A collaboration between academics from the University of Sheffield and local people in the creative and cultural industries at Sheffield 20th to 30th September. Academics from such diverse disciplines as Nanotechnology, English, Architecture, Psychology and Biomedical Science have teamed up with artists, poets, magicians and musicians from Sheffield to create unique, thought-provoking performances, events and
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Psychiatric power a personal view
The recent book in the ISPS series is by Romme and Esher on ‘Psychosis as a Personal Crisis’. The are all available by Routledge. ISPSbooks
The Fourth Qualitative Research on Mental Health (QRMH4) conference programme is now available on their website. QRMH4
An independent Inquiry into the ‘Schizophrenia’ Label was launched on 16 th April 2012 by a group of organisations and individuals concerned about the meaning and usefulness of ‘schizophrenia’ and similar labels such as ‘psychosis’. The Inquiry aims to investigate the impact this label has on people’s lives and to collect evidence from people, including
Members of the International Society for the Psychological Treatments of the Schizophrenias and Other Psychoses ( www.isps.org ) have just voted, by an overwhelming majority, to change the society’s name to the International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis. MEDIA RELEASE 14.3.2012 INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY REMOVES ‘SCHIZOPHRENIA’ FROM ITS TITLE Members of the International
A paper presented as a poster in a IEPA conference in 2006. The abstract was been published in a special issue of Schizophrenia Research. Prodromal_States_and_Psychosis
Posted on Mad In America blog on 5th March 2012