Dr Amy Chandler is a sociologist special-ising
in mental health, particularly self-harm and
suicide, health services research and
qualitative, life-story methods. Her research
is concerned with the following: the
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importance of bodies to under-standing 'lived
experience'; the impact of communication on
mental health and family life; the ways in
which embodied practices become
medicalised; and how health related
practices are negotiated in medical and other
settings.
Amy's current research is on an NHS Lothian
funded project, exploring under-standings
about parenting capacity and parenting
support among drug users and service
providers.
Alongside this, Amy remains active in
disseminating and developing work from her
doctoral research on self-harm. The research
comprised a sociological analysis of selfinjury,
with a focus on embodiment.y