Social inclusion of the people with mental health issues: Compare international results

Jussara Carvalho dos Santos, Sônia Barros and Peter John Huxley

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2018, vol. 64, issue 4, 344-350

Abstract: Background: Social inclusion of people with mental health issues is an aim of the World Health Organisation. Many countries have adopted that objective, including Brazil and the United Kingdom and both have focused treatment in the community. The aim of this article is to compare international results using the same inclusion instrument. Methods: The samples in this study were 225 people with mental health issues in community services in São Paulo, Brazil. Their results are compared to findings from 168 people with similar mental health issues in Hong Kong, China, and from the United Kingdom – a nationally representative sample of 212 people without mental health issues. The instrument used to measure a social inclusion called Social and Communities Opportunities Profile (SCOPE) has been validated for use in the United Kingdom, China and Brazil. Results: The results are that people with mental health issues have worse social inclusion when compared to general population. Between the people with mental health issues, the sample of São Paulo has the lowest social inclusion index but, in relation to access to the Brazilian revised mental health services, that sample has a similarly high inclusion rating to the general population of the United Kingdom. Conclusion: Findings are important to understand mental health in the community context, as well as their adversities and potentialities.

Keywords: Mental health; social participation; social capital; health services (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1177/0020764018763941

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