Acute Religious Experiences: Madness, Psychosis and Religious Studies
psychosis
‘This feels more like spin-the-bottle than science’: my mission to find a proper diagnosis – and treatment – for my son’s psychosis
The Schizophrenia Genetics Illusion—A Century of Failure and Hype
Study Highlights Benefits of Non-Medical Approaches to Voice Hearing
This article by Ashley Bobak has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “New research supports a new, dialogic, non-medicalized approach to helping people who hear upsetting voices. The “ Talking with Voices ” (TwV) approach, which frames voice hearing relationally and understands…
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Delusion and Reason: An Argument for a Phenomenological Model for Understanding Schizophrenic Delusion
This article by Gert Jensen, published in the Schizophrenia Bulletin, includes a very illuminating first-hand account of the subjective, lived experience of what is called ‘schizophrenia’. The article begins: “The nature of some schizophrenic delusions seems distinct from delusions present in…
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Re-Imagining Psychosis with Filmmaker Rebeccah Love
The experiences of 585 people when they tried to withdraw from antipsychotic drugs
This research paper from Prof. John Read has been published in Addictive Behaviors Reports. The abstract says: “Introduction Many recipients of antipsychotic drugs try to stop taking them, primarily because of distressing adverse effects. Little research has been undertaken into the withdrawal…
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On Madness: Understanding the Psychotic Mind
Do delusions have and give meaning?
This paper , co-authored by Rosa Ritunnano and Lisa Bortolotti, has been published in Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. The abstract says: “Delusions are often portrayed as paradigmatic instances of incomprehensibility and meaninglessness. Here we investigate the relationship between delusions and…
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The Transformative Potential of Psychosis
