Parr, H. , Philo, C. and Burns, N. (2004) Social geographies of rural mental health: experiencing inclusions and exclusions. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 29(4), pp. 401-419. (doi: 10.1111/j.0020-2754.2004.00138.x)
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Publisher's URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0020-2754.2004.00138.x
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: | Articles |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Community Mental Health Services, Highlands (Scotland), Human Geography, Mental Health, Rural Health Services, Rural Mental Health Services, Scotland |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Burns, Dr Nicola and Parr, Professor Hester and Philo, Professor Christopher |
| Authors: | Parr, H., Philo, C., and Burns, N. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > General Practice and Primary Care College of Science and Engineering > School of Geographical and Earth Sciences |
| Journal Name: | Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers |
| Publisher: | Blackwell Publishing |
| ISSN: | 0020-2754 |
| ISSN (Online): | 0020-2754 |
| Published Online: | 20 December 2004 |
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