Our Encounter With Self-Harm - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 190625463X ISBN 13 : 9781906254636

Editeur : PCCS Books, 2013

Synopsis

The 'Our Encounters with - ' series collect together unnmediated, unsanitised narratives by service-users, past service-users and carers. These stories of direct experience will be of great benefit to those interested in narrative enquiry, and to those studying and practising in the field of mental health. This collection brings together a range of voices on the theme of self-harm - from those who have experienced self-harm directly, alongside the friends, family and staff who live and work with self-harm. Too often, our understanding of the unique and complex experiences of people who self-harm is limited to concepts of mental illness, disorder and disease. Yet these stories demonstrate the strength, survival and recovery of people with rich and diverse lives. Inspiring, hopeful and at times challenging to read, the contributors who have so generously shared their experiences in this book will promote understanding and compassion, improve attitudes and care, and offer hope to those who are personally encountering self-harm. In this respect, this book is of immense value to all those working with self-harm across a spectrum of services and roles, and to those living with self-harm.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Charley Baker is a Lecturer in Mental Health at the University of Nottingham. She has a BA and MA in literature and is working on her PhD on psychosis and postmodernism at Royal Holloway, University of London. Charley is Associate Editor of Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, has been awarded the title of Fellow of the Institute of Mental Health, and serves on the Editorial Board for Journal of Medical Humanities. She has spoken internationally on issues of representations of mental illness in literature, and has interests around self-harm, suicide, personality disorders and the therapeutic use of reading. Clare Shaw (BA, MA) is a survivor-activist and educationalist who draws from personal, academic and professional experience of self-harm. A prominent figure in the UK self-harm movement, Clare was a founding member of several organisations including the National Self-Harm Minimisation Group; and from 2006-2013 was a director and lead trainer at harm-ed. As an independent freelance self-harm trainer and consultant, www.clareshawconsultancy.co.uk Clare continues to influence practice across the UK and beyond. Clare has published a range of articles and chapters, and has spoken internationally on issues including self-harm, suicide, sexual abuse and Borderline Personality Disorder. Clare is also an acclaimed poet and a popular performer of her own work: described by the Arvon Foundation as one of the Britain s most dynamic and powerful young poets , she is widely anthologised and has two collections published with Bloodaxe. The late Dr Francis C. Biley initially trained as a mental health and an adult nurse and, after holding a range of clinical and practice development posts, moved into undergraduate and postgraduate research and teaching. He co-edited Our Encounters with Madness (PCCS Books, 2011) with Alec Grant and Hannah Walker. He was Associate Professor in the Centre for Qualitative Research at Bournemouth University in the UK, Adjunct Professor of Nursing at Seton Hall University, New Jersey in the USA, and a Governor of a local Foundation Trust hospital.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: PCCS Books
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 190625463X
• ISBN 13: 9781906254636
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 205
• Éditeur: Baker Charley, Biley Francis, Shaw Clare
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible