The briefing draws on the report Recovery and Resilience: African, African-Caribbean and South Asian women’s narratives of recovering from mental distress. The report explored what helped women in their healing process based on positive stories of recovery of 27 women from these communities. This briefing focuses on how black women understand mental distress, what causes them distress, the meanings they attach to recovery, the activities they find supportive, and how professionals and services could provide help and support. It includes quotations from the women themselves
The briefing draws on the report Recovery and Resilience: African, African-Caribbean and South Asian women’s narratives of recovering from mental distress. The report explored what helped women in their healing process based on positive stories of recovery of 27 women from these communities. This briefing focuses on how black women understand mental distress, what causes them distress, the meanings they attach to recovery, the activities they find supportive, and how professionals and services could provide help and support. It includes quotations from the women themselves
Subject terms:
mental health problems, resilience, South Asian people, user views, women, African Caribbean people, African people, black and minority ethnic people, cultural identity;
Examines self help strategies for people with mental health problems. The first half of the book is a series of personal accounts from people living through mental distress; the second a series of articles on individual coping strategies, with reference to issues such as working with the media; voluntary self help organisations; black and minority ethnic users; crisis cards and advance directives; self management with hearing voices and manic depression; and using complementary remedies.
Examines self help strategies for people with mental health problems. The first half of the book is a series of personal accounts from people living through mental distress; the second a series of articles on individual coping strategies, with reference to issues such as working with the media; voluntary self help organisations; black and minority ethnic users; crisis cards and advance directives; self management with hearing voices and manic depression; and using complementary remedies.
Subject terms:
mass media, mental health problems, mental health services, self-help, self-help groups, service users, severe mental health problems, user participation, user views, advance decision, bipolar disorder, black and minority ethnic people, case studies, complementary therapies, coping behaviour, depression, group therapy;