Committed to the Sane Asylum

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Watermark

Publication Year:
2008

ISBN-13: 9781554581306

<p> In <i>Committed to the Sane Asylum: Narratives on Mental Wellness and Healing</i>, artist Susan Schellenberg, a former <b>psychiatric patient</b>, and psychologist Rosemary Barnes relate their own stories, conversations, and reflections concerning the contributions and limitations of conventional mental health care and their collaborative search for alternatives such as <b>art therapy</b>. Patient and doctor each describe personal decisions about the mental health system and the creative life possibilities that emerged when mind, body, and spirit were committed to well-being and healing. </p> <p> Interwoven patient/doctor narratives explain conventional care, highlight <b>critical steps in healing</b>, and explore varied perspectives through conversations with experts in psychiatry, feminist approaches, art, storytelling, and business. The book also includes reproductions of Susan’s mental health records and <b>dream paintings</b>. </p> <p> This book will be important for consumers of <b>mental health care</b> wishing to understand the conventional system and develop the best quality of life. Rich personal detail, critical perspective, clinical records, and art reproductions make the book engaging for a general audience and stimulating as a teaching resource in nursing, social work, psychology, psychiatry, and <b>art therapy</b>. </p>