Should be of interest to some: apologies for cross-posting
Tom
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> From: Vilma "Hänninen" <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Narrative in health and related fields
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> Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 13:21:36 +0300
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Qualitative Mental Health Reseach network
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> Dear listmembers,
>
> Those of you who are doing research on mental health might be interested in
> joining the new Qualitative Mental Health Research network (see below).
>
> With best wishes,
>
> Vilma Hänninen
>
>
>
> QUALITATIVE MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH NETWORK
>
>
> In last two decades, there has been a growing interest in qualitative
> research on the subjective and cultural meanings of illness and health in
> various disciplines. At the same time, there has been relatively little
> qualitative research investigating mental health problems, and people
> working in this field have found it difficult to make contact with each
> other for sharing ideas.
>
> As the biomedical conception of mental health problems has become so
> dominant, it is important to strengthen the voice of alternative ways of
> looking at the kinds of suffering that are
> today labelled as mental disorders.
>
> At the recent Narrative Matters Conference held in Fredericton, Canada,
> there were several people studying mental health questions who expressed
> their wish to be in touch with each other. In connection with this
> conference, we (Vilma Hänninen and Janet Stoppard) met each other and
> started to plan a network of qualitative mental health researchers. As a
> starting point, the network could establish an e-mail list for discussion.
> We also began to make plans for organising a conference on qualitative
> mental health research in Finland within the next two years.
>
> Would you like to participate in such a a network?
> If yes, please join the e-mail list by sending the message
> to: [log in to unmask]
> subject: (leave empty)
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> SUBSCRIBE qualimentalhealth Firstname Lastname
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> If you vae any problems in joining the list, please send a message directly
> to Vilma Hänninen (<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]).
>
> We look forward to hearing from you!
>
> Vilma Hänninen
> University of Tampere
> Finland
>
> Janet Stoppard
> University of New Brunswick
> Canada
>
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