Recovering mind and body: a framework for the role of physiotherapy in mental health and well-being

This article summarises the recently published mental health physiotherapy strategy, Recovering Mind and Body: A framework for physiotherapy in mental health and wellbeing (Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, 2008a) and its companion document Commissioning Mental Health Services: The contribution of physiotherapy to integrated services for health and wellbeing (Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, 2008b), and discusses how the documents can be used to ensure that more mental health service users and carers can benefit from the skills of physiotherapists.