JILL REYNOLDS is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at The Open University, UK.ROSEMARY MUSTON is Course Manager in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at The Open University, UK.TOM HELLER is Senior Lecturer in Health Studies at the Faculty of Health and Social Care at The Open University, UK.JONATHAN LEACH is Lecturer in health and social care at The Open University, UK.MICK MCCORMICK is Lecturer in social work with The Faculty of Health and Social Care at The Open University, UK.JAN WALLCRAFT is a freelance consultant.MARK WALSH is a writer, teacher and mental health nurse.

• General IntroductionPART I: DEBATES AND THEORIES Introduction; J.S.R.LeachDiverse Approaches to Mental Health and Distress; J.S.R.LeachRoll over Kraepelin; R.BentallReclaiming the Humanity in Personality Disorder; K.Wright, K.Haigh & M.McKeownTwenty-five years of Disagreeing with Psychiatry; L.Johnstone The Distinction Between Mental and Physical Illness; R.E.KendallThe Service User/Survivor Movement; P.CampbellThinking about 'Mental Health': Towards a Social Model; P.BeresfordRecovery: The Lived Experience of Rehabilitation; P.E.DeeganSpirituality and Mental Health; S.FernandoBig Boys don't Cry? Mental Health and the Politics of Gender; P.ThomasMadness and Misogyny: My Mother and Myself; J.M.UssherStrategies for Promoting the Mental Health of Populations; E.Lahtinen, N.Joubert, J.Raeburn & R.JenkinsPART II: INEQUALITY AND POLICY Introduction; M.McCormickMental Health and Inequality; R.GommThe Relevance of Moral Treatment to Contemporary Mental Health Care; A.Borthwick, C.Holman, D.Kennard, M.McFetridge, K.Messruther & J.WilkesChallenging Discrimination: Promoting Rights and Citizenship; J.Repper& R.PerkinsFrom Social Exclusion to Inclusion? A Critique of the Inclusion Imperative in Mental Health; H.Spandler(Mis)representing Mental Distress?; M.WalshWhy are we not getting any closer to preventing suicide?; D.DeLeoMental Health, Mental Disorder, Risk and Public Protection; H.KemshallThe Challenge of Shared Care; M.FlanaganBlack Communities, Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System; D.BrownReflections on British Forensic Psychiatry in 2003; J.GunnSocial Capital and Mental Health; M.WebberPART III: SERVICE USERS' EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES Introduction; J.Wallcraft; Experiences of 'Care' in Mental Health; J.Henderson; Two Accounts of Mental Distress; J.O'Hagan; Life Stories 1 Wresting his own future; P.Barham; Life Stories 2 Ron Coleman; J.Laurance; Hearing voices; I.Leudar, P.Thomas, J.Thomas, J.Holloway & E.Craig; The Recovery of Hope; A.Williams; Two Hours Fifty Five Minutes; V.Dewan; Are We Who We Say We Are or Who You Think We Are?; P.Trivedi; What Black Women want from the Mental Health Services; P.Chambers; Harm Minimisation: Limiting the Damage of Selfinjury; L.Pembroke; My Right to Choose; A.Wells; Reclaiming Mad Experience; R.May; Service Users' Accounts of Finding Work; Anon & K.Parton; Holistic Approaches in Mental Health; J.Wallcraft; From Passive Subjects to Equal Partners; P.Trivedi & T.Wykes; Userled Research and Evidencebased Medicine; A.Faulkner& P.ThomasPART IV: CHALLENGES FOR PRACTICE Introduction; T.Heller & M.Walsh; Postpsychiatry: A New Direction for Mental Health; P.Bracken & P.Thomas; Formal Observation and Engagement: A Discussion Paper; N.Bowles, P.Dodds, D.Hackney, C.Sunderland & P.Thomas; Evaluating Partnerships: A Case Study of Integrated Specialist Mental Health Services; T.Freeman & E.Peck; Deconstructing Psychiatric Drug Treatment; J.Moncrieff; All you need is Cognitive Behaviour Therapy?; J.Holmes; Recovery from Mental Illness as an Emergent Concept and Practice in Australia

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