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…
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…
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…
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…
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…