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From mental illness to a social model of madness and distress
- Authors:
- BERESFORD Peter, et al
- Publisher:
- Shaping Our Lives
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 76
- Place of publication:
- London
This report draws on the views and experiences of mental health service users/survivors, regarding mental health policy, models and services. It aims to update findings of an earlier 2010 report, ‘Towards a social model of madness and distress?’, which found that mental health service users/survivors felt that a medical model dominated both public and professional thinking and that further discussions about more social approaches to mental health were needed. A total of 82 people took part in this second stage project through discussion groups, individual interviews, and an on-line survey. Participants included a diverse range of service users including, people from rural and urban areas, older women and people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds. Organised in six main sections, the report draws heavily on the comments of service users and includes quotations throughout. The six sections explore mental health service users’/survivors’ views on: a medical model of mental health; reclaiming the term ‘madness’; the social model of disability as applied to mental health; the idea and policy of recovery; social approaches to mental health; and taking forward social approaches to mental health. A final section brings together the findings from the project and offers a set of possible ways of taking them forward. (Edited publisher abstract)
Towards a social model of madness and distress?: exploring what service users say
- Authors:
- BERESFORD Peter, NETTLE Mary, PERRING Rebecca
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 45p.
- Place of publication:
- York
There has been more emphasis on social approaches to mental health in recent years, reflected, for example, in the establishment of the Social Perspectives Network. There have been some initial discussions about a social model relating to mental health among mental health service users/survivors. However, as yet, this has not been widely explored or developed. This national study explores with mental health service users what models they feel underpin current thinking in mental health policy and practice. It asks what effects these models may have, and looks at what models service users think might be helpful. Four key issues were explored with service users; how mental health issues are understood in society; their personal understandings of mental health issues; the social model of disability in relation to mental health; and their personal understandings of madness and distress within a social model of disability. Key findings suggest that most service users believe that a medical model based on deficit and pathology still dominates public and professional understanding of mental health issues, shaping attitudes and policy. The idea of a social model of madness and distress, following the format of the social model of disability, met mixed views. The labelling and stigma following from a medical model of mental illness are major barriers for mental health service users. Service users see social approaches to mental health issues as much more helpful.
Towards a social model of madness and distress?: exploring what service users say
- Authors:
- BERESFORD Peter, NETTLE Mary, PERRING Rebecca
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
There has been more emphasis on social approaches to mental health in recent years, reflected, for example, in the establishment of the Social Perspectives Network. There have been some initial discussions about a social model relating to mental health among mental health service users/survivors. However, as yet, this has not been widely explored or developed. This report provides a summary of a national study which explores with mental health service users what models they feel underpin current thinking in mental health policy and practice. It asks what effects these models may have, and looks at what models service users think might be helpful. Key findings suggest that most service users believe that a medical model based on deficit and pathology still dominates public and professional understanding of mental health issues, shaping attitudes and policy. The idea of a social model of madness and distress, following the format of the social model of disability, met mixed views. The labelling and stigma following from a medical model of mental illness are major barriers for mental health service users. Service users see social approaches to mental health issues as much more helpful.