Auteur : Oyebode, Femi 1954-

Maison d'édition : Royal College of Psychiatrists

Date de publication : 2009

Collation : ix, 141 p.

ISBN : 9781904671602

Langue : Anglais

Table des matières : 1. The benefits of reading literature -- 2. Roles for literature in medical education 3. Autobiographical narrative and psychiatry -- 4. Fictional narrative and psychiatry -- 5. Poetry and psychiatry -- 6. Letters and psychiaatry : the case of Franz Kafka -- 7. Death and dying in literature -- 8. Literary and biographical perspectives on substance use -- 9. Dementia and literature -- 10. Portrayal of intellectual disability in fiction -- 11. Autism in fiction and autobiography

Résumé : What can psychiatry learn from literature? For psychiatrists, literary texts can be valuable tools for furthering our understanding of patients and their conditions. This book explores the fruitful relationships between the written word and central aspects of psychiatric practice. It includes newly commissioned chapters plus articles originally published in the journal Advances in Psychiatric Treatment that have been reworked and updated. The contributors examine such topics as: why doctors should read fiction and the place of literature in medical education; the varied genres of autobiography, fiction, poetry and letters; and a range of topics, including addictions, ageing and dementia, intellectual disability and autism. The authors explore the description and representation of mental states, the lived experience of distress, the character of psychiatry as a system and the institutional practices of psychiatry. Although written by psychiatrists primarily for psychiatrists, this collection offers a fascinating and accessible insight into mental illness through the pages of novels, poetry and autobiographies to be found in any bookshop.

Mots-clés : Psychiatrie / Littérature / Maladies mentales dans la littérature

Cote : WM 49 O98m 2009