Mental Health Service Users in Research : : Critical Sociological Perspectives / / ed. by Patsy Staddon.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• MitwirkendeR: Beresford, Peter,; Boxall, Kathy,; Carr, Sarah,; Evans, David,; Gillard, Steve,; Kalathil, Jayasree,; Lewis, Lydia,; McLaughlin, Hugh,; Middleton, Hugh,; Neffgen, Marion,; Pollard, Katherine C.,; Purtell, Rachel,; Rickard, Wendy,; Staddon, Patsy,; Sweeney, Angela,; Turner, Kati,
• HerausgeberIn: Staddon, Patsy,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (200 p.)

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 contributors to the book are service users/survivors as well as academics. Their fields of expertise include LGB issues, racial tensions, and recovering from the shame and stigma of alcoholism. They stress the importance of research approaches which involve mutualities of respect and understanding within the worlds of researcher, clinician and service user/survivor.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Sociology and survivor research: an introduction -- Mental health service users’ experiences and epistemological fallacy -- Doing good carer-led research: reflecting on ‘Past Caring’ methodology -- Theorising service user involvement from a researcher perspective -- How does who we are shape the knowledge we produce? Doing collaborative research about personality disorders -- Where do service users’ knowledges sit in relation to professional and academic understandings of knowledge? -- Recognition politics as a human rights perspective on service users’ experiences of involvement in mental health services -- Theorising a social model of ‘alcoholism’: service users who misbehave -- ‘Hard to reach’? Racialised groups and mental health service user involvement -- Individual narratives and collective knowledge: capturing lesbian, gay and bisexual service user experiences -- Alternative futures for service user involvement in research -- Brief reflections -- Details of the seminar series -- Index