Rethink in the news archive
Rethink often appears in national, local, and trade press, see below for May - June 2010 highlights.
National stories
In May, Rethink's chief executive, Paul Jenkins, was quoted in The Guardian saying that money currently spent on a prison scheme for people with dangerous and severe personality disorder would be better spent on keeping people with mental illness out of prison.
In The Times, Rethink's senior financial inclusion officer, Sarah Murphy, is quoted in an article advising people affected by mental illness on how to manage their money.
Also in The Times, columnist Dr Tanya Byron recommends the Rethink Advice and Information Service to a reader whose housemate may be suicidal.
Trade press
A letter from Rethink's head of research and evaluation, Dr John Larsen, was printed in Community Care as its letter of the week. Larsen wrote that “personalisation” can “deliver real power and choice to people affected by severe mental illness” and urges social workers to "...help develop new practices that will work for all."
As part of its news round-up, leading specialist magazine, the Health Service Journal (HSJ), referred to comments made by Paul Jenkins in The Times. Jenkins had warned about cuts to mental health services.
Therapy Today reported Paul Jenkins's warning that an extra 5% of cuts to mental health services could lead to people with severe mental illness losing access to counselling services.
Public Finance magazine ran an interview with Paul Jenkins on the implications of further cuts to mental health services.
Mental Health Practice featured Diversion Dividend, a criminal justice report by Rethink and the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health.
