Our Encounters with Suicide by Alec Grant
The 'Our Encounters with - ' series collect together unnmediated, unsanitised narratives by service-users, past service-users and carers. These stories of direct experience will be of great benefit to those interested in narrative enquiry, and to those studying and practising in the field of mental health. The collection bring together a range of voices on the theme of suicide - those who have been suicidal, along side the friends, family and staff who have lived and worked with them. Too often the rhetoric of 'suicidology' is occupied only by those who have never had personal experience of suicidality. The first-person voice is strangely absent. These frank accounts go some way to correcting the balance. We hope that these narratives will be helpful for people who may have had similar encounters, or are harbouring future suicidal intentions, and for those who care for them personally or professionally; that readers can use the stories in the book to make better sense of their own experiences and decisions.Ultimately we hope that the book will facilitate a more empathic understanding of the experiences of others generally, and of people who were close to and have been lost to suicide.
Our encounters with Suicide is a book which should be compulsory reading for anyone who comes into contact with people who have been affected by suicideThese personal stories told with such inspiring honesty and deep sense of humanity enlighten some very difficult issues. They hold out some powerful truths which we all should listen to in how we live our lives personally and professionally. Paul Jenkins, Chief Executive, Rethink Mental Illness This deeply moving and provocative book gives voice to one of society's ancient and contemporary least understood enigmas. For the reader the stories captured within this volume highlight the strength and endurance of the human spirit in the face of both existential and neurotic suffering. These expert narratives teach us that true experiential knowledge is gained in the swampy low lands and understood through reflection in and on action. This book speaks to anyone that considers themselves to be engaged in the act of becoming human. We rise by that from which we fall. Dawn Freshwater, Professor of Mental Health and Psychotherapist.
Dr Alec Grant is Reader in Narrative Mental Health in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Brighton. He is widely published in the fields of ethnography, autoethnography, clinical supervision, cognitive behavioural psychotherapy, and communication and interpersonal skills. His current and developing research and scholarly interests coalesce in the area of narrative inquiry and demedicalizing mental health. Judith Haire was born in Kent and had a successful academic and professional career. At thirty seven her career was cut short when she experienced an acute psychotic episode. Once recovered she worked in the voluntary sector and studied at college. Judith has been published in Mental Health Practice, Community Care, Your Voice in Sheffield Mental Health magazines and her first book Don't Mind Me waspublished in 2008 (Chipmunkapublishing) She wrote it to help others as well as herself, and to inform mental health professionals and anyone wanting to gain an insight into mental illness. Judith contributed to Mental Health Publishing And Empowerment by Jason Pegler, (Chipmunkapublishing, 2009), Our Encounters With Madness (Edited by Grant, Biley & Walker, PCCS Books, 2011) and Soul Journey by Lisa Cherry, (Wilson King Publishing 2012). The late Dr Francis C. Biley initially trained as a mental health and an adult nurse and after holding a range of clinical and practice development posts moved into undergraduate and postgraduate research and teaching. He co-edited Our Encounters With Madness (PCCS Books 2011) with Alec Grant and Hannah Walker. He was Associate Professor in the Centre for Qualitative Research at Bournemouth University, UK , Adjunct Professor of Nursing at Seton Hall University, New Jersey, USA and a Governor of a local Foundation Trust hospital. Brendan Stone has lived with mental health problems for nearly 40 years. He lives in Sheffield and has worked extensively with users of mental health services.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781906254629 |
| ISBN 10 | 1906254621 |
| Title | Our Encounters with Suicide |
| Author | Alec Grant |
| Series | Our Encounters With |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | PCCS Books |
| Year published | 2013-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 258 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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