Journeys Through Mental Illness: Client Experiences and Understandings of Mental Distress [Paperback]

At a time when service users' perspectives are increasingly recognized in healthcare, this seminal book highlights the importance of clients' perceptions of all aspects of mental illness. It examines the implications of these understandings, especially in relation to clients' relationships with services.

JULIET FOSTER is Research Fellow in Social Psychology at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, UK. The research on which this book is partly based was awarded the BPS Social Psychology Section Annual Award for the Most Outstanding Thesis in Social Psychology, 2002.
JULIET FOSTER is Research Fellow in Social Psychology at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, UK. The research on which this book is partly based was awarded the BPS Social Psychology Section Annual Award for the Most Outstanding Thesis in Social Psychology, 2002.

Acknowledgements
Allowing Madness Vox
Perspectives from Psychology, Psychiatry and Other Disciplines
Perspectives from Clients Themselves and the User Movements
Defining Mental Health Problems By and Through Experience
The Journey Through Mental Illness
Labelled, Spoiled, Negotiated, Rejected: Identity and Mental Health
Representing Mental Ill Health
Conclusions and Implications
Appendix: Methods
References.