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Understanding Psychosis from Laing to Bentall. Personal Reflections on Changing Therapeutic Perspectives

Understanding Psychosis from Laing to Bentall. Personal Reflections on Changing Therapeutic... Personal Perspective Understanding Psychosis – from Laing to Bentall. Personal Reflections on Changing Therapeutic Perspectives Thurstine Basset Thurstine Basset Consultancy Ltd Laing’s works had become mainstream in as much as they were read widely both within and outside mental n November 2003, I was sitting in an health services. As such, people like Laing were almost-comfortable chair waiting to hear the third celebrities and were often called upon to perform. For annual Henry Hawkins lecture. This event is co- example, during the 1970s, a joint event featuring both ordinated by MACA (The Mental After Care Laing and Carl Rogers took place at the London Association) and commemorates one of their key Hilton. Laing and his colleagues wanted the event to founders. The speaker, whom I had not heard before, have some theatre and staged mock re-birthing was Richard Bentall, professor of psychology at the ceremonies throughout the audience. Rogers, on the University of Manchester, whose book Madness other hand, preferred to sit among the audience and Explained – Psychosis and Human Nature had been talk to participants about what they were hoping to get published earlier in 2003. The book had already caused from the occasion. I cannot imagine http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mental Health Review Journal Emerald Publishing

Understanding Psychosis from Laing to Bentall. Personal Reflections on Changing Therapeutic Perspectives

Basset, Thurstine
Mental Health Review Journal , Volume 9 (3): 3 – Sep 1, 2004
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Personal Perspective Understanding Psychosis – from Laing to Bentall. Personal Reflections on Changing Therapeutic Perspectives Thurstine Basset Thurstine Basset Consultancy Ltd Laing’s works had become mainstream in as much as they were read widely both within and outside mental n November 2003, I was sitting in an health services. As such, people like Laing were almost-comfortable chair waiting to hear the third celebrities and were often called upon to perform. For annual Henry Hawkins lecture. This event is co- example, during the 1970s, a joint event featuring both ordinated by MACA (The Mental After Care Laing and Carl Rogers took place at the London Association) and commemorates one of their key Hilton. Laing and his colleagues wanted the event to founders. The speaker, whom I had not heard before, have some theatre and staged mock re-birthing was Richard Bentall, professor of psychology at the ceremonies throughout the audience. Rogers, on the University of Manchester, whose book Madness other hand, preferred to sit among the audience and Explained – Psychosis and Human Nature had been talk to participants about what they were hoping to get published earlier in 2003. The book had already caused from the occasion. I cannot imagine

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Published: Sep 1, 2004

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