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May 8, 2023 18 tweets 9 min read Read on X
Attempting to create more accessible work. Not perfect.. but what follows is a summary 🧵of a paper my supervisors and I wrote about the way peer workers are implicated in particular problems constructed through Aust mental health policy. Image
We recognize and value the work of activists that has contributed to peer work being included in MH policy. Whilst not wanting to undermine this work, we attend to some of the limits of current inclusionary practices Image
Our approach is informed by Carol Bacchi’s work on problem representation and politically informed by #Madstudies. Bacchi’s work can be found here: carolbacchi.com Image
We suggest peer workers are implicated in 2 problems constructed within MH policy, both of which are underpinned by biomedical logic of a ‘broken’ individual. These are produced as problems through policy. Image
Peer workers are produced as service connectors and role models, producing the problem as the individual who needs ‘fixing’ and ‘treatment’. Image
An alternative problem is also constructed within Aust MH policy, where peer workers are produced as the potential solution to a lack of recovery orientated and stigmatising services. But here the problem is produced as individual worker attitudes… Image
...And is only constructed as an issue because it prevents people being treated. Image
The way in which these problems and solutions are produced silence alternative ways of thinking/being/doing Image
These constructions also have potentially limiting effects for peer workers & those seeking, or forced into, mental health services Image
Some of these effects captured in this report in partnership with @VMIAC : socialequity.unimelb.edu.au/news/latest/le… Image
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Peer workers are also constructed through these 'problems' as a universal subject, reinforcing the whiteness of peer work Image
The continuing slippage between the language of 'peer work' and 'peer support work' reflects the system's ongoing preferencing of support work over other forms of lived exp/peer roles, including systemic advocacy Image
peer workers are thus constructed within 'problems' that involve reform rather than transformation, with little power to do so from their subject positioning and often at a high emotional/mental cost Image
We speak about how this assimilation version of inclusion is also produced through mental health research in this OA article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10… Image
We've started thinking about how we might imagine otherwise, but still have a long way to go. Ive had the privilege of speaking with brilliant peer workers who have prompted my thinking in this area and I hope to write about this soon! Image
For a copy of this paper, please DM me here or on researchgate: researchgate.net/profile/Aimee-…
Im working towards my work being more accessible, but ack. Ive got a long way to go; feedback welcome

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May 16, 2023
Hi folks, 🧵summary of paper published by @BJofSW available free here: tinyurl.com/ybsntx2t Re-reading this paper, I’m struck by how damn complicated I write and how much I shove into one article! So apologies in advance for those of you who venture into the actual paper 🙈 Slide capture: orange backg...
In this paper, we critique dominant enactments of professional boundaries & attempt to think about boundaries differently. Our thinking is prompted by a bunch of things: incl. discussions with peer support workers, Mad studies, posthumanist theorising, our own experiences
Its important to preface our work w/acknowledgment that boundaries are important given the vulnerable situations individuals seeking, or forced, into mental health services find themselves in. MHS are rife with unethical practices, Slide capture: orange backg...
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