Context Patients as educators (teaching intimate physical examination) first appeared in the
1960s. Since then, rationales for the active involvement of patients as educators have been …

Although social constructionism (SC) and Foucauldian discourse analysis (FDA) are well
established constructionist analytical methods, this article propose that Foucauldian …

In 1981, Toronto activist Mel Starkman wrote:"" An important new movement is swee**
through the western world.... The'mad,'the oppressed, the ex-inmates of society's asylums …

How do we understand mental health problems in their social context? A former BMA
Medical Book of the Year award winner, this book provides a sociological analysis of major …

People who experience psychological distress also experience social injustice. This
injustice impacts upon their social, economic and political lives. For example, the social …

The chapter argues that there is a natural alliance between SFL and one leading brand of
discourse analysis, critical discourse analysis (CDA). This alliance could be taken further …

As involvement of consumers/survivors in planning, delivery, and evaluation of services has
increased, expectations of authentic and effective engagement, versus tokenism, have also …

Why do people enter total institutions–places that confine and control them around the clock–
and how does the experience change them? This book updates Goffman's classic model by …

This paper critiques the conventional concept of 'insight'within the mental status assessment,
seeking to unseat its taken‐for‐granted definition and the status it has acquired in research …

Today, political claims are increasingly made on the basis of experienced trauma and
inherent vulnerability, as evidenced in the growing number of people who identify as a" …