Welcome,
New User!
New User!
Qualitative Research Methods in Mental Health and Psychotherapy
By: David Harper , Andrew R. R. ThompsoneBook Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Imprint: Wiley
Format: ePub Encrypted (DRM)
Earn $0.50 - Write a Review »
Our Price
$99.95
Reward Money:
$3.49
This book provides a user-friendly introduction to the qualitative methods most commonly used in the mental health and psychotherapy arena.
Chapters are written by leading researchers and the editors are experienced qualitative researchers, clinical trainers, and mental health practitioners Provides chapter-by-chapter guidance on conducting a qualitative study from across a range of approaches Offers guidance on how to review and appraise existing qualitative literature, how to choose the most appropriate method, and how to consider ethical issues Demonstrates how specific methods have been applied to questions in mental health research Uses examples drawn from recent research, including research with service users, in mental health practice and in psychotherapy
Share your thoughts on the Qualitative Research Methods in Mental Health and Psychotherapy Psychology & Psychiatry eBook with others!
| Title of eBook: Qualitative Research Methods in Mental Health and Psychotherapy | |
| Release Date: 06-28-2011 | |
| Publisher: Wiley |
This eBook download is available in the following formats:
| Parent title | Qualitative Research Methods in... |
|---|---|
| Encrypted (DRM) | Yes |
| SKU | 9781119973256 |
| File size | 3387 |
| Security | n/a |
| Printing | Not allowed |
| Copying | Not allowed |
| Read aloud | No Sys requirements Download reader |
| Devices | Samsung Tablet, Apple Ipad & Iphone, Barnes & Noble Nook, Kobo eReader, Aluratek Libre, Iliad, Nokia, Blackberry, Hanlin |
| Note | Excellent navigation features are available via Adobe such as bookmarks and a quick access table of contents. Text search is easily accessible. An Adobe DRM-protected file is different than a pdf file in that it uses Adobe DRM (Digital Rights Management) technology, which authors and publishers use to protect their content from illegal online distribution and to set certain privileges such as restrictions on copying and printing. |
Qualitative Research Methods in Mental Health and Psychotherapy
Chapter One
IntroductionAndrew R. Thompson and David Harper
This book aims to provide a user-friendly introduction to the qualitative methods most commonly used in the mental health and psychotherapy arenas. A number of different professional groups and academic disciplines contribute to mental health care and our aim in putting together this book has been to create a text that shows how qualitative methods can generate knowledge specifically relevant to mental health and also to show how these approaches have the potential to improve practice and drive policy. We envisage this book being read by students, trainees and qualified practitioners from a variety of professions: clinical psychology; mental health nursing; social work; psychiatry; occupational therapy; family therapy; and those working in a wide variety of psychological therapies.
Mental health practitioners are used to working alongside their clients or with service users (we shall use these terms interchangeably throughout), with the aim of enhancing emotional well-being. Most will be trained to understand the phenomenon of mental distress from an individualized or idiographic perspective that acknowledges the role of social and cultural as well as biological influences upon behaviour, affect and experience. As such they will be used to 'collecting data' and 'making sense of' peoples' complex and rich personal histories and experiences in order to deliver care and support. Indeed, as we discuss below, several therapeutic approaches have their origins in qualitative and subjective exploration.
Although caution should be expressed in naively assuming counselling
...Read full excerpt from Qualitative Research Methods in Mental Health and Psychotherapy ebook
