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provides everyone working in the mental health services with inspiring ideas that help to achieve the best in mental health care. It is a must-read for all those who want to promote wellbeing, ensure the best care practice, and hear service users’ views. It makes sense of policies and helps readers with their continuing professional development and post registration learning.
Our readers
are those who either work in front line services or in a position of influence. We have around 25,000 readers across the UK who value the integrity and best practice editorial content.
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Contributor Guidelines
Would you like to contribute to the editorial of Mental Health Today?
We always welcome ideas and contributions for Mental Health Today. While we try not to be too rigid about what we expect from contributors, we do ask you follow a few guidelines when submitting an article to us. First, please have a look at previous issues to get a feel for the various sections and our style. Make it clear what section you think the piece is for.
It is always advisable to contact us before writing an article, to make sure we are potentially interested in the idea. When submitting an article, please send it as a Word document, by email, to dan.parton@pavilion-interactive.co.uk
Remember to include your name, job title (where applicable), email address and a telephone contact number.
Please feel free to contact me to discuss your ideas.
Dan Parton
Editor - Mental Health Today
Our sections:
In the spotlight – we welcome suggestions only of people of standing in or around the mental health field who could contribute to this column. Please give the reason why you think they would be a good person to approach, along with their contact details.
Features – these tend to be commissioned from freelance journalists, but we are always interested in articles about good practice or ideas for this section.
Frontline section – these articles (The bigger picture, Outside the box, Welfare writes) are written by regular columnists, but if you have an idea and would like to contribute on a one-off basis, do get in touch.
NMHDU focus – is provided by The National Mental Health Development Unit, so we do not take contributions for it.
Artistic licence/Learning curve –We welcome ideas and articles for these sections. If you’re aware of an innovative scheme that supports creativity in mental illness, of training courses that support professionals in their work, or want to tell others about how you’ve set up and run an innovative project that is an example of good practice, then let us know. Articles in this section are 1000-1200 words but it is always advisable to contact us before writing them, to make sure we are potentially interested in the idea.
Network Articles for Network come from members of the National Survivor User Network (www.nsun.org.uk).
Perspectives – provides an individual service user’s view of the world. Richard Shrubb is our main columnist but we would consider one off contributions. These articles are approximately 800 words.
Doctor’s Orders/Legal Eye – we have regular writers for these columns, but are always interested in ideas for subjects they should cover.
Viewpoint – We welcome your views on issues raised in the magazine and this is where you can have your say. If you want to submit a piece on spec, please keep it to between 500 - 800 words.
Resources – We welcome suggestions for recently published books, DVDs, websites, training packs, or television programmes to review. Copies of items for review should be sent to Dan Parton at Mental Health Today, 9-10 Oasis Business Park, Stanton Harcourt Road, Eynsham, Oxfordshire OX29 4TP
Insight supplement – This tends to be commissioned from experts in a specific subject. But we welcome ideas for future supplements
Reports – If you want to submit a more academic article for the reports section, then the style is more formal than for other parts of the magazine. Your article should be either 2500 or 3500 words (not between), including references. References in this section should be in the following style and should not exceed 12 in length.
All references should be listed in full in alphabetical order at the end of the publication, giving: author, date, title of book or article and journal, journal volume, page numbers, place of publication and publisher. In the text use we use the Harvard system: ie. refer to references by name and date in brackets; for example: (Smith, 1994) or (Emerson et al, 1992) with a comma between name and date. Where there is more than one reference by the same author, a, b, or c should distinguish them: (Smith, 1994a). Where there is more than one reference within brackets, these are separated with a semi-colon: (Brown, 1996; Grey 1995).
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