This book provides a user-friendly introduction to the qualitative
methods most commonly used in the mental health and psychotherapy
arena.
* Chapters are written by leading researchers and the editors
are experienced qualitative researchers, clinical trainers, and
mental health practitioners
* Provides chapter-by-chapter guidance on conducting a
qualitative study from across a range of approaches
* Offers guidance on how to review and appraise existing
qualitative literature, how to choose the most appropriate method,
and how to consider ethical issues
* Demonstrates how specific methods have been applied to
questions in mental health research
* Uses examples drawn from recent research, including research
with service users, in mental health practice and in
psychotherapy
Зміст
About the Contributors.
Acknowledgements.
PART I Getting Started.
1 Introduction (Andrew R. Thompson and David Harper).
2 Identifying and Synthesizing Qualitative Literature (Rachel
L. Shaw).
3 Ethical Issues in Qualitative Mental Health Research
(Andrew R. Thompson and Eleni Chambers).
4 Participation and Service User Involvement (Alison
Faulkner).
5 Qualitative Data Collection: Asking the Right Questions
(Hannah Frith and Kate Gleeson).
6 Qualitative Methods for Studying Psychotherapy Change
Processes (Robert Elliott).
7 Choosing a Qualitative Research Method (David
Harper).
PART II Methods.
8 Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis in Mental Health and
Psychotherapy Research (Michael Larkin and Andrew R.
Thompson).
9 Existentialist-Informed Hermeneutic Phenomenology (Carla
Willig and Abigail Billin).
10 Grounded Theory Methods for Mental Health Practitioners
(Alison Tweed and Kathy Charmaz).
11 Discourse Analysis (Eugenie Georgaca and Evrinomy
Avdi).
12 Narrative Psychology (Michael Murray and Sally
Sargeant).
13 Ethnomethodology/Conversation Analysis (Mark
Rapley).
14 Q Methodological Research in Mental Health and Psychotherapy
(Wendy Stainton Rogers and Phillip O. Dyson).
15 Thematic Analysis (Helene Joffe).
PART III Establishing Good Quality Qualitative Research in
Mental Health.
16 In Pursuit of Quality (Liz Spencer and Jane
Ritchie).
17 Emerging Issues and Future Directions (David Harper and
Andrew R. Thompson).
Index.
Про автора
David Harper is Reader in Clinical Psychology at the University of East London. He is co-author of Deconstructing Psychopathology (1995) and Psychology & Mental Health: From Disorder to Experience (2011). His research focuses on critical psychology and social constructionist approaches in mental health.
Andrew R. Thompson is Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology and Director of Research Training, at the NHS Clinical Psychology Training Unit, University of Sheffield. He is also Clinical Health Psychologist at the Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust and a practitioner of Cognitive Analytic Therapy