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This is Survivor Research

Peter Beresford editor Diana Rose editor Alison Faulkner editor Angela Sweeney editor Mary Nettle editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:PCCS Books

Published:25th Mar '09

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There has been a major development in social science research: it is now being carried out by people who had previously only been seen as its subjects. At the forefront are people with experience as mental health service users/survivors who have taken a lead in pioneering a new approach to research which is now commanding increasing attention and respect. "This is Survivor Research" for the first time details this important new approach to research. Written and edited by leaders in the field, the book explores the theory and practice of survivor research, provides practical examples of survivor research and offers guidance for people wishing to carry out such research themselves. This is a groundbreaking book for policy makers, researchers, educators, students, service users and practitioners in the mental health field and beyond, many of whom must address user involvement in their research.

It could easily become a reference book for the ethos and motivation of user-survivor research and the user movement, and could be referred to by service users to help them question and assert the value of their work - This book may become your research bible, your dinner conversation topic or something you would prefer to throw across the table. Either way, reading it should be an enriching and enlivening experience. Graham Morgan, Highland User Group UK, British Journal of Psychiatry, 2010.

ISBN: 9781906254148

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192 pages