Department Member, Sociology
Thesis Title: User involvement in mental health services: a feminist critical discursive analysis
About
I have recently completed my Post-Doctoral studies in the Department of Sociology at the University of Warwick on the topic of my PhD research which explored service user involvement in mental health services from a feminist, critical discourse analytic perspective. Currently, my research and teaching interests span the following areas:
• Sociology of mental health, focusing on service user and feminist perspectives and the politics of mental health and mental health services
• Sociology of education, particularly the educational experiences of working class women and social mobility
• Critical pedagogies in adult and community education
• Gender and community action
• Qualitative researching, including feminist approaches and discourse analysis
I am co-convenor of the Sociology of Mental Health Study Group of the British Sociological Association [BSA] Medical Sociology Group (see: www.britsoc.co.uk/medical/MedSocMentalHealth.htm) and a member of the BSA Medical Sociology Group committee (see: www.britsoc.co.uk/medical/)
Further details about my research work can be found on the ESRC Society Today web site: http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/esrcinfocentre/viewawardpage.aspx?aw
Publications
Journal Articles
• Lewis, L. (2009), Politics of recognition: what can a human rights perspective contribute to understanding users’ experiences of involvement in mental health services? Social Policy and Society (themed section), 8 (2), April (forthcoming).
• Lewis, L. (2009). Mental Health and Human Rights: A Common Agenda for Service User/Survivor and Women’s Groups? Policy and Politics, 37 (1): 75-92.
• Lewis, L. (2007). Epistemic Authority and the Gender Lens. Sociological Review, 55 (2): 273-292.
• Lewis, L. (2005). User Involvement within Scottish Mental Health Policy: Locating Power and Inequality. Scottish Affairs, 51 (Spring): 79-107.
• Lewis, L. (2003). Shared decision-making in psychiatric consultations: the need to bridge the gap between user and provider perspectives. Mental Health Nursing, 23 (6): 4-6.
Journal special issues
• Lewis, L. (2009) (Ed.), Mental Health and Human Rights: Social Policy and Sociological Perspectives. Social Policy and Society (themed section), 8 (2), April.
• Anne Rogers, Lydia Lewis and Louise Woodward (2007) (Eds.), Re-locating the sociology of mental health and illness. Journal of Mental health (special issue), Vol. 16 (3).
Editorials
• Rogers, A., Lewis, L. and Woodward, L. (2007), ‘Re-locating the sociology of mental health and illness’, Journal of Mental Health (special issue), Vol. 16 (3): 287-9.
• Lewis, L. (2009), ‘Mental health and human rights: social policy and sociological perspectives’, Social Policy and Society (themed section), 8 (2), April (forthcoming).
Professional newsletters
• Lewis, L. (2008). Recognising the views of mental health service users: how can the new equality and human rights agenda help? Involve Newsletter, Spring: 6-7.
• Yuill, C. and Lewis, L. (2003). Interview with Mike Hepworth. Medical Sociology News, 29 (2): 34-9.
Other
• Lewis, L., (2009), ‘Key sources on mental health and human rights’, Social Policy and Society (themed section), 8 (2), April (forthcoming).
Contact Information
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/sociology/staff/research/lydialewis
