[PDF] Top 20 Remarkable Lives : Patsy Flanagan in conversation with Jerome Carson

... Patsy: I would love to see mental health and wellbeing being discussed with children in schools. I would love to see employers and teachers and the wider society adopt a more understanding approach. I would love ... 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

... I first met Charlotte a few months before her breakdown. Since then we have continued to meet on a monthly basis and she is hoping to return to University in September this year. She is one of those people that you come ... 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

... Spencer was one of several students to tell me of their own mental health problems, perhaps because he knew I was a clinical psychologist and would perhaps be more likely to understand his difficulty. However it was only ... 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

... Jerome: Have you been inspired by any mental health professionals you have come across? Laura: There have been professionals that I have admired. A doctor I saw every couple of days ensured he did his upmost to ... 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

... 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

... Mental Health and Social Inclusion Jerome: What does the concept of hope mean for you? Chanell: This is a difficult question. I think, I got to a point where I was in such a dark place, I stopped wanting to see ... 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

... Mental Health and Social Inclusion Jerome: What does the concept of hope mean for you? Jana: It is interesting that you ask about this concept particularly. Before, hope used to be something very vague to me; ... See full document

... Clare: I’d like to see it move from a medical model and for it to become much less expert = patient and much more human+human trying to find our way through it all together. Most people I meet within the mental health ... 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