Autoethnographic Reflections on Mental Distress and Medication Management
Conceptualising Biomedical and Recovery Models of Mental Health
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8905463 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joanna Fox (0000-0003-3462-2978, Anglia Ruskin University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 213-220 |
| Publication date | 2024-02-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Community Mental Health Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-3853 • E-ISSN: 1573-2789 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10597-024-01230-5 |
| PMID | 38389027 |
| OpenAlex | W4392078623 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 38 |
This article uses autoethnography to explore the author's lived experiences of mental distress and how she has conceptualised and explained these symptoms to herself using both the biomedical and recovery models of care. Autoethnography is a process of personal reflection that enables connection between the personal and the political. Experiences of mental distress are recounted alongside the decision to reduce medication. This personal experience is then explored in the context of limited evidence base on the effectiveness of reducing medication and the situation in which prescribers often feel reluctant to recommend and support service users in these choices. Shared decision-making in medication management is introduced which is an approach which draws on the models of recovery and co-production challenging traditional biomedical approaches which locate the prescriber as expert. Moreover, the radical service user led model is highlighted, within which, the Hearing Voices Network and Open Dialogue offer alternative approaches which promote co-production and empowerment. The author connects the personal to the political and reflects on her dual identity as an expert-by-experience and social work academic. She details how she has drawn on biomedical explanations to describe her distress yet has been challenged by the recovery model throughout her journey of recovery. She concludes that her own position, in identifying herself as an academic and expert-by-experience is an important step in challenging notions of expertise and approaches to mental health care
Autoethnography · Context (archaeology · Distress · Empowerment · Mental distress · Mental health · Psychiatric medication · Psychotherapist · Social science · Sociology · Medicine · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Nursing · Psychiatric care and mental health services · Psychology
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A reflection on the value of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for promoting good mental health in the workplace
Shared Decision-Making
The Introduction of Medication-Free Mental Health Services in Norway
Social Factors and Recovery from Mental Health Difficulties
Recovery in Psychosis from a Service User Perspective
Telling Stories of Practice in the Neo-liberal Context of English Social Work
Social Work
Shared and Supported Decision Making in Medication in a Mental Health Setting
The sociological imagination
Personal Accounts of Discontinuing Neuroleptic Medication for Psychosis
Justifying medication decisions in mental health care
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |