'Doing fence-sitting': a discursive analysis of clinical psychologists' constructions of mental health and its impact on service-users

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'Doing fence-sitting': a discursive analysis of clinical psychologists' constructions of mental health and its impact on service-users

Introduction: The notion of mental health has been used to designate a range of concepts and a great deal of controversy surrounds discussions about the meaning of the construct. Despite its elusive nature, there is a growing body of research indicating that the ways in which healthcare professional...

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Main Author:	Lofgren, Axel
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	Clinical psychologist Healthcare professionals Mental health Mental illness Constructions Conceptualisations Discourse analysis Discursive psychology
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13655/

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