Jim Read: 4 books
by Jim Read
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Previously published and now collected in one volume the characters in the twelve stories that comprise Dispatches From The Belleisle And Other Stories are completely believable, compelling and entertaining.From picturesque Belleisle Bay to the frozen expanse of the Canadian north Dispatches...
Psychiatric Drugs
Key Issues and Service User Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2009
Over 60 million psychiatric drugs are prescribed in England every year. This lively and provocative overview provides the most complete examination to date of the lived experience of taking psychiatric drugs. The book examines the consequences of long-term psychiatric drug use from the perspectives...
El sentido de la locura
La exploración del significado de la esquizofrenia
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 6, 2015
La obra que el lector tiene en sus manos analiza esa experiencia que solemos denominar locura, esquizofrenia o psicosis, la cual se halla presente en todas las sociedades y, hasta donde alcanza nuestro conocimiento, en todas las épocas, ya que la tendencia de la mente a desviarse de lo que una sociedad...
Making Sense of Madness
Contesting the Meaning of Schizophrenia
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2009
The experience of madness – which might also be referred to more formally as ‘schizophrenia’ or ‘psychosis’ – consists of a complex, confusing and often distressing collection of experiences, such as hearing voices or developing unusual, seemingly unfounded beliefs. Madness, in its various...