Sam

Sam is a young man recovering from severe mental illness. We introduced Sam in the Handbook and he makes regular appearances throughout this Manual. He is of course a fictional character, being a composite of many people we have worked with in our own practice experience. We hope that readers will find Sam to be a recognisable person who embodies many of the challenges and struggles associated with the recovery process. Sam has been a great help to us as we seek to make psychosocial rehabilitation a living process rather than an abstraction.

The authors

The authors have professional backgrounds in the fields of mental health nursing, psychology and occupational therapy. Some are primarily in service provision roles and others work primarily in research and teaching. Most of the authors are based in Australia, which has a strong international reputation in mental health because of its history of service planning and service innovation. However, the authors also bring rich international experience as a result of training, working or undertaking research or practice in various parts of North America and Europe. We have provided some additional information about the contributing editors.

Robert King is a clinical psychologist and professor in the School of Psychology and Counselling at Queensland University of Technology. He is an editor of the international journal Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

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