The letters, journals and scribbled observations of David, diagnosed with schizophrenia, have been collated for a new book. A positive piece published in the Guardian, 5th July 2011 by Mary O’Hara about this important new book – David’s Box: The journal and letters of a young man diagnosed as schizophrenic, 1960-1971, for which I have written a […]
This is an important paper written by Steven Coles and colleagues about psychiatric diagnosis. What do you think? Have your say! What is your Opinion of Psychiatric Diagnosis? What is your view on psychiatric diagnosis? Should the diagnosis of schizophrenia be abolished as the Campaign for the Abolition of the Schizophrenia Label wish? For both […]
Jacqui visited our little corner of the world for the first time this March. During her visit, I had the opportunity to witness her in many roles: Facilitator at a small training, speaker at two large events, and as a wonderful human being during all the spaces in between. Whatever role she was in, Jacqui […]
Psychology, Mental Health and Distress is a groundbreaking new text from John Cromby, David Harper and Paula Reavey. Whereas other texts are structured by diagnostic categories and are biologically reductive, this book places biology as well as the experience of distress itself in its social, cultural and historical context. Key Features: Offers a wealth of […]
Psychosis as a Personal Crisis seeks to challenge the way people who hear voices are both viewed and treated. This book emphasises the individual variation between people who suffer from psychosis and puts forward the idea that hearing voices is not in itself a sign of mental illness. In this book the editors bring […]
Demedicalising Misery: Psychiatry, Psychology and the Human Condition. Co-edited with Mark Rapley and Joanna Moncrieff. Published by Palgrave Macmillan. Thomas Szasz (1960) suggested that the myth of ‘mental illness’ functions to ‘render more palatable the bitter pill of moral conflict in human relations’. The medicalization of distress enables the mental health professions to manage the […]
We have been gifted to have Jacqui deliver training for us in Melbourne, Australia, and look forward to her third installment in May this year. Jacqui’s messages continue to resonate here in Australia, and we are so happy to see more and more mental health workers willing to work with the impacts of trauma. People […]
A positive piece published in the Guardian, 5th July 2011 by Mary O’Hara about this important new book – David’s Box: The journal and letters of a young man diagnosed as schizophrenic, 1960-1971, for which I have written a foreward. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jul/05/schizophrenia-journals-davids-box
BBC Breakfast: Jacqui and Rai talking about Hearing Voices on TV18/07/2021 - 8:07 PM
Jasper Gibson & Jacqui Dillon in conversation at AD4E Festival05/05/2021 - 3:37 PM
Jasper Gibson and Jacqui Dillon, In Conversation – Fiction about Psychosis: Impact, ethics, effects05/05/2021 - 2:45 PM