Mental health, service user involvement and recovery / edited by Jenny Weinstein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weinstein, Jenny, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental health services--Great Britain--Citizen participation.

Mental health services.

Political participation.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

224 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010.

Summary:

Service users are increasingly participating as partners in all aspects of health and social care delivery, planning and professional training. This book provides a timely overview of user involvement and recovery in mental health by critically examining their origins and development in current policy and practice.

Written cooperatively by service users and academics, this book conveys the vital connection between recovery and involvement, offering a framework of values and helpful strategies to promote meaningful user participation. By sharing their personal narratives and contributing their view, service user authors demonstrate how taking control of their own care facilitates a swifter and more satisfying recovery. The book further acknowledges the bilateral value of user involvement in the development of mental health services, student learning, collaborative research and challenging social stigma, providing examples and critical appraisal of how this is currently being implemented.

With a strong positive emphasis on the benefits to all stakeholders, Mental Health, Service User Involvement and Recovery offers guidelines for good practice that will be relevant to health and social care practitioners, service users, students, researchers and educators.

Contents:

1 Introduction to Mental Health Service User Involvement / Philip Kemp

2 The Ethos of Involvement as the Route to Recovery / Julie Gosling 30

3 Building a Compelling Future / Humphrey Greaves 45

4 Circle of One: Experiences and Observations of a BME Service User and Consultant / Humphrey Greaves 59

5 Becoming an Expert by Experience / Aloyse Raptopoulos 73

6 The Road to Recovery / Aloyse Raptopoulos 88

7 User Involvement in their Own Treatment and Care / Jenny Weinstein

1

8 User Involvement in Challenging Stigma and Discrimination in Mental Health / jenny Weinstein 121

9 User Involvement in Planning and Developing Services / Jenny Weinstein 138

10 User Involvement in Research / Tony Leiba 155

11 The Creative Involvement of Service Users in the Classroom / Philip Kemp 171

12 Meeting the Challenge of Working with Young Care Leavers in Delivering Social Work Training / Tom Wiiks 186

13 Conclusion: The Way Forward for Service User Involvement and Recovery / jenny Weinstein 201.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781843106883

1843106884

OCLC:

320622183