Beyond the counter-narrative: Exploring alternative narratives of recovery from the psychiatric survivor movement

Narrative Inquiry

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-178

  Adame, Alexandra L ^a   Knudson, Roger M ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Counter narratives; Interpretive interactionism; Medical model; Mental illness; Narrative psychology; Political activism; Psychiatric survivor movement; Recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449097849     PISSN: 13876740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/ni.17.2.02ada     Document Type: Article

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