LEADER 03969nam 2200529 a 450 001 9911019148103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612884009 010 $a9781282884007 010 $a128288400X 010 $a9780470683620 010 $a0470683627 010 $a9780470970362 010 $a0470970367 010 $a9780470970348 010 $a0470970340 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC624729 035 $a(CKB)2670000000055997 035 $a(Perlego)2788485 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000055997 100 $a20100423d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aVoices of experience $enarratives of mental health survivors /$fedited by Thurstine Basset and Theo Stickley 210 $aChichester, U.K. $cWiley-Blackwell$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (213 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780470683637 311 08$a0470683635 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe antidote to madness : crystallising out the real self / Peter Chadwick -- Poem : but what is the cause? / Libby Jackson -- Surviving the system / Peter Campbell -- Poem : they come and go / Dave St. Clair -- Poem : fixing dinner / Dave St. Clair -- Measuring the marigolds / Alison Faulkner -- Poem : the tears I cry / Mariyam Maule -- Coping strategies and fighting stigma / Joy Pope -- Poem : day by day / Libby Jackson -- Living with the dragon : the long road to self-management of bi-polar II / Peter Amsel -- Poem : in exile / Mariyam Maule -- Coping strategies / Ruth Dee -- Poem : puppeteer / Esta Smith -- What's it like having a nervous breakdown? : can you recover? / Laura Lea -- Poem : a journey beyond silence / Mariyam Maule -- The bridge of sighs and the bridge of love : a personal pilgrimage / Peter Gilbert -- Poem : have you ever felt lonely? / Dave St. Clair -- Poem : he saved my bacon / Dave St. Clair -- The holy spirit : healer, advocate, guide, and friend / Richard Lilly -- Poem : mist of tears / Brice Jones -- Capital writings / Thomas France ... [et al.] -- Poems : nicely nicely nought / Martin Snape -- Feel easy-fit / Martin Snape -- The value of self-help/peer support / Sarah Collis, Caroline Bell, and Joan Cook -- Poem : the clear sky / Dave St. Clair -- A recovery approach in mental health services : transformation, tokenism or tyranny? / Premila Trivedi -- Poem : to what could have been / Mariyam Maule --. Stand to reason / Jonathan Naess -- Poem : I am / Libby Jackson -- Walking with dinosaurs / John Stuart Clark -- Poem : negatives and positives / Libby Jackson -- Poem : the heart of humankind / Mariyam Maule. 330 8 $aVoices of Experience contains a wide range of stories written by mental health survivors. The narratives illustrate how survivors have developed self-management techniques and strategies for living which, together, offer a guide to anybody struggling with 21 st century life. * Explores a wide variety of mental distress experiences, underpinned by many different explanations and beliefs * Narrative has been central to the recovery approach and this book presents stories of recovery as well as an appraisal of the concept * Challenges simplistic explanations of recovery and offers a critical angle to our understanding of what it means to experience mental health problems * Offers guidance for mental health workers and professionals within the context of current mental health policies in the UK 606 $aMentally ill$vBiography 615 0$aMentally ill 676 $a362.196/8900922 701 $aBasset$b Thurstine$01608868 701 $aStickley$b Theo$01608869 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911019148103321 996 $aVoices of experience$94420502 997 $aUNINA