Annie - in response to your last two postings.
I think you do an excellent job of listing the difficulties, and I also see
little chance of things changing in the short or medium term. I think
perhaps that one of our problems is that we (insofar as one can talk of 'we'
on this list!) are both apathetic and scornful in the face of the
institutions of power (though not at all in other ways), whereas those 'we'
often see as 'them' (e.g. Layard et al.) are patient, persistent,
industrious - sometimes, indeed, obsessive in the lengths they will go to to
find their way around the structures that shape and support our society. As
an example, I think a perusal of the 'CORE' website (start at
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/clinical-health-psychology/CORE/CBT_Framework.htm) is
instructive. Until I read it,I for one had no idea how thoroughly embedded
the CBT lobby had become in the DoH,etc., and one can see some of that
influence reflected in the dismaying document you attached.
I don't of course know what the answers are - if there are any - but I doubt
if press releases will achieve much, even if they get taken up.
David
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Sent: 04 December 2007 07:59
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Subject: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] FW: Mental Health and Employment
Dear all,
Lots to critically comment on re the attached latest government initative..
For example note the business language in this. People are called customers.
Annie
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Sent: 03 December 2007 13:28
To: Annie Mitchell
Cc: Ana Padilla; Graham Turpin
Subject: [social-inclusion] Mental Health and Employment
Dear Colleagues
Please find attached a statement from Peter Hain Secretary of State for Work
and Pensions.
with all good wishes
Nigel
P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail, or its
attachments
Can we send this out asap,
Many thanks,
Fabian
Dr. Fabian Davis
Consultant Psychologist (Community & Social Inclusion) Lead for Social
Inclusion Bromley Mental Health Services Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Ist
Floor Keswick House 207A Anerley Road Penge London SE20 8ER
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Subject:
Dear All
Please see the attached for your information.
Best regards
Brendan
Brendan McLoughlin,
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London Development Centre, part of the Care Services Improvement
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