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Mental Health Still Matters
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.
400 pages, Paperback
First published April 17, 2009
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August 4, 2014
The book: Mental Health Still Matters
The editors: Jill Reynolds, Rosemary Muston, Tom Heller, Jonathan Leach, Mick McCormick, Jan Wallcraft and Mark Walsh. Over fifty writers are included too. I won't elaborate any more than that, you'll be glad to know...
The subject: A wide range of readings covering diverse views on mental health and distress, including both professionals and service users.
Why I chose it: It is the assigned text for my K272 Challenging ideas in mental health Open University module. My course doesn't start until the 4th of October, but I wanted to read the course book ahead of time.
The rating: Four and a half out of five stars
What I thought of it: I will probably go through this book and review each chapter for the purpose of studying the material, but this Goodreads review won't be quite as extensive.
First of all, I was really pleased to see that this book contains readings by both professionals and service users, and wide range within those groups at that. It's separated out into four broad parts, each of which is explored from many angles. The pieces were all thought-provoking and many were controversial, but I think I learned something from every one. They're all quite short as well so you can dip in and out easily. I enjoyed most of the readings, but one that really sticks out is number 36, "Harm minimisation: limiting the damage of self-injury" by Louise Roxanne Pembroke. I also particularly liked learning about the recovery model.
I'm very glad this is the set text for my course; I feel like it will prove to be very valuable for me both personally and academically. I'm looking forward to reading it through again and using it in my work.
The editors: Jill Reynolds, Rosemary Muston, Tom Heller, Jonathan Leach, Mick McCormick, Jan Wallcraft and Mark Walsh. Over fifty writers are included too. I won't elaborate any more than that, you'll be glad to know...
The subject: A wide range of readings covering diverse views on mental health and distress, including both professionals and service users.
Why I chose it: It is the assigned text for my K272 Challenging ideas in mental health Open University module. My course doesn't start until the 4th of October, but I wanted to read the course book ahead of time.
The rating: Four and a half out of five stars
What I thought of it: I will probably go through this book and review each chapter for the purpose of studying the material, but this Goodreads review won't be quite as extensive.
First of all, I was really pleased to see that this book contains readings by both professionals and service users, and wide range within those groups at that. It's separated out into four broad parts, each of which is explored from many angles. The pieces were all thought-provoking and many were controversial, but I think I learned something from every one. They're all quite short as well so you can dip in and out easily. I enjoyed most of the readings, but one that really sticks out is number 36, "Harm minimisation: limiting the damage of self-injury" by Louise Roxanne Pembroke. I also particularly liked learning about the recovery model.
I'm very glad this is the set text for my course; I feel like it will prove to be very valuable for me both personally and academically. I'm looking forward to reading it through again and using it in my work.
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