Invisible Forces

Mental Health Therapists, Academics, and Leaders with Lived Experience of Mental Health Challenges
Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-1-009-27273-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten

Mental health professionals know firsthand how societal stigma may prevent many individuals from seeking care. What has been discussed less, however, is the experience of mental health providers who themselves are dealing with a serious mental illness. This book aims to educate readers about the contributions of and discrimination against mental health professionals who manage mental health challenges, providing support and proposing new avenues for research, advocacy, and organizational change. Each chapter features a comprehensive review of the relevant empirical literature, brought to life through personal narratives. Many also provide strategic recommendations for addressing the systemic impact of exclusion and stigma on the mental health profession and broader culture as a whole. Designed for academic educators, clinicians, and researchers, as well as individuals managing mental health challenges, this volume is a valuable resource for undergraduate and graduate courses in diversity, disability, mental health, as well as industrial and organizational psychology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harris, J. Irene

Hardy, Kate V.

Glynn, Shirley M.

Boyd, Jennifer E.

Hayes, Stephania L.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements; Introduction Andrea M. Cooke and J. Irene Harris; 1. We Are Here Juli Vierthaler and Melinda Douangratdy; 2. Mental Health Questions on Health Professional Licensure Application: Problems and Progress Richard R. Owen Jr.; 3. Behind Enemy Lines: The Impact of Working in the Closet Jane Doe; 4. Standing in the Gap: Navigating Academia and a Mental Health Condition Michelle R. Munson and Bonnie M. Lawrence; 5. I am Not Your Magical Negro: Black Lived Experience of Mental Health Activists Keris Jän Myrick and Kelechi Ubozoh; 6. It's Not My Imagination: Bullying in the Workplace Martin Merceret; 7. Getting Healthcare Kelsey Grimes; 8. Promoting Inclusion of Lived Experience (LE) in Every Facet of Mental Health Research Shirley M. Glynn, Jennifer E. Boyd, and J. Irene Harris; 9. Coming Out: Changing the Culture Carlos A. Larrauri and Matthew Racher; 10. Asian American Caregivers For Severe Mental Illness: A Qualitative Scoping Review Juliann Li Verdugo; 11. Peer Support: Past, Present, and Future Shannon Pagdon, Alishia Dauterive and J. Irene Harris; 12. Becoming Allies to Mental Health Colleagues with Lived Experience Kate V. Hardy and Shirley M. Glynn; Editors' Conclusion J. Irene Harris, Jennifer E. Boyd, Shirley M. Glynn, Kate V. Hardy, and Stephania L. Hayes; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Boyd, Jennifer E.
Jennifer E. Boyd is a psychologist and recently retired Psychology Director at the San Francisco VA. She has publicly shared her personal experience with mental illness and founded the VA Mental Health Lived Experience Community of Practice. Her published works mainly focus on the internalized stigma of mental illness.

Hardy, Kate V.
Kate V. Hardy is a Clinical Professor at Stanford University and California Licensed Psychologist. She has specialized in working with individuals with psychosis for over 20 years across research, service development, and clinical settings.

Harris, J. Irene
J. Irene Harris is a psychologist who has publicly shared her lived experience of a mental health challenge. She has been the lived experience representative for an American Psychological Association Task Force as well as chair of a community of practice for mental health providers with lived experience.

Hayes, Stephania L.
Stephania L. Hayes is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Davis working to elevate service user perspectives in early psychosis intervention programs and research. She is a mental health services researcher, an occupational therapist, and peer support specialist with over thirty years of experience with recovery.

Glynn, Shirley M.
Shirley M. Glynn is a licensed psychologist who has spent her professional life developing and testing psychosocial interventions to improve life with serious mental illnesses. She is a past president of the American Psychological Association's Division 18 (Psychologists in Public Service) and received its Distinguished Career Award in 2020.