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Voices of Experience
Basset, Thurstine; Stickley, Theo
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Description for Voices of Experience
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 378.
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 21st 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470683620
SKU
V9780470683620
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Ref
99-50
About Basset, Thurstine; Stickley, Theo
Thurstine Basset is a social worker who now runs his own independent training and development consultancy. His current clients include the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and Education not Discrimination at Rethink. He is the Chair of the Mental Health Training Forum, Middlesex University and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Brighton. Together with Theo Stickley, he is joint editor ... Read more
Reviews for Voices of Experience
"The book has much to offer therapists who counsel those recovering and their carers, although its primary target is other mental health professionals and researchers." (Therapy Today, 1 September 2011) "They would also read of the value of the support provided by others who demonstrate empathy and compassion. I highly recommend this book and am happy to say ... Read more