Voices 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 21st 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
Tabella dei contenuti
About the Editors vii
Contributors viii
1. Introduction 1
Thurstine Basset and Theo Stickley
Poem: Recovery – Libby Jackson 12
2. The Antidote to Madness: Crystallising out the Real Self 13
Peter Chadwick
Poem: But What is the Cause? – Libby Jackson 20
3. Surviving the System 21
Peter Campbell
Poem: They Come and Go – Dave St. Clair 31
Poem: Fixing Dinner – Dave St. Clair 32
4. Measuring the Marigolds 33
Alison Faulkner
Poem: The Tears I Cry – Mariyam Maule 45
5. Coping Strategies and Fighting Stigma 46
Joy Pope
Poem: Day by Day – Libby Jackson 57
6. Living with the Dragon: The Long Road to Self-Management of Bipolar II 58
Peter Amsel
Poem: In Exile – Mariyam Maule 75
7. Coping Strategies 76
Ruth Dee
Poem: Puppeteer – Esta Smith 84
8. What’s it Like Having a Nervous Breakdown? Can You Recover? 85
Laura Lea
Poem: A Journey beyond Silence – Mariyam Maule 94
9. The Bridge of Sighs and the Bridge of Love: a Personal Pilgrimage 95
Peter Gilbert
Poem: Have You Ever Felt Lonely? – Dave St. Clair, 114
Poem: He Saved My Bacon – Dave St. Clair 115
10. The Holy Spirit – Healer, Advocate, Guide and Friend 116
Richard Lilly
Poem: Mist of Tears – Brice Jones 120
11. CAPITAL Writings 121
Thomas France, Timothy Bird, Richard Love, Kay Phillpot, Howard Pearce, Clare Ockwell and Jude Smith
Poem: Nicely Nicely Nought – Martin Snape 141
Poem: Feel Easy-Fit – Martin Snape 141
12. The Value of Self-Help/Peer Support 142
Caroline Bell, Sarah Collis and Joan Cook
Poem: The Clear Sky – Dave St. Clair 151
13. A Recovery Approach in Mental Health Services: Transformation, Tokenism or Tyranny? 152
Premila Trivedi
Poem: To What Could Have Been – Mariyam Maule 164
14. Stand to Reason 165
Jonathan Naess
Poem: I Am – Libby Jackson 173
15. Walking with Dinosaurs 174
John Stuart Clark
Poem: Negatives and Positives – Libby Jackson 182
16. Conclusions, Discussion and Ways Ahead 183
Thurstine Basset, Joan Cook and Theo Stickley
Poem: The Heart of Humankind – Mariyam Maule 192
Index 193
Circa l’autore
Thurstine Basset is a social worker who now runs his own
independent training and development consultancy. His current
clients include the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and Education
not Discrimination at Rethink. He is the Chair of the Mental Health
Training Forum, Middlesex University and a Visiting Fellow at the
University of Brighton. Together with Theo Stickley, he is joint
editor of Teaching Mental Health (Wiley, 2007) and
Learning About Mental Health Practice (Wiley, 2008).
Theo Stickley is Associate Professor of Mental Health in
the School of Nursing at the University of Nottingham. Previously,
he trained and worked in both mental health nursing and
counselling. Theo has led on a number of educational research
projects in collaboration with people who use mental health
services. He uses narrative as a research method, especially
amongst people engaging with arts activities. He leads the East
Midlands Arts and Health Research Group; he is also a Director of
City Arts, Nottingham, and leads the Art in Mind programme of
work.
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