Social geographies of rural mental health: experiencing inclusions and exclusions

Parr, Hester and Philo, Chris and Burns, Nicola (2004) Social geographies of rural mental health: experiencing inclusions and exclusions. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 29 (4). pp. 401-419. ISSN 0020-2754

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Abstract

A dominant urban focus in previous research on the social geographies of mental health has obscured the experiences of people with mental health problems living in rural localities. Critiquing this urban focus, we report on research conducted in the rural and remote Scottish Highlands. Evidence derived from in-depth interviews with over 100 users of psychiatric services in the Highlands is deployed to investigate the complex socio-spatial dynamics of inclusion and exclusion experienced by these users on a daily basis. A discussion of the explanations that usersthemselvesoffer of their experiences is accompanied by a theoretical framing of these issues pivoting on relations of proximity distance and intimacy repulsion.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1900/1904
Subjects:
?? community mental health serviceshighlands (scotland)human geographymental healthrural health servicesrural mental health services,scotlandearth-surface processesgeography, planning and development ??
ID Code:
79581
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Deposited On:
17 May 2016 10:06
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
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15 Jul 2024 16:02