:27


    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.

    Transcript -- Legacy of 'The Troubles'

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2009


    Transcript -- 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.

    Bronwyn's story

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2009 21:01


    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.

    Transcript -- Bronwyn's story

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2009


    Transcript -- 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.

    Identity and Relationships

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2009 10:57


    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.

    Transcript -- Identity and Relationships

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2009


    Transcript -- 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.

    Positive Experiences of change

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2009 6:17


    Mental health service users reflect on the positive aspects of their experiences and question the attitudes of broader society to their illness.

    Transcript -- Positive Experiences of change

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2009


    Transcript -- Mental health service users reflect on the positive aspects of their experiences and question the attitudes of broader society to their illness.

    Expertise through Experience

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2009 8:16


    Special knowledge and skills that can result from the process of recovery from mental illness.

    Transcript -- Expertise through Experience

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2009


    Transcript -- Special knowledge and skills that can result from the process of recovery from mental illness.

    Lessons for Practitioners

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2009 10:13


    Could service users' expertise be harnessed to develop better services for users of the future?

    Transcript -- Lessons for Practitioners

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2009


    Transcript -- Could service users' expertise be harnessed to develop better services for users of the future?

    Why Orkney, why Belfast?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2009 8:14


    Jonathan Leach of the course team explains why Orkney and Belfast were chosen. as case studies.

    Transcript -- Why Orkney, why Belfast?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2009


    Transcript -- Jonathan Leach of the course team explains why Orkney and Belfast were chosen. as case studies.

    Finding new perspectives

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2009 4:31


    Jonathan Leach of the course team explains why identity and relationships are important when trying to work through mental health issues.

    Transcript -- Finding new perspectives

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2009


    Transcript -- Jonathan Leach of the course team explains why identity and relationships are important when trying to work through mental health issues.

    Listening to service users

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2009 3:16


    Jonathan Leach of the course team explains the practical importance of listening to service users' perspectives.

    Transcript -- Listening to service users

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2009


    Transcript -- Jonathan Leach of the course team explains the practical importance of listening to service users' perspectives.

    Everyday experiences

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2009 2:51


    Jonathan Leach of the course team explains the rationale for including Bronwyn's Story.

    Transcript -- Everyday experiences

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2009


    Transcript -- Jonathan Leach of the course team explains the rationale for including Bronwyn's Story.

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