‘No one knows like we do’ — the narratives of mental health service users trained as researchers

Journal of Public Mental Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 18-28

  Palmer, David ^a   Williams, Lucy ^a   White, Sue ^b   Chenga, Charity ^a   Calabria, Verusca ^b   Branch, Dawn ^b   Arundal, Sue ^b   Storer, Linda ^b   Ash, Chris ^b   Cuthill, Claire ^b   Bezuayehu, Haile ^b   Hatzidimitriadou, Eleni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Kent ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mental health; Oral history; Recovery; Service users

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993077381     PISSN: 17465729     EISSN: 20428731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465729200900024     Document Type: Review

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