Publications
You can search here for reports and other publications from Outside the Box. You will also find the posters we have published here. All publications are listed below, or you can browse the A-Z or use the search function on the left.
We have also included publications from other organisations on topics which relate to the projects we are supporting.
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Title: :Spaces: Booking Form
Date: 01/09/2009
Summary:
Booking Form for the 24th September event.Download: :Spaces: Booking Form (DOC/34KB) >>>
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Title: :Spaces: Flyer
Date: 01/09/2009
Summary:
Flyer for :Spaces: event.Download: :Spaces: Flyer (PDF/322KB) >>>
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Title: A New Beginning: Recovery and minority ethnic women in Edinburgh
Date: 26/06/2008
Summary:
This report has come from a project looking at the experiences of people from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities in Edinburgh. The project was initiated by the National Resource Centre for Ethnic Minority Health (NRCEMH) and Scottish Recovery Network (SRN), which are developing awareness about recovery for people from the BME communities. The project is funded by the National Programme for the Improvement of Mental Health and Wellbeing through NRCEMH. -
Title: Achieving Fair Access
Date: 01/07/2007
Summary:
‘Did you know?’ – information about disabled people
o 1 in 5 of the population of Scotland, nearly 1 million people, has rights
under the Disability Discrimination Act.
o There is a disabled person or a person with a long-term condition living
in over 1 in 3 households in Scotland.
o Scotland has an ageing population and the probability of having a
disability increases with age. The average age of a person with a longterm
condition or disability is 58 years and 70% of disabled people are
aged over 65.
o 729,000 people have some form of hearing loss, deafness or may be a
Deaf person. 80% of hearing impaired people are aged over 60 years.
o 1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem at some point in
their lives.
o 68% of disabled people have an annual income of less than £10,000.
o Of 100 disabled people surveyed in Scotland, 44 considered a positive
attitude from staff as having the most influence on improving their
experience of accessing services.
o Of 832 blind and visually impaired people sampled, 55% required help
in finding a seat in the waiting area in GP surgeries, yet only 26%
received it.
o People experiencing serious mental health problems are likely to die 10
years earlier than their counterparts who do not have such problems.
o People with learning difficulties are also less likely to use diagnostic
services: women with learning difficulties have fewer mammograms and
cervical smears.
o Of 866 deaf and hard hearing people who responded to a survey, 24%
said they have missed an appointment because of poor communication
– such as not being able to hear staff calling out their name. Some 19%
have missed more than five appointments.
o Nearly half of deafblind people sampled have undergone procedures
(operations, injections, drips) that had not been explained.Download: Achieving Fair Access (PDF/788KB) >>>
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Title: Adults' Experiences of Self Harm - Final Report
Date: 03/03/2008
Summary:
Outside the Box has produced a report which looks at the experiences of people in Scotland around self-harm – when people intentionally hurt themselves. Self-harm is generally seen as an issue for young people and there are some services for people aged under 21 or 25 in some parts of Scotland. We wanted to find out about the experiences and views of people aged over 25.
People took part in an on-line survey. The contributions were from people who self harm relatives and friends and from workers in a range of services. The next steps and actions points were developed by people who took part in an event and we then checked these out through the website. The suggestions bring together the experience of people who are affected by self-harm, workers in a wide range of services and people with policy or management responsibilities. -
Title: Adults' Experiences of Self Harm - Final Report (summary)
Date: 03/03/2008
Summary:
Outside the Box has produced a report which looks at the experiences of people in Scotland around self-harm – when people intentionally hurt themselves. Self-harm is generally seen as an issue for young people and there are some services for people aged under 21 or 25 in some parts of Scotland. We wanted to find out about the experiences and views of people aged over 25.
People took part in an on-line survey. The contributions were from people who self harm relatives and friends and from workers in a range of services. The next steps and actions points were developed by people who took part in an event and we then checked these out through the website. The suggestions bring together the experience of people who are affected by self-harm, workers in a wide range of services and people with policy or management responsibilities. -
Title: Been There, Seen It, Done It
Date: 01/12/2009
Summary:
This report is for anyone who wants to find out more about what happened at Been There, Seen It, Done It.
The report has also been written to help people who want to run events where people who use addiction services are involved.
· It is for groups led by people who have addictions, so you can run your own events.
· It is for people who work in local authorities, when you want to use a conference or other event as one of the ways people with addictions have their say
· It is for people who are running any event about addictions, where people with lived experience of addictions will be there as participants or as speakers. -
Title: Black and Minority Ethnic Recovery Group: report from the project
Date: 19/03/2008
Summary:
In December 2006, Glasgow Association for Mental Health (GAMH) and Outside the Box Development Support (OTB) began working with women from the black and minority ethnic (BME) communities in Glasgow to explore what recovery meant for them.
During 2007 a second project built on the initial work and began the process of developing a recovery group which was led by the women. Like the fi rst project, it was a partnership with the National Resource
Centre for Ethnic Minority Health (NRCEMH) and Scottish Recovery Network (SRN). The project was funded by NRCEMH and all the partners gave additional time and practical help to the project.
This report describes what happened in the second project and what we learned from it. We hope that the experiences and ideas set out here will be helpful to people across Glasgow and in other parts of Scotland when they are providing services and developing other opportunities for people from BME communities and in supporting everyone’s mental health and wellbeing. -
Title: BME Recovery Group - Report of the launch
Date: 12/12/2007
Summary:
On the 29th August 2007, the Black and Minority Ethnic Recovery Group
(BMERG) which is based in Glasgow launched their report. The BME
recovery group brings together women in Glasgow who have experience of living with mental health problems – for themselves or for people whom they care about.
This report was the culmination of the previous 6 months work of the group and an event that they held in 21st March 2007.
The initial project was a partnership between Glasgow Association for Mental Health, the National Resource Centre for Ethnic Minority Health (NRCEMH), the Scottish Recovery Network (SRN) and Outside the Box and the Women’s Group.
This short report describes how we organised the launch and what happened on the day. We have prepared this note to encourage other people to consider having events like this as part of their work. -
Title: Borderline - five years on
Summary:
Achievements of a telephone support service.
Borderline is a voluntary organisation which is located in Scottish Borders. It provides a telephone support service to people who are experiencing emotional distress – this includes people who have a mental health problem, people who are in crisis, people who are socially isolated and people who are looking for emotional support during a time of distress.Download: Borderline report (PDF/121KB) >>>
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