The Palgrave Handbook of Adult Mental Health

This Handbook gathers together empirical and theoretical chapters from leading scholars and clinicians to examine the broad issue of adult mental health. The contributors draw upon data from a variety of contexts to illustrate the multiple ways in which language as action can assist us in better understanding the discursive practices that surround adult mental health. Conversation and discourse analysis are useful, related approaches for the study of mental health conditions, particularly when underpinned by a social constructionist framework. In the field of mental health, the use of these two approaches is growing, with emergent implications for adults with mental health conditions, their practitioners, and/or their families.

Divided into four parts; Reconceptualising Mental Health and Illness; Naming, Labelling and Diagnosing; The Discursive Practice of Psychiatry; and Therapy and Interventions; this Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of current debates regarding adult mental health.



Michelle O'Reilly is Senior Lecturer at the University of Leicester, Greenwood Institute of Child Health, UK. She specialises in discourse and conversation analysis of child mental health interactions. Michelle has a particular interest in childhood autism and has published books and papers in both mental health and autism.

Jessica Nina Lester is Assistant Professor at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA. She teaches research methods courses, including discourse analysis. Her research is focused on the study and development of qualitative methodologies, with much of her work positioned at the intersection of discourse studies and disability studies.

Jill Annison, Plymouth University, UK
Beth Angell, Rutgers University, USA 
Charles Antaki, Loughborough University, UK 
Tim Auburn, Plymouth, UK 
Rochelle (Robbie) Babins-Wagner, University of Calgary, Canada 
Jörg R. Bergmann, University of Bielefeld, Germany 
Galina B. Bolden, Rutgers, USA 
Claire Bone, Cygnet Derby, UK 
Ric Bowl, University of Birmingham, UK 
Elizabeth Bromley, University of California, USA 
Marie Crowe, University of Otago, New Zealand 
Alison Davies, Open University, UK 
Sushi Dobbinson, Humber Mental Health NHS Trust, UK 
Mary Farrelly, Dublin City University, Ireland 
Mick Finlay, Anglia Ruskin University, UK 
Kerrie Ford, University of Bristol, UK 
Naima Fowlis, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Andrea Garner, private practitioner 
Kenneth J. Gergen, Swarthmore College, USA 
David Giles, University of Winchester, UK 
Daniel Gilling, Plymouth University, UK 
Gisella Hanley Santos, Plymouth University, UK 
Mike Kazelton, University of Newcastle, UK 
Julie Hepworth, Queensland University of Technology, Australia 
Benno Herzog, University of Valencia, Spain 
Mary Horton-Salway, Open University, UK 
Marcus Jepson, University of Bristol, UK 
Sandra C. Jones, Australian Catholic University, Australia
Nikki Kiyimba, NHS, UK 
Joyce Lamerichs, VU University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Jessica Nina Lester, Indiana University, USA 
Milena Lisboa, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil 
Michael A. Mancini, Saint Louis University, USA 
Nichola Narchant, Derbyshire Social Services, UK 
Rose McCabe, University of Exeter Medical School, UK 
Chris McVittie, Queen Margaret University, UK 
Lisa Mikesell, Rutgers University, USA  <
Chiara M. Monzoni, University of Helsinki, Finland 
Peter Muntigl, Simon Fraser University, Canada 
Ottar Ness, University College of Southeast Norway, Norway
Michelle O'Reilly, University of Leicester, UK 
Anssi Peräkylä, University of Helsinki, Finland 
Marco Pino, Loughborough University, UK 
Lisa Ponting, People First, UK 
H. Lorraine Radtke, University of Calgary, Canada 
Andrew Reeves, University of Liverpool, UK 
Markus Reuber, University of Sheffield, UK
Carles Roca-Cuberes, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain 
Rachel Rossiter, University of Griffith, Australia 
Joe Sempik, University of Nottingham, UK 
Cordet Smart, Plymouth University, UK 
Mary Jane P. Spink, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil 
Henderikus Stam, University of Calgary, Canada 
Wyke Stommel, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Tom Strong, University of Calgary, Canada 
Dennis Tay, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Matthew Thatcher, Arkansas State University, USA 
Laura Thompson, Loughborough University, UK 
Liisa Voutilainen, University of Helsinki, Finland 
Chris Walton, Lancaster University, UK 
Val Williams, University of Bristol, UK 
Lynere Wilson, University of Otago, New Zealand 
Michaela Zverina, University of Calgary, Canada

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Examining Mental Health through Social Constructionism Michelle O'Reilly, Jessica Nina Lester

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A Practical Guide to Social Interaction Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders Michelle O'Reilly, Jessica Nina Lester, Tom Muskett

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