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First Person Account of Dealing with Psychosis - Book

Posted: December 13th, 2024, 8:26 am
by snoringdog
Since there's not a thread on psychosis per se,
(https://www.verywellhealth.com/psychosis-vs-schizophrenia-5095195)

I'll drop this here since it may be of interest to someone;

"A philosopher who has experienced psychosis argues that recovery requires regaining agency and autonomy within a therapeutic relationship based on mutual trust.

In Mental Patient, philosopher Abigail Gosselin uses her personal experiences with psychosis and the process of recovery to explore often overlooked psychiatric ethics. For many people who struggle with psychosis, she argues, psychosis impairs agency and autonomy. She shows how clinicians can help psychiatric patients regain agency and autonomy through a positive therapeutic relationship characterized by mutual trust. Patients, she says, need to take an active role in regaining their agency and autonomy—specifically, by giving testimony, constructing a narrative of their experience to instill meaning, making choices about treatment, and deciding to show up and participate in life activities.


https://mitpress.mit.edu/open-access-at-mit-press/books/
https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph-pdf/2232065/book_9780262371216.pdf

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