Hearing (Our) Voices: Involving Service Users in Mental Health Research

✍ Scribed by Barbara Schneider

Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Leaves: 182
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Hearing (Our) Voices describes two innovative participatory action research projects - one on communication with medical professionals, the other on housing - carried out by a group of people diagnosed with schizophrenia under the guidance of Professor Barbara Schneider.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue
1. Introduction
2. What We Did (Method)
3. What We Learned: Communication between People Diagnosed with Schizophrenia and Their Medical Professionals (Results)
4. What We Learned: Housing for People Diagnosed with Schizophrenia (Results)
5. Our Photovoice Project Searching for Sanctuary: What Home Means to Me
6. Taking Action: Spreading the Word (Dissemination)
7. Where We Got To (Conclusion)
Epilogue
Appendix A: Interview Questions
Appendix B: Calgary Herald Articles about the Project
Appendix C: Script of a Readers’ Theatre Presentation
Notes
References
Index

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