Straight Talking Introduction to Being a Mental Health Service User - Couverture souple

Beresford, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1906254206 ISBN 13 : 9781906254209

Editeur : PCCS Books, 2009

Synopsis

Few of us would want to be a user of psychiatric services. It is a status associated with fear, stigma, isolation and disadvantage. This book takes a closer look at the realities for people and how to deal with them. It shows what may begin as a painful and unwanted experience can pave the way for new understandings and life chances and how psychiatric service users are coming together to bring about changes benefiting us all. A pocket sized, good value series of succinct, thought provoking introductions ideal for students in all mental health disciplines, psychiatric service users, carers and indeed everyone with an interest in mental health. Rather than accept that solutions to mental health problems are owned by the medical professions, these books look at alternatives and provide information so that the users of psychiatric services, their families and carers can make more decisions about their own lives.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Peter Beresford OBE is a long-term user of mental health servicse and Co-Chair of Shaping our Lives, the national independent service user-controlled organisation and network. He is also Professor Emeritus of Social Policy at Brunel University London and Visiting Professor at Edge Hill University and the University of East Anglia. He has a longstanding involvement in issues of participation and empowerment as writer, researcher, educator, service user and campaigner. He is author of A Straight Talking Guide To Being A Mental Health Service User published by PCCS books.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: PCCS Books
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1906254206
• ISBN 13: 9781906254209
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 142
• Éditeur: Bentall Richard, Sanders Pete
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible