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Mental Health Service Users in Research: Critical Sociological Perspectives
Patsy Staddon
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Description for Mental Health Service Users in Research: Critical Sociological Perspectives
Hardback.
This book aims to show the value but also the difficulties encountered in the application of 'insider knowledge' in service user research. Mental health service users in research considers ways of 'doing research' which bring multiple understandings together effectively, and explains the sociological use of autobiography and its relevance. It examines how our identity shapes the knowledge we produce, and asks why voices which challenge contemporary beliefs about health and the role of treatment are often silenced. An imbalance of power and opportunity for service users, and the stigmatising nature of services, are considered as human rights issues.Most of the ... Read more
This book aims to show the value but also the difficulties encountered in the application of 'insider knowledge' in service user research. Mental health service users in research considers ways of 'doing research' which bring multiple understandings together effectively, and explains the sociological use of autobiography and its relevance. It examines how our identity shapes the knowledge we produce, and asks why voices which challenge contemporary beliefs about health and the role of treatment are often silenced. An imbalance of power and opportunity for service users, and the stigmatising nature of services, are considered as human rights issues.Most of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bristol University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447307334
SKU
V9781447307334
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About Patsy Staddon
Patsy Staddon is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Plymouth, and a survivor researcher in the sociology of alcohol and mental health. She is a member of INVOLVE and Shaping Our Lives, and chairs the service user controlled WIAS (Women's Independent Alcohol Support).
Reviews for Mental Health Service Users in Research: Critical Sociological Perspectives
"The most sparkling aspect of this edition assembled by Staddon is its turn away from psychiatry towards sociology." Disability & Society "A testament to how far the survivor movement has come in the long struggle to get the experiences of mental health services users taken seriously in the production of knowledge." Journal of Social Policy "A thought-provoking and insightful text." ... Read more