File(s) under permanent embargo
The historical context of the risk paradigm in mental health policy and practice: how did we get here?
chapter
posted on 2023-06-09, 03:33 authored by J Warner, N Rovinelli Heller, Elaine SharlandElaine Sharland, S StanfordThis first chapter of the book defines the nature and character of the risk paradigm and gives an account of how it has come to dominate policy and practice in mental health across the USA, Australasia and Europe. The chapter draws on literature dating back to the 1990s in order to critically analyse the shift away from concepts such as dangerousness and need that have previously been dominant in mental health policy and practice. It will highlight ways in which the narrow refocusing on specific kinds of risk, particularly violence to others, has served to exacerbate stigmatizing experiences for mental health service users/consumers. At the same time, this refocusing has silenced narratives concerning the vast array of risks that many people experience on a daily basis. The chapter will explore policies of ‘deinstitutionalisation’ and their impact, and it will analyse how the idea of risk has travelled and changed through time, particularly in the past 40 years. It will briefly explore risk across national boundaries, 2 and also across the different constituencies of practice, service user experiences, public perceptions, media and the political domain. The main aim of the chapter is to provide a reference point for succeeding chapters, to show how moving ‘beyond the risk paradigm’ can be understood.
History
Publication status
- Published
File Version
- Accepted version
Publisher
PalgraveBook title
Beyond the Risk Paradigm in Mental Health Policy and PracticePlace of publication
BasingstokeISBN
9781137441355Series
Beyond the Risk ParadigmDepartment affiliated with
- Social Work and Social Care Publications
Full text available
- No
Peer reviewed?
- Yes
Editors
Nina Rovinelli Heller, Elaine Sharland, Sonya Stanford, Joanne WarnerLegacy Posted Date
2016-10-17First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2016-10-17Usage metrics
Categories
No categories selectedKeywords
Licence
Exports
RefWorks
BibTeX
Ref. manager
Endnote
DataCite
NLM
DC