This volume studies joint decision making in mental health care contexts
through an in-depth examination of the negotiations of power and
authority at the level of turn-by-turn sequential unfolding of
interaction.
Bringing together research at the intersection of mental health,
discourse and conversation analysis it examines a wide range of settings
including chronic psychiatric visits, rehabilitation meetings,
occupational therapy encounters and cognitive behavioral therapy
appointments. It presents a series of studies which reveal in close
detail the joint decision-making processes in these critical encounters
by using naturally occurring video-recorded interactions from a range of
health service settings as data. In so doing, it sheds light on the
interactional practices of health care workers that may facilitate or
discourage client participation in joint decision-making processes.
The book will provide important insights for academics and practitioners
working in the fields of psychology, psychotherapy, applied linguistics,
nursing, social work and rehabilitation; and in particular for those
specializing in psychiatry and mental health.