Handbook of Service User Involvement in Mental Health Research

Jan Wallcraft is manager of the Service User Research Group for England (SURGE). She has been a leading member of the survivor/service user movement for many years and has contributed to a number of publications, e.g. "On Our Own Terms: a report on the mental health service user movement"; "Being There In A Crisis", and "Social Perspectives in Mental Health". Beate Schrank has also worked for SURGE and has published on the concept of recovery in schizophrenia and on the use of the internet by people with schizophrenia. Michaela Amering is internationally acknowledged in the field of public mental health and mental health policy. She has published on psychoeducation, informal carers (relatives), psychiatric advance directives and gender issues in mental health care, and has recently published a book on the 'recovery perspective' and its relevance in the care for people with psychosis. She has worked on user involvement issues in different countries and mental health care settings. She is secretary of the World Psychiatric Association Committee on Mental Health Policy. The English translation of her book on Recovery in Mental Health will also be published in March 2009. All three editors have an impressive track record in the field of user involvement in mental health care.

Foreword. Preface. About the Editors. About the Authors. Chapter 1 History, Context and Language (Jan Wallcraft and Mary Nettle). Chapter 2 Principles and Motives (Alison Faulkner). Chapter 3 Levels and Stages (Angela Sweeney and Louise Morgan). Chapter 4 Values (Bill (KWM) Fulford and Jan Wallcraft). Chapter 5 Roles (Jasna Russo and Peter Stastny). Chapter 6 Capacity-building (Kim Hopper and Alisa Lincoln). Chapter 7 Purposes and Goals (Larry Davidson, Priscilla Ridgway, Timothy Schmutte and Maria O'Connell). Chapter 8 Topics (Paulo Del vecchio and Crystal R. Blyler). Chapter 9 Methods (Jean Campbell). Chapter 10 Service Users as Paid Researchers (Jonathan Delman and Alisa Lincoln). Chapter 11 Consultation (Virginia Minogue). Chapter 12 Collaboration (Diana Rose). Chapter 13 Control (Peter Beresford). Chapter 14 Power (Paddy McGowan, Liam Mac Gabhann, Chris Stevenson and Jim Walsh). Chapter 15 Money (Sarah Hamilton). Chapter 16 Politics (Daniel B. Fisher). Chapter 17 Good Practice Guidance (Beate Schrank and Jan Wallcraft). Index.