Medicated Roll up, roll up Join me on the medication trolley I’ve been on it for years I’ve been Largactiled with bitter syrup I’ve been Pimozided & Mellarilled & numbed I was so Stelazined I was like a cat on a hot tin roof I’ve been Modectated into a shuffle Read more…
Cold Chemical Comfort After Wislawa Szymborska I’m an antipsychotic I mend broken minds Let me turn your paranoia into trust Your confusion into clarity I’ll expel those voices And tame your wild delusions I’ll numb your pain and deaden your anxiety I know how to lighten your load In the Read more…
Cheryl McGeachan writes: On Wednesday the 24th October the sixth Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival Awards were held in Edinburgh. This was my second visit to the awards and once again I was overwhelmed by the talent and bravery displayed in the pieces. As the lights in the Read more…
Reassembling the Self (Susan Aldworth) is an exhibition on two sites in Newcastle, the Hatton Gallery and Vane. Centred in a study of the condition of schizophrenia, it weaves together art, science, psychiatry and individual histories in an, exploration of self, perception and the fragility of human identity. For further information, Read more…
It was a great pleasure yesterday to participate in the final Beckett and Brain Science workshop coordinated by Elizabeth Barry and her colleagues at Warwick University. The project, funded through the AHRC Science in Culture stream, is the brainchild of Elizabeth Barry (Warwick), Laura Salisbury (Birkbeck) and Ulrika Maude (Bristol, Read more…
A breath-taking state of affairs Like most people working in the field of mental health, I am well aware of the stigma associated with schizophrenia as well as the appalling 15-20 year reduction in life expectancy that people with this diagnosis face (e.g., Laursen, 2011; Hennekens et al., 2005). However, Read more…
I’m currently finishing a paper in preparation for a seminar at the University of Sydney in early July. The title of the talk is “Schizophrenia: The Future of Our Fascination?” and the invitation to elaborate on some of the ideas raised in my book has come from our close medical Read more…
Congratulations (There are more voices in the debate over what is/causes schizophrenia than are in my head. It is a madness of theory. Who has the sane voice?) Congratulations, you are a member Of one per cent of the population Now that you have schizophrenia let me tell you Your Read more…