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A JOURNEY THROUGH PYSCHOSIS: MY STORY Learning from lived experience of mental illness
Author(s) -
Thomas Esther Jayne
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1365-2850
pISSN - 1351-0126
DOI - 10.1111/jpm.12785
Subject(s) - empathy , mental illness , lived experience , narrative , mental health , publishing , psychology , mental health nursing , psychiatry , psychotherapist , psychoanalysis , literature , art
My submission is under the “lived experience narrative” you are kindly publishing. It is the story of my journey through psychosis and aims to elicit empathy from professionals and lay readers alike. It shines a light on the general nature of mental illness hoping to provide an insight to those working in the fields of psychiatry and nursing. At the same time, it touches upon the use of labels, alternative mental health practices and the role of capitalism in mental illness. Ultimately, it shows there is a life to be had when you learn to carry your diagnosis with hope.