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What you need to know about mental health inequalities

Description:This paper summarises the key messages from selected papers focusing on inequalities in Mental Health.
It also gives key messages that the Special Interest Group for Mental Health Improvement consider
important. The documents looked at include:
1. National Programme for Improving Mental Health and Well-Being Equal Minds

2. Equally Well Implementation Plan

3. Mental Health, resilience and inequalities

4. Mind the Difference – Mental Health: A focus on equality and diversity

5. Towards a Mentally Flourishing Scotland: Policy and Action Plan 2009-2011

6. With Inclusion in Mind, The local authority’s role in promoting wellbeing and social development: Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 Sections 25-31
Date:1 June 2010

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