an ethnography of mental health care and moral agency Myers, Neely Laurenzo creator text bibliography tnu 2015 monographic eng

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191 p. "In 2003 the Bush Administration's New Freedom Commission asked mental health service providers to begin promoting "recovery" rather than churning out long-term, "chronic" mental health service users. Recovery's Edge sends us to urban America to view the inner workings of a mental health clinic run, in part, by people who are themselves "in recovery" from mental illness. In this provocative narrative, Neely Myers sweeps us up in her own journey through three years of ethnographic research at this unusual site, providing a nuanced account of different approaches to mental health care. Recovery's Edge critically examines the high bar we set for people in recovery through intimate stories of people struggling to find meaningful work, satisfying relationships, and independent living. This book is a recipient of the Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Prize from Vanderbilt University Press for the best book in the area of medicine"-- HKBU library Neely Laurenzo Myers. YT2025 M09 Community Mental Health Services United States Anthropology, Cultural United States Mental Disorders rehabilitation United States Mentally Ill Persons United States Peer Group United States RA790 M996 R 2015 9780826520791 9780826520807 SDU 150312