Mental Health Still Matters

This textbook presents a fresh look at mental health, following on from the hugely popular Mental Health Matters. It provides new and exciting user perspectives across the full range of mental health issues. This is a rich and diverse resource for all students and practitioners of mental health taht reflects the wide diversity of views about how best to understand and explain mental health and distress. As a sister volume to the best-selling Mental Health Matters, it combines classic writings about mental health theories, perspectives and practices from psychiatry, sociology, psychology and service users, alongside newly commissioned readings. The book is divided into four parts: • Part I discusses and critiques mental health theory in an exploration of contemporary debates. • Part II considers social inclusion as a goal for mental health services and reviews aspects of the services in which inequality continues to dominate. • Part III offers accounts of mental distress by service users, many of whom have used their experience to become teachers, researchers and innovators in mental health work. • Part IV considers some of the challenges faced by practitioners alongside professional responses to the major changes we are seeing in the landscape of mental health. This is an important and innovative collection of readings which has strong cross-disciplinary relevance and appeal. It is essential reading for everyone studying, training or practising in the field of mental health, whether your background is in social studies, health science, medicine or psychology. This Reader presents a fresh look at mental health, following on from the hugely popular Mental Health Matters. It provides new and exciting user perspectives across the full range of mental health issues. This is a rich and diverse resource for all students and practitioners of mental health.

Table of Contents:
General Introduction PART I: DEBATES AND THEORIES Introduction; J.S.R.Leach Diverse Approaches to Mental Health and Distress; J.S.R.Leach Roll over Kraepelin; R.Bentall Reclaiming the Humanity in Personality Disorder; K.Wright, K.Haigh & M.McKeown Twenty-five years of Disagreeing with Psychiatry; L.Johnstone The Distinction Between Mental and Physical Illness; R.E.Kendall The Service User/Survivor Movement; P.Campbell Thinking about 'Mental Health': Towards a Social Model; P.Beresford Recovery: The Lived Experience of Rehabilitation; P.E.Deegan Spirituality and Mental Health; S.Fernando Big Boys don't Cry? Mental Health and the Politics of Gender; P.Thomas Madness and Misogyny: My Mother and Myself; J.M.Ussher Strategies for Promoting the Mental Health of Populations; E.Lahtinen, N.Joubert, J.Raeburn & R.Jenkins PART II: INEQUALITY AND POLICY Introduction; M.McCormick Mental Health and Inequality; R.Gomm The Relevance of Moral Treatment to Contemporary Mental Health Care; A.Borthwick, C.Holman, D.Kennard, M.McFetridge, K.Messruther & J.Wilkes Challenging Discrimination: Promoting Rights and Citizenship; J.Repper& R.Perkins From Social Exclusion to Inclusion? A Critique of the Inclusion Imperative in Mental Health; H.Spandler (Mis)representing Mental Distress?; M.Walsh Why are we not getting any closer to preventing suicide?; D.DeLeo Mental Health, Mental Disorder, Risk and Public Protection; H.Kemshall The Challenge of Shared Care; M.Flanagan Black Communities, Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System; D.Brown Reflections on British Forensic Psychiatry in 2003; J.Gunn Social Capital and Mental Health; M.Webber PART III: SERVICE USERS' EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES Introduction; J.Wallcraft; Experiences of 'Care' in Mental Health; J.Henderson; Two Accounts of Mental Distress; J.O'Hagan; Life Stories 1 Wresting his own future; P.Barham; Life Stories 2 Ron Coleman; J.Laurance; Hearing voices; I.Leudar, P.Thomas, J.Thomas, J.Holloway & E.Craig; The Recovery of Hope; A.Williams; Two Hours Fifty Five Minutes; V.Dewan; Are We Who We Say We Are or Who You Think We Are?; P.Trivedi; What Black Women want from the Mental Health Services; P.Chambers; Harm Minimisation: Limiting the Damage of Self injury; L.Pembroke; My Right to Choose; A.Wells; Reclaiming Mad Experience; R.May; Service Users' Accounts of Finding Work; Anon & K.Parton; Holistic Approaches in Mental Health; J.Wallcraft; From Passive Subjects to Equal Partners; P.Trivedi & T.Wykes; User led Research and Evidence based Medicine; A.Faulkner& P.Thomas PART IV: CHALLENGES FOR PRACTICE Introduction; T.Heller & M.Walsh; Postpsychiatry: A New Direction for Mental Health; P.Bracken & P.Thomas; Formal Observation and Engagement: A Discussion Paper; N.Bowles, P.Dodds, D.Hackney, C.Sunderland & P.Thomas; Evaluating Partnerships: A Case Study of Integrated Specialist Mental Health Services; T.Freeman & E.Peck; Deconstructing Psychiatric Drug Treatment; J.Moncrieff; All you need is Cognitive Behaviour Therapy?; J.Holmes; Recovery from Mental Illness as an Emergent Concept and Practice in Australia

About the Author :
JILL REYNOLDS is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at The Open University, UK. ROSEMARY MUSTON is Course Manager in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at The Open University, UK. TOM HELLER is Senior Lecturer in Health Studies at the Faculty of Health and Social Care at The Open University, UK. JONATHAN LEACH is Lecturer in health and social care at The Open University, UK. MICK MCCORMICK is Lecturer in social work with The Faculty of Health and Social Care at The Open University, UK. JAN WALLCRAFT is a freelance consultant. MARK WALSH is a writer, teacher and mental health nurse. JILL REYNOLDS is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at The Open University, UK ROSEMARY MUSTON is Course Manager in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at The Open University, UK TOM HELLER is Senior Lecturer in Health Studies at the Faculty of Health and Social Care at The Open University, UK JONATHAN LEACH is Lecturer in health and social care at The Open University, UK MICK MCCORMICK is Lecturer in social work with The Faculty of Health and Social Care at The Open University, UK JAN WALLCRAFT is a freelance consultant MARK WALSH is a writer, teacher and mental health nurse

Review :
"It's short but succint chapters make it very readable text. This is a robust addition to the original text and will no doubt become a valuable resource to those studying in this area." - Ian Warwick, Lecturer at London Metrpolitan University, UK "An excellent starting point to stimulating debate on contemporary issues in mental health." - Ian Mathews, Lecturer at University of Huddersfield, UK "...a powerful start from bentall...the editors have done an excellent job that will be reflected in the book's popularity...a comprehensive introduction..." British Journal of Social Work