Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780470683620
Year: 2010
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 212


Description:
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 health workers and professionals
within the context of current mental health policies in the UK