[PDF] Top 20 Remarkable Lives : Jana Rozenhalova in conversation with Jerome Carson

... Jana: Someone once told me that Psychology is a science about human behaviour. At that time I was fascinated by that sentence but now, I know that it is just so much more than words can even express. I have always ... See full document

... Spencer: Yes, the mental health professional that has inspired me the most is Lyn Cotterill. She worked as a Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN) for the Early Intervention Team in Tameside. She was my CPN at the time and ... See full document

... Ben: I want to continue to work with people going through what I went through, to help them get their own lives back on track. At the moment I am in the process of writing a book for professionals to help them in ... See full document

... As a result of his Army experience, Andrew believes in avoiding war at all costs, and that political solutions are always better than soldiers being ordered to fight for their countries. Andrew considers himself lucky to ... See full document

... The late mental health activist and trainer Janey Antoniou, trained police officers how to deal more sensitively and humanely towards people in acute mental distress. Charlotte’s experiences with the police, prior to her ... See full document

... Jerome: What challenges lie ahead for you? What do you most want to achieve in the future? Christopher: I’ll start with the second question and flow into the challenges I may face, as I feel it would read a lot ... See full document

... Caitlin. Stories are clearly important—we can’t help but shape narrative whenever we meet, talk and write. Stories have helped us to make sense of who we are for centuries. But my experience of psychiatric intervention ... See full document

... Jerome: What challenges lie ahead for you? What do you most want to achieve in the future? Suzanne: The challenges I face, are continuing to come to terms with my dad’s death, which I feel more confident I am ... See full document

... When I was a teenager – roughly thirteen or fourteen – my dad’s alcoholism got worse, as did his depression. I never judged him, I just loved him more. Already at that age, I understood the way he felt. I knew how it ... See full document

... Keywords: Resilience, Diversity, Cerebral palsy, Culture, Education, Stress.[r] ... See full document

... their lives (Bullimore, 2011) and am in no doubt that this is the reason that I sit on one side of the room as the professional, while the client sits opposite ... See full document

... Rachel: I use to facilitate a behavioural change programme with offenders, those individuals impressed me. The life stories that they had were often heart-breakingly harrowing, filled with abuse, neglect, violence, pain ... See full document

... Social implications – As Shaun says there are some amazing people who work in mental health services, but they are the ones who spoke to him and not to a “schizophrenic.”.. Originality[r] ... See full document

... A book I co-edited some years ago (Davies et al, 2011), tells the story of a number of recovery heroes, past and present. All the people in that book have had remarkable lives, rather like Chanell in this ... See full document

... Mental Health and Social Inclusion Jen: I’m in no doubt that medication is very important in helping me to manage my symptoms, in combination with talking therapy. Insomnia is both a sy[r] ... See full document

... The first day of the two day experiential workshop was conducted in a yurt on Lord Leverhulme’s estate in Knowsley. It did indeed have bonfires, rituals and stirred up cauldrons of creativity and alchemy, as Clare ... See full document

... This series has brought me into contact with many remarkable people, all of whom have shared their own stories of recovery and growth. Each person has an impact on the wider world in a different way. I find myself ... See full document

... Jerome: How do you think mental health services can best help promote recovery, which is. said to be the goal of many services[r] ... See full document

... Shelley: Having children has played a big part in helping me to cope with my mental health problems as they are always at the forefront of my mind when I am feeling down, that I need to pick myself up and get through it ... See full document

... Reading Michelle’s story reminds me of the seminal work of Brown and Harris with women in South London in the 1970s (Brown and Harris, 1978). They identified four vulnerability factors for depression. The first, loss of ... See full document