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Out of Darkness Comes Light – mysteriously beautiful photographs from a bedbound sufferer

Out of Darkness Comes Light – mysteriously beautiful photographs from a bedbound sufferer By Penny Clare “I was mostly confined to bed in a dark room – for years, and years, and years. At some point, in this isolated sea, I started taking photos. From my bed, in the dark. Read more…

By mdiclhumanities, 7 years ago
Publications

Our Encounters with Self-Harm – New Edited Collection by PCCS Books

Our Encounters with Self Harm Edited by Charley Baker, Clare Shaw and Fran Biley PCCS books This collection brings together a range of voices on the theme of self-harm – from those who have experienced self-harm directly, alongside the friends, family and staff who live and work with self-harm. Too Read more…

By medh, 7 years3 years ago
Seminars and Lectures

Seeing through the patient’s eyes (Café Scientifique, Newcastle, 21 October 2013)

Café Scientifique: Seeing through the patient’s eyes Chris Graham (Picker Institute, Oxford) Ginger’s Café, Dance City, Temple Street, NE1 4BR 21st October 2013, 19:00 – 21:00 Patient feedback is a key measure of NHS performance: but can patients rate the quality of healthcare? Chris Graham, Picker Institute, Oxford explores methods to Read more…

By medh, 7 years3 years ago
CMH Publications

Rethinking Approaches to Illness Narratives (Special Issue of the Journal of Literature & Science)

We are delighted to reproduce with permission Keir Waddington and Martin Willis’s introduction to a special issue of the Journal of Literature and Science on “Rethinking Approaches to Illness Narratives.” The special issue in part arose from Off Sick: Narratives of Illness Past and Present, a project coordinated by the Read more…

By medh, 7 years3 years ago
Seminars and Lectures

First-person accounts of psychosis: challenges for mental health professionals – Gail Hornstein (Public Lecture, Sheffield Hallam University, 31 May 2013)

First-person accounts of psychosis: challenges for mental health professionals Professor Gail A Hornstein Friday 31 May 2013 5 for 5.30pm Room 9130, Cantor Building, Sheffield Hallam University City Campus S1 2NU A vast gulf exists between the way medicine explains psychiatric illness and the experiences of those who suffer. Professor Hornstein’s lecture helps Read more…

By medh, 8 years3 years ago
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