Report of the latest stage of a major study of service users' coping strategies. Presents a detailed descriptive study of a small number of people who were interviewed in depth to find out exactly how they coped with psychosis, depression and other forms of distress. Includes chapters on: relationships and informal support; therapeutic supports; personal and self help strategies; and a summary of the most helpful supports and strategies.
Report of the latest stage of a major study of service users' coping strategies. Presents a detailed descriptive study of a small number of people who were interviewed in depth to find out exactly how they coped with psychosis, depression and other forms of distress. Includes chapters on: relationships and informal support; therapeutic supports; personal and self help strategies; and a summary of the most helpful supports and strategies.
Subject terms:
informal care, interpersonal relationships, mental health problems, mental health services, self-help, service users, social care provision, user led research, user views, coping behaviour;
Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 3(1), September 1999, pp.28-29.
Publisher:
Pavilion
Users are researching the many strategies people devise to help them live with mental health problems. 'Strategies for Living' is a three-year user-led programme of work stemming from the increasing demands from mental health service users for choices and alternatives to the traditional medical models of treatment. This article gives some of the research findings.
Users are researching the many strategies people devise to help them live with mental health problems. 'Strategies for Living' is a three-year user-led programme of work stemming from the increasing demands from mental health service users for choices and alternatives to the traditional medical models of treatment. This article gives some of the research findings.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, mental health services, self-advocacy, self-determination, service users, severe mental health problems, survivors, therapies, therapy and treatment, user led research, user participation, user views, community mental health services, complementary therapies, empowerment;