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Jos de Kroon, Ludi Van Bouwel, Lut De Rijdt, Alfred Gillham - Migration and Alienation, Häftad

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Migration and Alienation

The Many Faces of Psychosis

Av Jos de Kroon, Ludi Van Bouwel, Lut De Rijdt, Alfred Gillham

Del i serien The International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis Book Series

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How does migration affect the mind? What does it mean to feel estranged, to feel alienated in a new country, a new culture, or even within one's own self? And how can we truly listen to those who live these experiences every day? This volume brings together a wide range of perspectives, from deeply personal narratives by people with lived experience of psychosis to academic reflections on cultural displacement.Until recently, the psychotic patient has been seen as an outsider, a “stranger”, and this book provides distinct attention to the central theme of the stranger in our society in relation to the stranger in ourselves. Offering compassion, insight, new perspectives and striking testimonials of lived experience, it proposes that this “strangeness” is not only a condition we project onto others, but is also an intrinsic part of ourselves: a necessary encounter with the unfamiliar within that holds the potential to transform. The narratives featured in this book show that psychosis is not simply a set of symptoms but can also be a way of responding to overwhelming conditions, an attempt to make sense of the world. Migration, in both the physical and existential sense, can be a source of both disorientation and creativity.Essential reading for mental health professionals, service users, family members and anyone interested in the interplay of culture, identity and psychological wellbeing, Migration and Alienation invites readers to rethink how we understand and support those who navigate both inner and outer worlds of change.
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Jos de Kroon, MD, PhD, is a psychiatrist, family therapist and psychoanalyst and worked his whole professional life with people having psychotic experiences. He published on psychosis and Open Dialogue from a structuralist perspective.Ludi Van Bouwel is a psychiatrist/psychoanalyst who worked throughout her entire professional life at University Psychiatric Centre (UPC) KU Leuven, campus Kortenberg, where she was the head of department Joris.Lut De Rijdt is a psychiatrist/psychoanalyst working at University Psychiatric Centre (UPC) KU Leuven, campus Kortenberg, where she is the head of the Kade, a psychotherapeutic unit for adolescents.Alf Gillham is a retired consultant clinical psychologist who worked in the NHS for more than 30 years. He was an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the Department for Psychological Medicine, Glasgow University.

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“An insightful exploration, Migration and Alienation illuminates the importance of context in understanding the complexities of the human mind. By skillfully analyzing migration’s profound impact on one’s psyche, this book masterfully demonstrates that psychosis reflects universal anxieties and concerns. A must-read for unraveling the dynamic interplay between environment and self, fostering resilience, and promoting compassionate understanding.”Jim van Os, Professor Psychiatry University Utrecht and member of the ISPS“ISPS, through its remarkable book series, recognises that psychosis can come from multiple roots and routes. This new volume focusses on the fact that, for some, migration can lead to troubling estrangement and intriguingly links this in with the estrangement that can come from other developmental sources. I strongly recommend it to all interested in mental health.”Brian Martindale, past-President, ISPS and Honorary President of the EFPP

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