Corpus, discourse and mental health / Daniel Hunt and Gavin Brookes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brookes, Gavin (Linguist), author.

Series:

Corpus and discourse. Research in corpus and discourse.

Corpus and discourse

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mentally ill--Language.

Mentally ill.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Academic, [2020]

Summary:

**Shortlisted for the 2021 BAAL Book Prize for an outstanding book in the field of Applied Linguistics** Situated at the interface of corpus linguistics and health communication, Corpus, Discourse and Mental Health provides insights into the linguistic practices of members of three online support communities as they describe their experiences of living with and managing different mental health problems, including anorexia nervosa, depression and diabulimia. In examining contemporary health communication data, the book combines quantitative corpus linguistic methods with qualitative discourse analysis that draws upon recent theoretical insights from critical health sociology. Using this mixed-methods approach, the analysis identifies patterns and consistencies in the language used by people experiencing psychological distress and their role in realising varying representations of mental illness, diagnosis and treatment. Far from being neutral accounts of suffering and treating illness, corpus analysis illustrates that these interactions are suffused with moral and ideological tensions sufferers seek to collectively negotiate responsibility for the onset and treatment of recalcitrant mental health problems. Integrating corpus linguistics, critical discourse analysis and health sociology, this book showcases the capacity of linguistic analysis for understanding mental health discourse as well as critically exploring the potential of corpus linguistics to offer an evidence-based approach to health communication research.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Illustrations

Figure

Tables

Content notice

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Mental health, discourse and corpus linguistics

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Mental health and the medicalization of distress

1.3 Discourse

1.4 Corpus linguistics and alternative approaches

1.5 Overview of the book

1.6 Notes on terminology

Chapter 2: Anorexia, depression and diabulimia: Contested conditions and online support

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Anorexia

2.3 Depression

2.4 Diabulimia

2.5 Chapter conclusion

Chapter 3: Corpora and methods of analysis

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Online fora and mental health support groups

3.3 Corpora

3.4 Methods of analysis

3.5 Methodological strengths and limitations

Chapter 4: Anorexia online: Pro-recovery in the ED community

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Establishing themes for analysis

4.3 Lexicalizing anorexia

4.4 Anorexic behaviours, restriction and control

4.5 Eating, eating more and not eating

4.6 ED as a discursive resource

4.7 Chapter summary

Chapter 5: Being 'sick of it': Depression, medication and self-injurious behaviour

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Establishing themes for analysis

5.3 Verbalizing a relationship to depression

5.4 Antidepressants and 'the right medication'

5.5 Discourses of self-injurious behaviour

5.6 Chapter summary

Chapter 6: Diabulimia: Discourses of chronic illness and mental distress

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Establishing themes for analysis

6.3 Lexicalizing diabulimia: Proximity, agency and medicalization

6.4 Insulin: Restriction, abuse and (mis)use

6.5 Diabetes: Chronic illness, eating disorders and control

6.6 Chapter summary

Chapter 7: Discussion: Telling the right story

being the right self

7.1 Introduction.

7.2 Talking about the condition and talking about the self

7.3 Chapter summary

Chapter 8: Beyond the forum: Implications and reflections

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Implications for online health support and healthcare professionals

8.3 Methodological reflections

8.4 Corpus linguistics and health communication: Evidence-based or person-centred?

Notes

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-271) and index

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-350-05920-X

1-350-05918-8

OCLC:

1150825476