Description
Introduction. Part 1. Context of Independent Mental Health Advocacy. 1. History of Mental Health Advocacy. 2. Independent Mental Health Advocacy: what it is & what it's not. 3. Competing understandings of mental health. 4. Advocacy: How does it fit in? 5. Equality & diversity in the practice of independent mental health advocacy. Part 2. The Practice of Mental Health Advocacy. 6. Interpersonal advocacy skills and communicating with service users. 7. Relationships with service providers. 8. Effectively organising advocacy work. 9. Mental health advocacy and the law. 10. Commissioning for advocacy. 11. Research and reviews of advocacy services. 12. Conclusions: The Professionalisation of advocacy?