Call for Papers: QRMH3 The Third Qualitative Research on Mental Health Conference. Nottingham, UK. August 25th – 27th 2010.
mars 12th, 2010
Qualitative mental health research focuses on questions pertaining to individual, social, and cultural meanings related to mental health. These include, for example, how victims of mental health problems make sense of their experiences, how the victim’s social milieu can enhance or hinder recovery from their difficulties, and what happens in treatment settings and encounters.
QRMH1 was held in Tampere, Finland in 2006. It attracted over 120 participants from three continents and 11 countries. QRMH2 was also held in Tampere, in 2008, and also attracted a similar degree of international interest.
QRMH3 is to be held at the University of Nottingham, UK between August 25th and 27th 2010.
This time the theme is to be:
The Disabled Self. Theoretical and Empirical Approaches to Stigma and Recovery.
Illness, whether physical or mental, has important social dimensions. The success with which anyone recovers their autonomy and independence after an episode of illness reflects far more than just how tissues have healed or infection resolved. Social support, professional attitudes, esteem and other features of psychological adjustment all play their part.
These are important in determining and limiting disability and they are particularly important in mental health where boundaries between illness and social constructs are far from clear and often openly disputed.
QRMH3 will focus upon these matters. Stigma, and recovery from illness can both be viewed as developments of ‘self’, whether as how an individual is viewed by others, or as how they view themselves. Keynotes will include accounts of mental and physical patient-hood, methodological approaches to understanding constructions and development of ‘self’ in relation to experiences of illness and health services, and differing theoretical accounts.
The conference will be of interest to health and social care professionals from all backgrounds but particularly those with an interest in the management of chronic conditions, rehabilitation and mental health: psychological and social scientists and health policy makers.
Please visit http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Sociology/QRMH3/Index.aspx for further details, confirmed speakers, instructions about abstract submission and registration.