Mental scars of racism.

The over-representation of black and minority ethnic (BME) people in mental health services may reflect their exposure to overt and covert racism, which acts as a 'chronic stressor'. Mental health professionals can help by building positive relationships with their BME patients.

Delivering practice-based interprofessional education to community mental health teams: Understanding some key lessons.

This paper describes a project that offered an interprofessional education (IPE) experience to two community mental health teams (CMHTs) based in separate inner city locations. Team members were offered three weekly workshops that aimed to enhance their understanding of interprofessional collaboration and improve their collective work as a team. A multi-method research design was employed to evaluate the impact of the workshops.