Listen to my madness
Understanding the Experiences of People With Serious Mental Illness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2265719 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Helen Lester (University of Birmingham), Jonathan Q Tritter (0000-0001-6258-4628), Jonathan Tritter (0000-0002-1651-2428, Institute on Governance) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 649-669 |
| Publication date | 2005-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2005.00460.x |
| PMID | 16078905 |
| OpenAlex | W2130958253 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 27 |
This article explores the salience of disability theory for understanding the experiences of people with serious mental illness. Drawing on data from a focus group study, we suggest that users experience both impairment (as embodied irrationality) which can, in itself, be oppressive, and also have to manage their lives within a largely disabling society. We outline some of the strategies adopted by users to manage their situation and ensure they access and receive health services, and illustrate how these are a result of the complex relationship between disability and impairment. We suggest that using a framework of the social model of disability provides a useful way of understanding and making sense of the experience of users with serious mental illness
Cognitive psychology · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Health care · Irrationality · Mental health · Mental illness · Psychiatry · Rationality · Salience (neuroscience · Social model of disability · Sociology of health and illness · Disability Rights and Representation · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Psychology
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Focus Group Research
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Incremental change without policy learning
Disability Rights and Wrongs
Assessing the capacity of parents with mental illness
Necesidades de apoyo en personas con enfermedad mental grave y carga familiar en cuidadores primarios de México
Labeling, causal attributions, and social network ties to people with mental illness
Towards a sociology of disease
On Being Sane in Insane Places
Checklists for improving rigour in qualitative research
Social Work with Disabled People
Fundamental Principles of Disability
The social model of disability
The Politics of Disablement
InterViews
Narrative Turn or Blind Alley
Demystifying disability
What Have Madness and Psychiatric System Survivors Got to Do with Disability and Disability Studies
Defending the Social Model
Disabling Barriers-Enabling Environments
The Social Model of Disability and the Disappearing Body
Developing Focus Group Research
Models of disablement, universalism and the international classification of impairments, disabilities and handicaps
Asylums
Conceptualizing Stigma
Disability, impairment or illness? The relevance of the social model of disability to the study of mental disorder
The Social Rejection of Former Mental Patients
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,47 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2022 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |