Asylum 17.4 – Winter 2010

Contents

• ‘One Step Beyond: Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry’ Book Review by Helen Spandler
• A SMALL ACT OF REVOLUTION Bill Bailey
• PANIC ATTACK: A WINDOW FOR WISDOM Anon
• THE DEAD SHEEP IN THE WATER TANK Terry Simpson
• USER-LED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES? WE’VE DONE IT FOR A DECADE Adam James
• SOTERIA: AS VIEWED BY (EX-)USERS AND SURVIVORS OF PSYCHIATRY Peter Lehmann
• MENTAL ILLNESS OR SELF-INTERPRETATION Jeremy Spandler
• WELCOME TO NICEWORLD Midlands Psychology Group
• STATE REGULATION Ian Parker
• POEMS Carol Batton
• MAD PRIDE DEMO: 26TH OCT 2010
• SPECIAL FEATURE ON SURVIVORS HISTORY

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Asylum 18.1 – Spring 2011

Special Issue: Mad Pride

Contents

• NO. WE’RE NOT ‘ALL IN THIS TOGETHER’ Dave Harper
• WHAT IS MAD CULTURE Dolly Sen
• THE MAD HATTERS OF BATH – THE STORY SO FAR Clare Crestani
• MAD PRIDE LEEDS 2002-2010 Terry Simpson
• HALITOSIS KILLED MY STEPMOTHER’S BUDGIE: A BRIEF HISTORY OF MAD PRIDE LONDON Hugh Mulhall
• NATIONAL PERCEPTIONS FORUM – A MAD NETWORK Chris Barchard
• MAD CULTURE, MAD COMMUNITY, MAD LIFE – JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT Just Fancied a Rant Clare
• IT’S ALL ABOUT LOVE John McCarthy
• MAD PRIDE CELEBRATES YOU Mind Freedom International Mad Pride Campaign Committee
• THE FANTASTIC TIME TRAVERSING MAGICIAN The Buddhist Babe
• PROBLEM PAGE
• IF YOU’RE NOT PISSED OFF, THEN YOU’RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION Jennifer Whatever
• THIS IS LIGHT WORK The JD Factor
• RANDOM RANTS Embrace the Madness Martin
• OF BED KNOBS AND SYRINGE STICKS Rufus May

Asylum 18.2 – Summer 2011

Special Issue: Schizophrenia 1911-2011 R.I.P

Contents

• HOW PSYCHIATRY ARRIVED AT THE IDEA OF SCHIZOPHRENIA Professor Alec Jenner
• EMAILS FROM GEORGIE Paul Hammersley
• SCHIZOPHRENIA: MYTH AND REALITY Phil Virden
• SPLIT: SCHIZOPHRENIA, DISSOCIATION AND THE SHATTERED SELF Eleanor Longden
• A HISTORY OF TREATMENTS FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA & DEPRESSION Peter Bullimore
• BOOK REVIEW: THE MEANING OF MADNESS Eleanor Longden
• SPACESHIPS Phil Thomas
• SCHIZOPHRENIC VEHICLE REPAIRS Paul Hammersley
• ASPERGER’S SYNDROME AND SCHIZOPHRENIA: EXPLORING THE OVERLAP BETWEEN THE TWO DIAGNOSES Alison Tierney
• THE CASE AGAINST SCHIZOPHRENIA P F Thomas
• LET’S LOSE THE LABEL Jen Kilyon
• POEM: ‘I Don’t Hear Voices’ Lucy Gorecki

Asylum 18.3 – Autumn 2011

Special Issue: Spiritual Crisis

Contents

• THE SPIRITUAL CRISIS NETWORK Catherine G Lucas
• STRANGE CHANGES: A PSYCHOTHERAPIST’S APPROACH TO SPIRITUAL EMERGENCY Courtenay Young
• REDISCOVERY WHOLENESS: ANNABEL’S STORY Annabel Hollis
• A JOURNEY OF SPIRITUAL EMERGENCY Frances Goodall
• OPENNESS TO UNUSUAL EXPERIENCES: PSYCHOSIS AND SPIRITUALITY REORGANISED Isabel Clarke
• POEM: ‘Symmetrical Poem’ by Dunstan Clarke
• POEM: ‘My Crisis’ by Anon
• DARK NIGHTS BEFORE THE DAWN Kate
• BEYOND SPIRITUAL CRISIS: WHAT’S NEXT?  Janice Hartley
• A WALK IN THE WILDERNESS Maria Ravisankar
• SUPPORTING A PERSON IN CRISIS Annabel Hollis
• THE ‘WHAT IS REAL AND WHAT IS NOT’ GROUP Isabel Clarke
• POEM ‘The Walls of Silence’ by Janice Hartley
• POEM ‘Communication’ by Emma Laughton
• POEM ‘Psychosis’ by Maria Ravisankar
• POEM ‘Return from a far country’ by Emma Laughton
• AND FINALLY…’WHAT CAN WE DO?’
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