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Voices of Experience: Narratives of Mental Health Survivors

Name: Voices of Experience: Narratives of Mental Health Survivors
SKU: INR-9780470683637
Price: 109.76 USD
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$109.76

SKU: INR-9780470683637 Category: All Books Tags: Psychology, Medical, Clinical Psychology, Ingram, Health Care Delivery, Mentally Ill, Mentally Ill Persons, Mental Disorders, Adaptation, Psychological, Survivors

Description

Voices of Experience contains a wide range of stories written by mental health survivors. The narratives illustrate how survivors have developed self-management techniques and strategies for living which, together, offer a guide to anybody struggling with 21^st century life.

Explores a wide variety of mental distress experiences, underpinned by many different explanations and beliefs
Narrative has been central to the recovery approach and this book presents stories of recovery as well as an appraisal of the concept
Challenges simplistic explanations of recovery and offers a critical angle to our understanding of what it means to experience mental health problems
Offers guidance for mental health workers and professionals within the context of current mental health policies in the UK

Author: Basset, Thurstine, Author: Stickley, Theo

Topic: Psychology
Media: Book
ISBN: 470683635
Language: English
Pages: 201