Researching Persons with Mental Illness

by Rosalind J. Dworkin

Book Overview

Can the mentally ill be interviewed? What kind of reliability can be expected in their responses? What about the ethics of informed consent? Although standard social science methodologies have been used successfully to study mental health, researching issues with mentally ill individuals introduces unique theoretical and methodological issues.

Focusing on the study of mentally ill adults at the individual level of analysis, this book explores...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803936044
• ISBN13: 9780803936041
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: Sage Publications
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.6"