Journeys Through Mental Illness

JULIET FOSTER is Research Fellow in Social Psychology at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, UK. The research on which this book is partly based was awarded the BPS Social Psychology Section Annual Award for the Most Outstanding Thesis in Social Psychology, 2002.

• AcknowledgementsAllowing Madness VoxPerspectives from Psychology, Psychiatry and Other DisciplinesPerspectives from Clients Themselves and the User MovementsDefining Mental Health Problems By and Through ExperienceThe Journey Through Mental IllnessLabelled, Spoiled, Negotiated, Rejected: Identity and Mental HealthRepresenting Mental Ill HealthConclusions and ImplicationsAppendix: MethodsReferences.

'This book offers the reader authentic service user voices. There is the black humour that emerges every time people who use services get together, the mixed feelings about the future that so often come across, and the varying views about how much we are able to take control of our own distress. This makes it well worth reading, particularly for professionals.' - Clare Ockwell, Mental Health Today