The case studies of some of the patients the author has worked with are presented in this study. It raises the question of whether schizophrenia should be viewed as a disease that we really want to eradicate, or whether schizophrenia actually endows its sufferers with valuable qualities we should be nurturing - those who work closely with sufferes often report that they seem to have extra perceptions, empathy and sensitivity. This text should be of interest to anyone working with, or contemplating working, with schizophrenics, especially psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses and social workers.
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"This excellent book is written by a psychologist who has experience psychosis. His own case history and that of others should be essential reading for both trainees and graduates in the Mental Health Field. The Accounts and the Commentaries will be a useful resource for all teachers and students who are interested in countering reductionistic tendencies in the understanding and therapy of mental illness" – Brian Martindale, Consultant Psychiatrist, Early Intervention in Psychosis Service, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Trust
"Peter's writings have, to my mind, been some of the most moving and inspirational in the field of mental health." - Jerome Carson
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Peter K. Chadwick has lectured in psychology for the universities of Liverpool, Strathclyde, Birkbeck and Goldsmiths Colleges, London, and also for the Open University. He was Professor of Community Psychology at Boston University from 1991 to 1994. He retired from teaching in 2006 and was awarded the DSc by the University of Bristol in 2007 for his research over the past four decades
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I have been reading around the area of voices and psychosis for some time now and this was the first book for a while where it felt as though some new light were being shed on my understanding. The fact that Peter Chadwick has experience in what he writes about from both experiencer and psychogiser does not always translate into interesting, meaningful and importantly, useful writing (in my experience of people who have written about the subject having progressed into the professions within mental health the creative insights tend to be ironed out by the tedium of the training, myself included). Somehow, however, Mr Chadwick has managed to retain quite a lot of his experience and developed upon interesting and useful insights that he passes on to us here and I recommend this book mostly because of this.
No doubt the company he keeps (people within these pages also) has helped him in doing this.
Admittedly some of the content was a bit whacky for me but then I am reading it on the back of 17 years of conditioning by the psychiatric system!
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No doubt the company he keeps (people within these pages also) has helped him in doing this.
Admittedly some of the content was a bit whacky for me but then I am reading it on the back of 17 years of conditioning by the psychiatric system!
Good stuff!
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