Kaleidoscope - Volume 218 , Issue 2

Tracy, Derek K.; Joyce, Dan W.; Albertson, Dawn N.; Shergill, Sukhwinder S.

Abstract

There has been a welcome growth in cross-disciplinary research integrating social, cultural and community engagement (SCCE) to positively have an impact on mental health. The advantages are both gains in enhancing well-being and improving mental health, and also potentially preventing the occurrence of mental illness in the first place. Community ‘assets’ can vary from active engagement such as participating in sports, community and voluntary groups, to more passive enjoyment of museums, nature and the local environment, and heritage sites. It is clear these are not ‘run’ by health and social care services, although there is an increased prominence in ‘social prescribing’. However, some observers have questioned if the field is necessarily focused upon the issues of greatest contemporary relevance and importance (or indeed if it is established what these are).

• Journal Article Type: Editorial
• Acceptance Date: Jan 27, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Jan 27, 2021
• Publication Date: 2021-02
• Deposit Date: Jun 21, 2023
• Journal: The British Journal of Psychiatry
• Print ISSN: 0007-1250
• Electronic ISSN: 1472-1465
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 218
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 123-124
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2020.254
• Keywords: Psychiatry and Mental health
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10881689
• Publisher URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/kaleidoscope/17A1E0434049697D52E4A4D3703EA482
• Additional Information: Copyright: Copyright © The Authors 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Royal College of Psychiatrists