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Philosophy & Mental Health: phenomenology, psychosis, delusion, meaning. Consultant Psychiatrist (EIP), Priestley PhD Scholar @IMH_UoB @unimelb. Own views.
Dec 22, 2022 12 tweets 5 min read
I know it’s a different Twitter this year, but for those who are still around, I have made a short ‘2022 year in review’ 🧵to keep the tradition going. Only #OpenAccess 🔓 papers published in 2022. From a forthcoming Editorial to the start of the year, it’s been a busy 2022! 1/10 🔜 in Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences: we reflect on current methodological trends in psychiatry and aim to build a bridge between two fields that are frequently siloed off from each other— interventional research and phenomenologically-informed research.⏱️this space! 2/10
May 4, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
Thank you that's a great question! Unfortunately, this information wasn't clearly recorded/delineated in most primary papers for us to be able to draw any conclusions on time course and changes in meaning-making. This is one of the main limitations we discuss, particularly with regards to the fact that very few studies are available where participants are actively delusional at the time of the interview. Having said so, I think our results still allow to highlight the dynamic
May 4, 2022 5 tweets 1 min read
Thank you Phil! Those are both fair points. I think that: 1) new qualitative approaches (e.g., arts based-methods, photo-elicitation etc.) that don't necessarily rely on linguistic abilities may help, along with more attention to biases that may favour the recruitment of certain populations (those in remission, with "insight" etc.) in qualitative studies.
May 3, 2022 15 tweets 4 min read
Excited to share our new paper🎉 Now out🌟Open Access🌟in @TheLancetPsych !! 🧵...

thelancet.com/journals/lanps…

With @jj_kleinman, Danniella Whyte Oshodi, Maria Michail, Barnaby Nelson, Clara Humpston & @matthewrbroome from @IMH_UoB, @UniOfYork and Melbourne @orygen_aus /1 It's the first systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis (QES) to examine the published English-language literature on the lived experience of delusions in help-seeking individuals with psychosis, irrespective of diagnosis and thematic content of the delusion. /2
Jan 31, 2022 5 tweets 6 min read
🌟Exciting news🌟 My essay "Overcoming Hermeneutical Injustice in Mental Health: A Role for Critical Phenomenology" - winner of the 2021 Wolfe Mays Essay Prize - is now OUT📑 online in the Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology! ⬇️
@BritishPhen
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Image Many thanks again to @PostEurope & @BritishPhen & all committee members 🙏 I really hope this work will bring additional attention to the importance of applied and critical phenomenology across often siloed research areas and help address stigma and injustice in mental health
Aug 31, 2021 7 tweets 3 min read
Before I move forward and officially enter Year-2 of my PhD (as a part-time clinician), let’s take stock of some of the work done so far! There is still a lot (!) to do but here is a short thread for new followers and for those interested #delusions, #psychosis and #meaning 1/7 Here I ask whether delusions could enhance a person’s sense of meaningfulness. This may seem counterintuitive but, Harry tells me he is the happiest man in the world…It’s like a “safety blanket”, he says. What should clinicians do? @matthewrbroome
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