Journeys Through Mental Illness

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.