The Secret Of The Brain Chip: A Self Help Guide For People Experiencing Psychosis New
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My registrar Paul Smith gave me this. He was given it during a psychiatry attachment, by a pharmaceuticals rep. It was produced in 2003 by three belgian psychiatrists, one of whom, Erik Thys, did the illustration. It was produced with financial support from Janssen-Cilag, the pharmaceutical firm, and is dedicated to the founder: Dr Paul Janssen. I mention all this at the outset because I see it as very relevant. It does seem to me to be a book made with the best of intentions, using an easilly accessible medium (comics, although there is prose, poetry and medical text in there as well) by professionals wanting to reach out to vulnerable , mentally ill patients who might not otherwise seek medical advice. I was very excited when I first got it: a comic book drawn by a doctor, dealing with serious problems. Unfortunately, it has medical paternalism written all over it. It is subtitled "a self- help guide for people experiencing psychosis". Then on page 1 it says: "if you think you can solve this kind of problem by yourself, you are making a mistake. Consult a doctor or seek help from the mental health services". It says on page 3: "this is not a textbook", but the symptoms that the main character, Paul, experiences (as well as the lists of diagnostic signs and treatments) are straight out of one. Book in good clean condition.
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