“Nothing About Me, Without Me”: Participatory Action Research with Self‐Help/Mutual Aid Organizations for Psychiatric Consumer/Survivors

Participatory action research with self‐help/mutual aid organizations for psychiatric consumer/survivors is reviewed. We begin by tracing the origins of and defining both participatory action research and self‐help/mutual aid. In so doing, the degree of correspondence between the assumptions/values...

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Published inAmerican journal of community psychology Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 881 - 912
Main Authors Nelson, Geoffrey, Ochocka, Joanna, Griffin, Kara, Lord, John
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 01.12.1998
Springer
Plenum Press
Blackwell Science Ltd
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Humans
Medical sciences
Mental Disorders - psychology
Mental Disorders - rehabilitation
Mental health
Organization of mental health. Health systems
Organizations
Participation
participatory action research
psychiatric consumer/survivors
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Self help
Self-Help Groups
self-help/mutual aid
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Social Support
Survivors - psychology
United States
North America
America
Human
Participation
Treatment
Mental health
Mental disorder
Group psychotherapy
Public health
Social support
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Summary:Participatory action research with self‐help/mutual aid organizations for psychiatric consumer/survivors is reviewed. We begin by tracing the origins of and defining both participatory action research and self‐help/mutual aid. In so doing, the degree of correspondence between the assumptions/values of participatory action research and those of self‐help/mutual aid for psychiatric consumer/survivors is examined. We argue that participatory action research and self‐help/mutual aid share four values in common: (a) empowerment, (b) supportive relationships, (c) social change, and (d) learning as an ongoing process. Next, selected examples of participatory action research with psychiatric consumer/survivor‐controlled self‐help/mutual aid organizations which illustrate these shared values are provided. We conclude with recommendations of how the key values can be promoted in both the methodological and substantive aspects of future participatory action research with self‐help/mutual aid organizations for psychiatric consumer/survivors.
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ISSN:0091-0562
1573-2770
DOI:10.1023/A:1022298129812