Anonymity Desirable, Bibliography Not Required: A Journey from Psychiatry to Theology
As a teenager in the 1990s, I lived in Scotland. I was ensnared by the psychiatric system at that time, in that place. Contrary to popular rhetoric, I don't consider myself to be one of psychiatry's survivors: I will never quite recover from its effects. This article documents how psychiat...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2007
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Theology & sexuality
Année: 2007, Volume: 14, Numéro: 1, Pages: 29-52 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Psychosis
B Self-harm B Schizophrenia B Suicide B Psychiatry B Power B antipsychotic medication |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Édition parallèle: | Électronique
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| Résumé: | As a teenager in the 1990s, I lived in Scotland. I was ensnared by the psychiatric system at that time, in that place. Contrary to popular rhetoric, I don't consider myself to be one of psychiatry's survivors: I will never quite recover from its effects. This article documents how psychiatry slipped into my life with furtive steps, quickly led me to in-patient wards and permanently tattooed its legacy on my body and mind. It is an experiment in reflective creative writing, combining socio-political and theological analysis; and its tale is true. Now, I am a theologian. My theologizing isn't immune from the shadow permanently projected into each now from my encounter with psychiatry. This story is written out of a conviction that all of our theologies have their separate past lives, integrally tied to the experiences, occluded or otherwise, of any person who attempts to think and speak of God. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5170 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1355835807082703 |