Brief Biography

Ms. Gladstone received her honours BA as an English Specialist from the University of Toronto and worked previously in film-making. Her research has focused on the use of qualitative and quantitative methods to examine health and mental health issues with an emphasis on intensive interviewing, participant observation and the facilitation of focus groups. She also has extensive experience in facilitating parent/family support groups. Research interests focus on participatory research, the lived experience of people with serious and persistent mental illness, homelessness, social housing and support for marginalized people, hospital and community partnerships and model programs in those settings. Current interests also include an inter-disciplinary approach to understanding health/mental health issues for families, children and clinicians. Ms. Gladstone has published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at conferences internationally.

Publications

Boydell, K.M., Gladstone, B.M. and Volpe, T. (2003). Interpreting narratives of motivation and schizophrenia: A biopsychosocial understanding. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 26(4):422-426.

Boydell, K.M. and Gladstone, B.M. (2002). The knowledge resource base: Beginning the dialogue. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health. 21(1):19-33.

Boydell, K.M., Gladstone, B.M. and Crawford, E. (2002). The dialectics of friendship for people with serious mental illness. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. 26(2):121-129.