General Introduction
PART I: DEBATES AND THEORIES
Introduction; J.S.R.Leach
Diverse Approaches to Mental Health and Distress; J.S.R.Leach
Roll over Kraepelin; R.Bentall
Reclaiming the Humanity in Personality Disorder; K.Wright, K.Haigh & M.McKeown
Twenty-five years of Disagreeing with Psychiatry; L.Johnstone
The Distinction Between Mental and Physical Illness; R.E.Kendall
The Service User/Survivor Movement; P.Campbell
Thinking about 'Mental Health': Towards a Social Model; P.Beresford
Recovery: The Lived Experience of Rehabilitation; P.E.Deegan
Spirituality and Mental Health; S.Fernando
Big Boys don't Cry? Mental Health and the Politics of Gender; P.Thomas
Madness and Misogyny: My Mother and Myself; J.M.Ussher
Strategies for Promoting the Mental Health of Populations; E.Lahtinen, N.Joubert, J.Raeburn & R.Jenkins
PART II: INEQUALITY AND POLICY
Introduction; M.McCormick
Mental Health and Inequality; R.Gomm
The Relevance of Moral Treatment to Contemporary Mental Health Care; A.Borthwick, C.Holman, D.Kennard, M.McFetridge, K.Messruther & J.Wilkes
Challenging Discrimination: Promoting Rights and Citizenship; J.Repper& R.Perkins
From Social Exclusion to Inclusion? A Critique of the Inclusion Imperative in Mental Health; H.Spandler
(Mis)representing Mental Distress?; M.Walsh
Why are we not getting any closer to preventing suicide?; D.DeLeo
Mental Health, Mental Disorder, Risk and Public Protection; H.Kemshall
The Challenge of Shared Care; M.Flanagan
Black Communities, Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System; D.Brown
Reflections on British Forensic Psychiatry in 2003; J.Gunn
Social Capital and Mental Health; M.Webber
PART III: SERVICE USERS' EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES Introduction; J.Wallcraft; Experiences of 'Care' in Mental Health; J.Henderson; Two Accounts of Mental Distress; J.O'Hagan; Life Stories 1 Wresting his own future; P.Barham; Life Stories 2 Ron Coleman; J.Laurance; Hearing voices; I.Leudar, P.Thomas, J.Thomas, J.Holloway & E.Craig; The Recovery of Hope; A.Williams; Two Hours Fifty Five Minutes; V.Dewan; Are We Who We Say We Are or Who You Think We Are?; P.Trivedi; What Black Women want from the Mental Health Services; P.Chambers; Harm Minimisation: Limiting the Damage of Self
injury; L.Pembroke; My Right to Choose; A.Wells; Reclaiming Mad Experience; R.May; Service Users' Accounts of Finding Work; Anon & K.Parton; Holistic Approaches in Mental Health; J.Wallcraft; From Passive Subjects to Equal Partners; P.Trivedi & T.Wykes; User
led Research and Evidence
based Medicine; A.Faulkner& P.Thomas
PART IV: CHALLENGES FOR PRACTICE Introduction; T.Heller & M.Walsh; Postpsychiatry: A New Direction for Mental Health; P.Bracken & P.Thomas; Formal Observation and Engagement: A Discussion Paper; N.Bowles, P.Dodds, D.Hackney, C.Sunderland & P.Thomas; Evaluating Partnerships: A Case Study of Integrated Specialist Mental Health Services; T.Freeman & E.Peck; Deconstructing Psychiatric Drug Treatment; J.Moncrieff; All you need is Cognitive Behaviour Therapy?; J.Holmes; Recovery from Mental Illness as an Emergent Concept and Practice in Australia