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Relocating Madness

Peter Barham

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Description:Not surprisingly, the policy of closing mental hospitals and relocating mental patients in the community has generated great controversy. The aim of contemporary mental health policy has been to enable people who have had a severe mental illness to lead relatively independent lives in the community, rather than be contained permanently in large mental asylums. Close the asylums, it was thought, and many of the problems of chronic mental disorder would vanish. Reality has dashed many hopes. Despite numerous expert proclamations, rather little is known about how the beneficiaries of the new policies perceive their good fortune. This book reports on the complexities and ironies involved here, directly from the front line. The relocation of madness is explored as a process that involves the creation and negotiation of new frames of understanding, and new styles of relationship, between former mental patients and 'normal' society. Partly, this is a story of dismal inadequacies in service provision, of blighted lives and mordant ironies. Yet it is also a narrative of hope, of the struggles of members of a social group to recover their dignity and be permitted to join in society. The authors stress the need for open dialogue between people with mental illness and the wider society. For this new edition they contribute an epilogue in which they expand on their discussion and take account of recent alarms and developments.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Relocating Madness. To get started finding Relocating Madness, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 204

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

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Release: 1995

ISBN: pHYeAQAAIAAJ

Description: Not surprisingly, the policy of closing mental hospitals and relocating mental patients in the community has generated great controversy. The aim of contemporary mental health policy has been to enable people who have had a severe mental illness to lead relatively independent lives in the community, rather than be contained permanently in large mental asylums. Close the asylums, it was thought, and many of the problems of chronic mental disorder would vanish. Reality has dashed many hopes. Despite numerous expert proclamations, rather little is known about how the beneficiaries of the new policies perceive their good fortune. This book reports on the complexities and ironies involved here, directly from the front line. The relocation of madness is explored as a process that involves the creation and negotiation of new frames of understanding, and new styles of relationship, between former mental patients and 'normal' society. Partly, this is a story of dismal inadequacies in service provision, of blighted lives and mordant ironies. Yet it is also a narrative of hope, of the struggles of members of a social group to recover their dignity and be permitted to join in society. The authors stress the need for open dialogue between people with mental illness and the wider society. For this new edition they contribute an epilogue in which they expand on their discussion and take account of recent alarms and developments.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Relocating Madness. To get started finding Relocating Madness, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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