This text proposes new theoretical models and practical strategies for tackling the widespread social exclusion faced by people diagnosed mentally ill. Based on research in the US and UK, with reference to other international examples, it analyzes evidence of discrimination and the effectiveness of different remedies: disability discrimination law, work to reframe media and cultural images, grassroots inclusion programmes, and challenges to the "nimby" factor.
Author Biography
LIZ SAYCE is Director of Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham Health Action Zone. She was formerly Policy Director for Mind (The National Association for Mental Health in the UK) and has written extensively on mental health issues. In the period August 1995-August 1996, she was based at the Bazelon Centre for Mental Health Law, Washington, on a Harkness Fellowship looking into anti-discrimination work in the US.
