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.

Public health--Great Britain.

Public health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As the momentum for personalisation and recovery approaches grows, service users are increasingly participating as partners in all aspects of health and social care delivery, policy-making and professional training. This book provides an overview of service user involvement in mental health, its origins and current practice and policy.

Contents:

FRONT COVER; Mental Health,Service User Involvementand Recovery; Contents; Introduction; 1 Introduction to Mental Health Service UserInvolvement; 2 The Ethos of Involvement asthe Route to Recovery; 3Building a Compelling Future; 4 Circle of One Experiences and Observations of aBME Service User and Consultant; 5 Becoming an Expert byExperience; 6The Road to Recovery; 7 User Involvement in theirOwn Treatment and Care; 8 User Involvement in Challenging Stigma and Discrimination in MentalHealth; 9 User Involvement in Planningand Developing Services; 10User Involvement in Research

11 The Creative Involvement of Service Users in theClassroom12 Meeting the Challenge of Working with Young Care Leavers in Delivering SocialWork Training; 13 Conclusion: The Way Forward for Service UserInvolvement and Recovery; THE CONTRIBUTORS; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX; back cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612750038

9781282750036

1282750038

9780857002129

0857002120

OCLC:

665581402