publications
SDC publishes a range of reports, briefings and resource papers. These include reports from commissioned work for clients, articles and papers , and presentations and posters given at scientific meetings and conferences.
This page gives details of our most recent publications. For information about older SDC publications and audio downloads, please follow the links below:
project reports archive
conference reports archive
audio downloads
Briefing Paper
Supported employment and mental health issues
This paper has been written for employability
agencies in response to the question “what supports and programmes work for people with mental health
problems?”
Download paper (pdf)
Resource Paper for Community Health
Partnerships:
Promoting mental health,
Preventing common mental health problems
This paper is intended as a resource for Community Health Partnerships
(CHPs) to enhance understanding of mental health promotion and prevention at primary
care level; assist CHPs in developing a local mental health promotion and prevention
agenda; and identify practical steps for CHPs to improve the mental health and wellbeing
of their local populations. The paper also provides pointers for improving responses and
supports for those with identified mental health problems / mental illness and their family
members and carers.
Download paper (pdf)
Developing Social Prescribing and
Community Referrals for
Mental Health in Scotland
This report, commissioned by the Scottish Government’s National Programme for
Improving Mental Health and Wellbeing, considers the case for using nonmedical
interventions, sometimes called community referrals or social
prescribing, to improve mental health1. It is intended primarily as a resource for
colleagues working in primary health care, Community Health Partnerships and
Community Planning Partnerships, although it will also be of interest to
community and voluntary sector organisations and those working in sports,
leisure, arts and education.
Social prescribing is a valuable complement
Download report (pdf)
Net Gains: Shaping the future of childrens' mental health
This report provides a summary of an event held in Glasgow in 2007 facilitated by SDC and Young Minds. Topics covered include capacity building within
four lifespan contexts:
infants, primary,
secondary and
transitions to
adulthood, and creative ways of working with rural and urban communities
Download summary
restart for recovery
Restart is an Edinburgh based employability project that aims to promote recovery for people with mental health problems through supporting them into work. It is managed by Forth Sector and works in partnership with NHS Lothian and others. In 2006 SDC were funded through the Scottish Executive's Small Research Projects Initiative to undertake an evaluation of the Restart project. The summary of this evaluation has been published by the Scottish Executive and is available to download here.
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