Lecturer, Health&Social Care
<p>Research interests in disability, mental health, education, employment and social support.</p><p>Completed a PhD in October 2004 at Oxford Brookes University. Title: Organisational responses to students' mental health needs: social, psychological and medical perspectives.</p><p>LINKS</p><p>Twitter<a href="https://twitter.com/DrJonathanLeach" rel="nofollow">@drjonathanleach</a></p><p>Jonathan's book <a href="http://www.jkp.com/uk/improving-mental-health-through-social-support.html" rel="nofollow"><em>Improving Mental Health through Social Support</em></a></p><p>Website with information of research carried out as Project Manager/Researcher for the<a href="http://www.osmhn.org.uk/research/" rel="nofollow">Oxford Student Mental Health Network.</a></p><p>Tandem befriending organisation:<a href="http://www.tandembefriending.org.uk/" rel="nofollow">Tandem website</a></p><p>Articles on<a href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/profiles/jsrl2">OpenLearn </a><br /><br />PUBLICATIONS:</p><p>Leach, J. (2015)<em>Improving Mental Health through Social Support: Building Positive and Empowering Relationships,</em>London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.</p><p>Leach, J. and Hall, J. (2011)‘A city-wide approach to cross-boundary working with students with mental health issues.’<em>Journal of Interprofessional Care</em><em>25</em>, 2, 138-144.</p><p>Reynolds, J., Muston, R., Heller, T., Leach J., McCormick, M. Wallcraft, J. and Walsh, M (2009) <em>Mental Health Still Matters.</em>Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.</p><p>Leach, J. and Williamson, D. (2003)'Student Mental Health Guide', Oxford Student Mental Health Network.<br /><br />Leach, J. (2003) Student Mental Health - A Collaborative Approach, Association for University and College Counselling Journal, May 2003.<br /><br />Leach, J. (2002) Emotional Health and University Learning, Teaching Forum, 50, pp. 31-32.<br /><br />Healey, M., Jenkins, A., Leach, J. and Roberts, C. (2001) Disabled Students Undertaking Fieldwork, Planet, 3, pp. 9-10.<br /><br />Healey, M., Roberts, C., Jenkins, A. and Leach, J. (2001) Issues in Providing Support for Disabled Students, University of Gloucestershire: Geography Discipline Network.<br /><br />Leach, J. (2000) GET BACK! Training Pack for Service Providers: Adapting to Change When an Employee Becomes Disabled, London, Royal National Institute for the Blind.<br /><br />Leach, J. (1999) Behaviourist, Cognitive and Humanistic Psychological Approaches to Work Rehabilitation, Journal of the Application of Occupational Psychology to Employment and Disability, November 1999, Vol. 1, No. 3.<br /><br />Leach, J. (1999) Disability Management at Work, units for City University's distance learning course the Certificate in Disability Management at Work, London, City University.</p>
<p>Jonathan Leach is lecturer in health and social at the Open University specialising in social aspects of mental health. He chaired the production of a new module K240<em>Mental Health and Community </em>and is currently Module Team Chair for this module in presentation. Jonathan also contributed to the third level module<em>K314 Approaches to Mental Health</em>. As part of the OU’s collaboration with the BBC, Jonathan has been a nominated academic on:<em>Keeping Britain Alive</em>(BBC TV),<em>Health Check</em>(World Service) and is currently involved in the series<a href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/tv-radio-events/radio/all-the-mind-spring/summer-2018#episode-details"><strong><em>All in the Mind</em></strong></a>(Radio 4). </p><p>Jonathan has written a range of articles on mental health topics which can be found here on<strong><a href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/profiles/jsrl2">Open Learn</a></strong></p><p>In a voluntary capacity Jonathan is Chair of Tandem, a befriending service in Oxfordshire for people isolated as a result of mental health issues and used to be Chair of the UK’s Vocational Rehabilitation Association.</p><p>In the past Jonathan worked as a mental health researcher at Oxford Brookes University, a lecturer at London’s City University and, before becoming an academic, worked in the voluntary mental health sector for ten years and also with people with learning disabilities for three and a half years. </p><p>His most recent book,<a href="http://jkp.com/uk/improving-mental-health-through-social-support.html"><strong>‘<em>Improving Mental Health through Social Support: Building Positive and Empowering Relationships</em>‘</strong></a>was published by Jessica Kingsley in December 2014</p><p><u>Interests:</u></p><ul><li>Divergent and competing approaches to mental health</li><li>Social aspects of mental health and distress</li><li>Social prescribing for health</li><li>Student mental health</li><li>Mental health and employment</li><li>Community mental health</li><li>Befriending as a supportive intervention</li></ul>
Dr Jonathan Stephen Roger Leach
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<p>Jonathan Leach is lecturer in health and social at the Open University specialising in social aspects of mental health. He chaired the production of a new module K240<em>Mental Health and Community </em>and is currently Module Team Chair for this module in presentation. Jonathan also contributed to the third level module<em>K314 Approaches to Mental Health</em>. As part of the OU’s collaboration with the BBC, Jonathan has been a nominated academic on:<em>Keeping Britain Alive</em>(BBC TV),<em>Health Check</em>(World Service) and is currently involved in the series<a href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/tv-radio-events/radio/all-the-mind-spring/summer-2018#episode-details"><strong><em>All in the Mind</em></strong></a>(Radio 4). </p><p>Jonathan has written a range of articles on mental health topics which can be found here on<strong><a href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/profiles/jsrl2">Open Learn</a></strong></p><p>In a voluntary capacity Jonathan is Chair of Tandem, a befriending service in Oxfordshire for people isolated as a result of mental health issues and used to be Chair of the UK’s Vocational Rehabilitation Association.</p><p>In the past Jonathan worked as a mental health researcher at Oxford Brookes University, a lecturer at London’s City University and, before becoming an academic, worked in the voluntary mental health sector for ten years and also with people with learning disabilities for three and a half years. </p><p>His most recent book,<a href="http://jkp.com/uk/improving-mental-health-through-social-support.html"><strong>‘<em>Improving Mental Health through Social Support: Building Positive and Empowering Relationships</em>‘</strong></a>was published by Jessica Kingsley in December 2014</p><p><u>Interests:</u></p><ul><li>Divergent and competing approaches to mental health</li><li>Social aspects of mental health and distress</li><li>Social prescribing for health</li><li>Student mental health</li><li>Mental health and employment</li><li>Community mental health</li><li>Befriending as a supportive intervention</li></ul>