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The Knowledge Resource Base: Beginning the Dialogue

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
April 2002

Abstract

The Knowledge Resource Base (KRB) is a conceptual approach to the various types of knowledge used to understand and make sense of mental illness. It is an attempt to go beyond the everyday notion that real knowledge is in the hands of clinical experts and that consumers/survivors, families, and the public have little to contribute. There are four components to the KRB, each of which represents a different perspective or type of knowledge about mental illness; medical/clinical, social scientific, experiential, and customary/traditional. The purpose of this paper is to explore the medical/clinical and experiential components of the KRB by initiating a dialogue between consumers/survivors, families, and mental health professionals regarding these components. The strengths and weaknesses of each component are identified through individual interviews and a focus group.

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La base de ressources des connaissances (Knowledge Resource Base ou KRB) représente une approche conceptuelle face aux divers types de connaissances qui sont utilisées pour comprendre et rationaliser la maladie mentale. Cette approche cherche à outrepasser la perception largement répandue selon laquelle les véritables connaissances sont entièrement entre les mains des experts cliniques et donc que la contribution potentielle des consommateurs et consommatrices, des familles et du public demeure négligeable. L'approche KRB compte quatre volets correspondant à 4 perspectives ou types de connaissances distinctes sur la maladie mentale: médicales/cliniques, fondées sur l'expérience, fondées sur les sciences humaines et coutumières/traditionnelles. Le but de cet article est d'explorer 2 des volets, soit les connaissances médicales/cliniques et fondées sur l'expérience, en instaurant un dialogue entre les consommateurs et consommatrices, les familles et les professionnelles et professionnels en santé mentale. On identifie les forces et les faiblesses de chaque volet au moyen d'entrevues individuelles et d'un groupe de discussion.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 21Number 1April 2002
Pages: 19 - 33

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Version of record online: 12 May 2009

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Katherine M. Boydell
The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto
Brenda M. Gladstone
The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto
Elaine Stasiulis Crawford

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