Voices of Experience

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Narratives of Mental Health Survivors

By Theo Stickley and Thurstine Basset

Summary

Voices of Experience presents a diverse collection of narratives from mental health survivors, showcasing how they have developed self-management techniques and strategies to navigate the challenges of modern life. The book explores a wide range of experiences of mental distress, offering a critical perspective on recovery and mental health that challenges simplistic explanations. It also provides valuable guidance for mental health workers and professionals within the context of UK mental health policies.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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This book is ideal for mental health survivors, practitioners, researchers, carers, and students interested in recovery and self-management strategies within the contemporary mental health field.

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.

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.

Features of the book include:

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.

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Praised by Therapy Today for its value to therapists and carers, and highly recommended by the University of the West of England for its compassionate support, the book appeals to both practitioners and patients alike. Booknews highlights its inclusion of stories, poems, and coping strategies, while Open Mind notes its unique blend of professional and survivor perspectives. It is recommended for service users, survivors, mental health workers and students.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780470683620

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 September 2010

Country: United States

Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 244.0mm

Weight: 372g

Pages: 224

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Education & Reference Health & Wellness Non-Fiction Theo Stickley Thurstine Basset

About the Author

Thurstine Basset is a social worker who now runs his ownindependent training and development consultancy. His currentclients include the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and Educationnot Discrimination at Rethink. He is the Chair of the Mental HealthTraining Forum, Middlesex University and a Visiting Fellow at theUniversity of Brighton. Together with Theo Stickley, he is jointeditor of Teaching Mental Health (Wiley, 2007) and Learning About Mental Health Practice (Wiley, 2008). Theo Stickley is Associate Professor of Mental Health inthe School of Nursing at the University of Nottingham. Previously,he trained and worked in both mental health nursing andcounselling. Theo has led on a number of educational researchprojects in collaboration with people who use mental healthservices. He uses narrative as a research method, especiallyamongst people engaging with arts activities. He leads the EastMidlands Arts and Health Research Group; he is also a Director ofCity Arts, Nottingham, and leads the Art in Mind programme ofwork.