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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787517503321

Titolo

Voicing psychotic experiences : a reconsideration of recovery and diversity / / edited by Ruth Chandler and Mark Hayward

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Brighton : , : OLM-Pavilion, , [2009]

©2009

ISBN

1-908993-86-3

1-908993-01-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ChandlerRuth

HaywardMark

Soggetti

Psychoses

Psychoses - Treatment

Psychoses - Patients - Rehabilitation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Notes on the contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Shirley's legs; Chapter 2 Discovering me; Chapter 3 How I gained and continue to maintain my well-being - the fear is often worse than the reality; Chapter 4 Thank God for the trees; Chapter 5 The Subterranean lift; Chapter 6 Pause for thought; Chapter 7 Recovery from schizophrenia? A carer's perspective; Chapter 8 Lying on a mattress on the floor; Chapter 9 Recovery - adventures in being; Chapter 10 Re-covering recovery: dancing with difference in the hope of the yet to come; Conclusion

Sommario/riassunto

Voicing Psychotic Experiences explores the process of recovery from psychosis, although is applicable to recovery from all mental health problems, by looking at definitions, research, diversity and personal experiences. This handbook presents a series of recovery narratives with the aim of giving an insight into the process of recovery with each chapter clearly pulling out 'lessons learnt' for practice. The authors challenge the notion that one single model of recovery can be an adequate operational model and they instead offer a qualitative evidence base for understanding psychotic experie