Our Encounters with Suicide -

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Editeur : Global Book Sales

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/06/2014

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 207

Expédition : 295

Dimensions : 23.1 x 15.5 x 1.3

ISBN : 1906254621

Résumé :

The 'Our Encounters with - ' series collect together unnmediated, unsanitised narratives by mental health service-users, psychiatric survivors and carers.

Biographie:
Dr Alec Grant is a Principal Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Brighton. He qualified as a mental health nurse in the mid-1970s and went on to study psychology, social science and psychotherapy. He is widely published in the fields of ethnography, autoethnography, clinical supervision, cognitive behavioural psychotherapy, and communication and interpersonal skills. For the last few years, his research interests have been in the area of narrative inquiry and writing, especially around mental health survival. Judith Haire was born in Kent and had a successful academic and professional career. At thirty seven her career was cut short when she experienced an acute psychotic episode. Once recovered she worked in the voluntary sector and studied at college. Judith has been published in Mental Health Practice, Community Care, Your Voice in Sheffield Mental Health magazines and her first book Don't Mind Me waspublished in 2008 (Chipmunkapublishing) She wrote it to help others as well as herself, and to inform mental health professionals and anyone wanting to gain an insight into mental illness. Judith contributed to Mental Health Publishing And Empowerment by Jason Pegler, (Chipmunkapublishing, 2009), Our Encounters With Madness (Edited by Grant, Biley & Walker, PCCS Books, 2011) and Soul Journey by Lisa Cherry, (Wilson King Publishing 2012). The late Dr Francis C. Biley initially trained as a mental health and an adult nurse and after holding a range of clinical and practice development posts moved into undergraduate and postgraduate research and teaching. He co-edited Our Encounters With Madness (PCCS Books 2011) with Alec Grant and Hannah Walker. He was Associate Professor in the Centre for Qualitative Research at Bournemouth University, UK , Adjunct Professor of Nursing at Seton Hall University, New Jersey, USA and a Governor of a local Foundation Trust hospital. Brendan Stone has lived with mental health problems for nearly 40 years. He lives in Sheffield and has worked extensively with users of mental health services.

Sommaire:
Contents Forewords Professor Gillian Bendelow and Dr Katherine Johnson 1 Introduction Alec Grant, Judith Haire, Brendan Stone Witnessing suicide 2 Violent impact Karl Davis In the wake of suicide 3 Pamela Pamela Kirk 4 Phillipa Phillipa Brook 5 A lesson learned all too well, perhaps? Stacey Autote 6 From sisterhood to suicide: The story of a suicide loss Cath Walsh 7 Untitled Catherine Carley 8 Gone but not forgotten Georgina Smith 9 Untitled Alex 10 Suicidal wisdom Jayne Stewart 11 Pepe Karen McDonald 12 Living on the edge Abigal Muchecheti 13 The other half Jo Rhodes 14 D Gilly Graham 15 A lifetime changed in a moment Neil Ritchie 16 Self portrait Lost Soul Thinking suicide 17 My father's war Sid Prise 18 Choosing to be Ruth Kilner 19 The ultimate barrier - for all those who never made it back Tessa Glaze 20 Semi-suicidal Helen Harrop 21 Untitled Naomi Surviving suicide 22 Suicide - my story Anonymous 23 The secrets of suicide Dawn Willis 24 The suicide not is not my story (or the suicide note does not play my song) Dolly Sen 25 Phoenix to ashes Madame de Merteuil 26 The day I went to the meadow Felicity Stennett 27 'Con Hearse' Kathryn 28 The silence of suicide Michael Skinner Defending suicide 29 In defense of suicide Kathryn Rosenfeld 30 A red sadness: My Dad's Story Chrissie Hinde 31 An epilogue: suicide and sense making Alec Grant Appendices Contributors Bibliography

Our encounters with Suicide is a book which should be compulsory reading for anyone who comes into contact with people who have been affected by suicide. These personal stories told with such inspiring honesty and deep sense of humanity enlighten some very difficult issues. They hold out some powerful truths which we all should listen to in how we live our lives personally and professionally. Paul Jenkins, Chief Executive, Rethink Mental Illness This deeply moving and provocative book gives voice to one of society's ancient and contemporary least understood enigmas. For the reader the stories captured within this volume highlight the strength and endurance of the human spirit in the face of both existential and neurotic suffering. These expert narratives teach us that true experiential knowledge is gained in the swampy low lands and understood through reflection in and on action. This book speaks to anyone that considers themselves to be engaged in the act of becoming human. We rise by that from which we fall. Dawn Freshwater, Professor of Mental Health and Psychotherapist.