STRAIGHT TALKING INTRODUCTION TO THE POWER THREAT MEANING FRAMEWORK - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook STRAIGHT TALKING INTRODUCTION TO THE POWER THREAT MEANING FRAMEWORK write by LUCY. BOYLE JOHNSTONE (MARY.). This book was released on 2020. STRAIGHT TALKING INTRODUCTION TO THE POWER THREAT MEANING FRAMEWORK available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Power Threat Meaning Framework
The Power Threat Meaning Framework - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Power Threat Meaning Framework write by Lucy Johnstone. This book was released on 2020-11-13. The Power Threat Meaning Framework available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Power Threat Meaning Framework is a new perspective on why people sometimes experience a whole range of forms of distress, confusion, fear, despair, and troubled or troubling behaviour. It is an alternative to the more traditional models based on psychiatric diagnosis. It was co-produced with service users and applies not just to people who have been in contact with the mental health or criminal justice systems, but to all of us. The Framework summarises and integrates a great deal of evidence about the role of various kinds of power in people's lives; the kinds of threat that misuses of power pose to us; and the ways we have learned as human beings to respond to threat. In traditional mental health practice, these threat responses are sometimes called 'symptoms'. The Framework also looks at how we make sense of these difficult experiences, and how messages from wider society can increase our feelings of shame, self-blame, isolation, fear and guilt. The main aspects of the Framework are summarised in these questions, which can apply to individuals, families or social groups: 'What has happened to you?' (How is Power operating in your life?) 'How did it affect you?' (What kind of Threats does this pose?) 'What sense did you make of it?' (What is the Meaning of these situations and experiences to you?) 'What did you have to do to survive?' (What kinds of Threat Response are you using?) In addition, the two questions below help us to think about what skills and resources people might have, and how we might pull all these ideas and responses together into a personal narrative or story: 'What are your strengths?' (What access to Power resources do you have?) 'What is your story?' (How does all this fit together?)
Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Diagnosis
Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Diagnosis - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Diagnosis write by Lucy Johnstone. This book was released on 2015-02. Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Diagnosis available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A straight talking, myth busting book about psychiatric diagnosis and the flaws therein by a leading critical voice.
A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs
A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs write by Joanna Moncrieff. This book was released on 2020-09-24. A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In an era when more people are taking psychiatric drugs than ever before, Joanna Moncrieff's explosive book challenges the claims for their mythical powers. Drawing on extensive research, she demonstrates that psychiatric drugs do not 'treat' or 'cure' mental illness by acting on hypothesised chemical imbalances or other abnormalities in the brain. There is no evidence for any of these ideas. Moreover, any relief the drugs may offer from the distress and disturbance of a mental disorder can come at great cost to people's physical health and their ability to function in day-to-day life. And, once on these drugs, coming off them can be very difficult indeed. This book is a wake-up call to the potential damage we are doing to ourselves by relying on chemical cures for human distress. Its clear, concise explanations will enable people to make a fully informed decision about the benefits and harms of these drugs and whether and how to come off them if they so choose.
Users and Abusers of Psychiatry
Users and Abusers of Psychiatry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Users and Abusers of Psychiatry write by Lucy Johnstone. This book was released on 2021-09-22. Users and Abusers of Psychiatry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Users and Abusers of Psychiatry is a radically different, critical account of day-to-day practice in psychiatric settings. Using real-life examples and her own experience as a clinical psychologist, Lucy Johnstone argues that the traditional way of treating mental distress can often exacerbate people's original difficulties, leaving them powerless and re-traumatised. She draws on a range of evidence to present a very different understanding of psychiatric breakdown than that found in standard medical textbooks, and to suggest new ways forward. The extended introduction to this Classic Edition brings the book up to date by revisiting its themes and tracing the changes in mental health practice over the last three decades. The book’s accessibility and clarity have ensured that it remains a classic in a growing field, and it is as relevant today as when it was first published. Users and Abusers of Psychiatry is a challenging but ultimately inspiring read for all who are involved in mental health – whether as professionals, students, service users, relatives or interested lay people.
