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Routledge
This book outlines the importance and need of engaging with the internal world of those living with various mental health problems. It explores the multi-faceted range of experiences concerned with anxiety.
Part 1: Lived Experience and Learning 1. Embracing lived experience 2. ‘I became involved to try to make a difference’: Service user engagement Part 2: The Lived Experience in Mental Health 3. ‘Standing on a cliff edge’: Living with anxiety 4. ‘Walking in treacle’: Living with depression 5. ‘My brain won’t slow down’: Living with extremes of mood 6. ‘There’s a storm inside’: Living with altered reality 7. ‘Patching over the holes’: Living with impaired cognition Part 3: Embracing Lived Experience Narratives 8. Narrative resources 9. Learning strategy
Biography
Gary Morris is a lecturer in mental health nursing at the University of Leeds, UK. He is also the author of Mental Health issues and the Media and co-author of The Dementia Care Workbook.
