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Hearing voices: embodiment and experience
- Author:
- BLACKMAN Lisa
- Publisher:
- Free Association Books
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 275p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The hearing of voices is generally regarded as indicative of mental health problems, yet there is evidence to suggest that hearing voices is far more common than believed, that many voice hearers are not suffering from mental illness, and that those who develop non psychiatric explanations of their voices may live with them quite well. This book, drawing on the experiences of the Hearing Voices Network, challenges commonly accepted perceptions of mental health and questions how it is that we come to experience and relate to ourselves as autonomous, rational human beings. The book draws on critical psychology, post structuralism, discourse theory and work on embodiment for many of its insights.
Mental illness: the facts
- Author:
- SIDDALL Rhonda
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.4.94 Supplement, 1994, pp.4-6.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Mental illness covers a wide range of problems and complaints ranging from minor distress to severe disorder of the mind or behaviour. Looks at who mental illness affects and outlines main specific types of mental illness.
The impact of diet on mental health
- Authors:
- McCULLOH Andrew, RYRIE Iain
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 11(4), December 2006, pp.19-22.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
The authors present an overview of the relationship between diet and mental health. The article focuses particularly ADHD, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease and depression.
Food, mood and mental health
- Authors:
- RYRIE Iain, CORNAH Deborah, VAN DE WEYER Courtney
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, February 2006, pp.23-26.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The Mental Health Foundation, in partnership with Sustain, the national alliance for better food and farming, commissioned a comprehensive review of evidence on the links between diet, mental well-being and specific mental disorders. The two resulting reports argue that policy-makers and the industry, as well as health practitioners, service users and the public generally, need to recognise the potential contribution of diet to easing the growing health, economic and social burden of mental ill health. This article summarises some of the key findings from the review.
A study investigating mental health literacy in Pakistan
- Author:
- SURHAIL Kausar
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 14(2), April 2005, pp.167-181.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
This study was conducted to assess public mental health beliefs in Pakistan. In a large-scale survey, conducted in three cities of Punjab along with their neighbouring suburbs, a total of 1750 people from all walks of life were read a vignette describing symptoms of either psychosis or major depression. Survey participants were requested to provide diagnosis, causes, prognosis, and possible treatments for the disorders. The findings showed that depression was four times more likely to be diagnosed than psychosis. A logistic regression analysis with forward selection for the predictors showed that the type of disorder, education status and area of residence contributed significantly to one's ability to diagnose. More people believed that GPs (23.76%), psychologists (23.92%) and psychiatrists (20.73%) were the right people to consult for these problems. There were also some who considered hakims and homeopaths (4.22%), magical (13.11%) and religious healers (13.54%) as the appropriate people to contact. Those recognizing mental disorders were more likely to identify the underlying causes, prognosis and appropriate treatment of the problems. The current findings suggest a need to initiate large mental health movements in Pakistan to increase the mental health awareness of people, especially targeting uneducated and rural populations.
The effects of cognitive impairment and substance abuse on psychiatric hospitalisations
- Authors:
- JACKSON Carlos T., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 37(4), August 2001, pp.303-312.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Previous studies have demonstrated a relationship between impairment in executive functioning and hospital and community tenure for people with schizophrenia. However, while it has been clearly established that comorbid substance abuse has a profound negative impact on the functioning of people with schizophrenia, no studies have examined the relative effect of cognitive impairment to substance use in predicting rehospitalisation in this population. This study examined the extent to which impairment on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) and substance abuse are correlated with lifetime psychiatric hospitalisations for outpatients with schizophrenia. Substance abuse was significant predictor of prior hospitalisations and impairment on the WCST was a significant predictor of the months hospitalised. The findings suggest that both substance abuse and cognitive impairment need to be addressed in order to reduce hospitalisations and time in the hospital.
Psychiatric effects of cannabis
- Author:
- JOHNS Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 178, February 2001, pp.116-122.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Aims To re-evaluate the adverse effects of cannabis in the general population and among vulnerable individuals, including those with serious psychiatric disorders. It was found that an appreciable proportion of cannabis users report short-lived adverse effects, including psychotic states following heavy consumption, and regular users are at risk of dependence. People with major mental illnesses such as schizophrenia are especially vulnerable in that cannabis generally provokes relapse and aggravates existing symptoms. Health workers need to recognise, and respond to, the adverse effects of cannabis on mental health.
A fear that knows no name
- Author:
- WOOLLER Rachel
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.2.00, 2000, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author argues that the lives of older people are often blighted because may psychiatrists do not recognise paraphrenia, a condition often diagnosed as schizophrenia.
Long-term cannabis use and mental health
- Authors:
- HALL Wayne, SOLOWI Nadia
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 171, August 1997, pp.107-108.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Looks at how the mental health consequences of the daily or near-daily use of cannabis over years and decades remain uncertain, and are likely to remain so for some time given the difficulties involved in investigating them. Nevertheless, there is sufficient evidence that its effects are neither as benign as proponents of its legalisation often argue, nor as malign as some partisans of continued prohibition claim.
A pilot study of exposure control of chronic auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia
- Authors:
- PERSAUD Rajendra, MARKS Isaac
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 167, July 1995, pp.45-50.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Many patients complain less of their auditory hallucinations per se than of lack of control of the experiences. There is reason to believe that a non-distraction approach could help patients gain more control over persistent auditory hallucinations and teach them that their experience is a form of thinking and has no external source. This study is a pilot of that idea.