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QRMH3
The Third Qualitative Research on
Mental Health Conference.
Nottingham, UK. August 25th
– 27th 2010.
Final call for
papers and discounted registration.
The advertised
deadline for submission of abstracts is March 31st 2010.
Registrations
received before April 30th 2010 enjoy an early bird discount.
We need to hear
from you soon!
Visit http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Sociology/QRMH3/Index.aspx
for further details, confirmed speakers, instructions about abstract submission
and registration.
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.
Emily
Frisby
Secretary
and Postgraduate Assistant
Room
B41a, School of Sociology & Social Policy
Faculty
of Social Sciences
The
University of Nottingham
University
Park
NG7
2RD
T:
0115 84 67725
www.nottingham.ac.uk/sociology
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