Qualitative Research Methods in Mental Health and Psychotherapy: A Guide for Students and Practitioners

Acknowledgements.

PART I Getting Started.

1 Introduction (Andrew R. Thompson and David Harper).

2 Identifying and Synthesizing Qualitative Literature (Rachel L. Shaw).

3 Ethical Issues in Qualitative Mental Health Research (Andrew R. Thompson and Eleni Chambers).

4 Participation and Service User Involvement (Alison Faulkner).

5 Qualitative Data Collection: Asking the Right Questions (Hannah Frith and Kate Gleeson).

6 Qualitative Methods for Studying Psychotherapy Change Processes (Robert Elliott).

7 Choosing a Qualitative Research Method (David Harper).

PART II Methods.

8 Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis in Mental Health and Psychotherapy Research (Michael Larkin and Andrew R. Thompson).

9 Existentialist-Informed Hermeneutic Phenomenology (Carla Willig and Abigail Billin).

10 Grounded Theory Methods for Mental Health Practitioners (Alison Tweed and Kathy Charmaz).

11 Discourse Analysis (Eugenie Georgaca and Evrinomy Avdi).

12 Narrative Psychology (Michael Murray and Sally Sargeant).

13 Ethnomethodology/Conversation Analysis (Mark Rapley).

14 Q Methodological Research in Mental Health and Psychotherapy (Wendy Stainton Rogers and Phillip O. Dyson).

15 Thematic Analysis (Helene Joffe).

PART III Establishing Good Quality Qualitative Research in Mental Health.

16 In Pursuit of Quality (Liz Spencer and Jane Ritchie).

17 Emerging Issues and Future Directions (David Harper and Andrew R. Thompson).

Index.