Power and Participation: An Examination of the Dynamics of Mental Health Service-User Involvement in Ireland

<p>In this paper we set out the context in which experiences of mental distress occur with an emphasis on the contributions of social and structural factors and then make a case for the use of intersectionality as an analytic and methodological framework for understanding these factors.</p&...

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Published in:	Studies in Social Justice
Main Author:	Liz Brosnan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Brock University 2012-10-01
Subjects:	Policy and Politics of Involvement Survivor Epistemology Mental health service-user involvement power dynamics service-user movement Irish experience of service-user involvement Gaventa’s “power cube” levels
Online Access:	http://brock.scholarsportal.info/journals/index.php/SSJ/article/view/1068

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