The Consultation & Advocacy Promotion Service

Fluctuating Outcomes

Over the past year and increasing number of people have approached CAPS to express their concerns about changes to the welfare system and specifically around Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). CAPS gathered mental health service user views through focus groups and a questionnaire and produced this report ‘Fluctuating Outcomes’ which outlines the concerns mental health service users expressed. Please feel free to download the report and contact us about the contents.

The questionnaire is available to download here:

• Fluctuating Outcomes

Experiences of Psychosis?

Then we need your views!

Experiences of Psychosis is a user-led project looking to find out about different people’s experiences of psychosis.

We would like to know whatever you would like to tell us about your experiences of psychosis. You might want to tell us about what happened, what your treatment was like, how you were supported – it is entirely up to you.

If you would like to contribute your experiences you can do so by downloading our questionnaire here:

• Experiences of Psychosis

  The questionnaire is also available online Experiences of Psychosis Questionnaire

  For more information contact Naomi Salisbury on 0131 538 7177 or
  e-mail Naomi

Oor Mad History - The Book!

Oor Mad History is a community history project promoting and recording the history of the Lothian mental health service user movement.

On Friday 1st October 2010 we launched our book, “Oor Mad History: A Community History of the Lothian Mental Health Service User Movement”

This book is a celebration of our work and our history. It includes sections written by service users, as well as powerful quotes and images from the Oor Mad History archives.

Find out about the early days of the mental health service user movement, the different collective advocacy groups that made up the movement, the struggle service users had to be heard and the main achievements of the movement. Find out why people got involved with the movement, the importance of collective advocacy and their hopes for the future.

You can request a copy of the book by contacting Kirsten Maclean on 0131 538 7177 or
e-mail Kirsten

Alternatively, the book is available to download here:

• Oor Mad History Book

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