13 Mapping research at the intersection of design and mental health
Sarah Kettley and Rachel Lucas
Mental health
It is widely acknowledged that one in four people in the UK will experience a mental health problem each year (Mind, 2017), and that there is a need to take a far more proactive and preventative approach to reduce the long-term impact for people experiencing mental health problems, for their families, and to reduce costs for the National Health Service (NHS) and emergency services (NHS Independent Taskforce, 2016). Pressures on the system include an ageing population and an overreliance on informal carers, who have in turn become a socially excluded group (Gray et al., 2010). Mental health difficulties can be highly complex and ...
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