Journeys through mental illness : clients' experiences and understandings of mental distress / Juliet L. H. Foster.
By: Foster, Juliet L. H
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BookPublisher: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007Description: vii, 218 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9781403986269; 1403986266; 9781403986252.Subject(s): Mentally Ill Persons -- Great Britain | Mental Health Services -- Great Britain | Patient satisfaction -- Great Britain -- Evaluation | Patient Participation -- Great Britain | Mental health services -- Great Britain | Mentally ill -- Case studies | Patient participation -- Great Britain | Mentally ill -- Attitudes | Mental illness | Health and Wellbeing | Humanistic psychology | Psychiatric nursing | Psychiatry | Health systems & services | Care of the mentally illDDC classification: 362.20941 FOS Summary: With service users' perspectives being increasingly recognised in healthcare, this title highlights the importance of clients' perceptions of all aspects of mental illness, examining the implications of these understandings, especially in relation to clients' relationships with services.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-214) and index.
With service users' perspectives being increasingly recognised in healthcare, this title highlights the importance of clients' perceptions of all aspects of mental illness, examining the implications of these understandings, especially in relation to clients' relationships with services.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- 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
- 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
Author notes provided by Syndetics
JULIET FOSTER is Research Fellow in Social Psychology at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, UK. The research on which this book is partly based was awarded the BPS Social Psychology Section Annual Award for the Most Outstanding Thesis in Social Psychology, 2002.
JULIET FOSTER is Research Fellow in Social Psychology at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, UK. The research on which this book is partly based was awarded the BPS Social Psychology Section Annual Award for the Most Outstanding Thesis in Social Psychology, 2002.