Journeys Through Mental Illness

Client Experiences and Understandings of Mental Distress

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Journeys Through Mental Illness

Client Experiences and Understandings of Mental Distress

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At a time when service users' perspectives are increasingly recognized in healthcare, this seminal book highlights the importance of clients' perceptions of all aspects of mental illness. It examines the implications of these understandings, especially in relation to clients' relationships with services.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Allowing Madness Vox
Perspectives from Psychology, Psychiatry and Other Disciplines
Perspectives from Clients Themselves and the User Movements
Defining Mental Health Problems By and Through Experience
The Journey Through Mental Illness
Labelled, Spoiled, Negotiated, Rejected: Identity and Mental Health
Representing Mental Ill Health
Conclusions and Implications
Appendix: Methods
References.

Product details

Published Oct 01 2007
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 232
ISBN 9781403986269
Imprint Red Globe Press
Dimensions Not specified
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Juliet Foster

JULIET FOSTER is Research Fellow in Social Psychol…

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