Overview
"In 2003 the Bush Administration's New Freedom Commission asked mental health service providers to begin promoting """"recovery"""" rather than churning out long-term, """"chronic"""" mental health service users. Recovery's Edge sends us to urban America to view the inner workings of a mental health clinic run, in part, by people who are themselves """"in recovery"""" from mental illness. In this provocative narrative, Neely Myers sweeps us up in her own journey through three years of ethnographic research at this unusual site, providing a nuanced account of different approaches to mental health care. Recovery's Edge critically examines the high bar we set for people in recovery through intimate stories of people struggling to find meaningful work, satisfying relationships, and independent living. This book is a recipient of the Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Prize from Vanderbilt University Press for the best book in the area of medicine."
Full Product Details
Author: Neely Laurenzo Myers
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Imprint: Vanderbilt University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.20cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 21.30cm
Weight: 0.365kg
ISBN: 9780826520791
ISBN 10: 0826520790
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 30 November 2015
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
This gripping account shows how the ideals of recovery are reshaping the moral world of US mental health services. In a warm and intimate tone, Neely Myers explores the personal experience of severe symptoms and the human stakes of psychiatric reform. <i>Recovery s Edge</i> is a crucial intervention into policy debates, but one based in ordinary people s stories of loss and resilience. --<b>Paul Brodwin</b>, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, author of <i>Everyday Ethics: Voices from the Front Line of Community Psychiatry</i>
This gripping account shows how the ideals of recovery are reshaping the moral world of US mental health services. In a warm and intimate tone, Neely Myers explores the personal experience of severe symptoms and the human stakes of psychiatric reform. Recovery's Edge is a crucial intervention into policy debates, but one based in ordinary people's stories of loss and resilience. --Paul Brodwin, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, author of Everyday Ethics: Voices from the Front Line of Community Psychiatry
Author Information
Neely Laurenzo Myers is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University, USA.
