The Locked Ward

Author : Dennis O'Donnell
Publisher : Random House
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781448130160

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The Locked Ward by Dennis O'Donnell Pdf

An extraordinary account of life behind the locked doors of a secure psychiatric ward from a nurse who worked there for seven years. Dennis O'Donnell started work as an orderly in the Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit of a large hospital in Scotland in 2000. In his daily life he encountered fear, violence and despair but also a considerable amount of care and compassion. Recounting the stories of the patients he worked with, and those of his colleagues on the ward, here he examines major mental health conditions, methods of treatment - medication, how religion, sex, wealth, health and drugs can bear influence on mental health, the prevailing attitudes to psychiatric illness, the authorities, the professionals & society. What emerges is a document of humanity and humour, a remarkable memoir that sheds light on a world that still remains largely unknown. 'This is a superb study of people whose minds have gone wrong, and the art of caring for them' Evening Standard

Author : Sue Read
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781477242384

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Only for a Fortnight by Sue Read Pdf

An intensely moving, frequently shocking account of a child's life in an adult mental hospital.

Author : Mary Ellen Mark,Karen Folger Jacobs
Publisher : Damiani Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Medical
ISBN : 8862080557

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Ward 81 by Mary Ellen Mark,Karen Folger Jacobs Pdf

Belief in the coming of a Messiah poses a genuine dilemma. From a Jewish perspective, the historical record is overwhelmingly against it. If, despite all the tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people, no legitimate Messiah has come forward, has the belief not been shown to be groundless? Yet for all the problems associated with messianism, the historical record also shows it is an idea with enormous staying power. The prayer book mentions it on page after page. The great Jewish philosophers all wrote about it. Secular thinkers in the twentieth century returned to it and reformulated it. And victims of the Holocaust invoked it in the last few minutes of their life. This book examines the staying power of messianism and formulates it in a way that retains its redemptive force without succumbing to mythology.

Author : Susan Doherty
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780735276529

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The Ghost Garden by Susan Doherty Pdf

"A compelling act of connection, leavened with humour, clear-eyed yet packed with hope." —Ann-Marie MacDonald A rare work of narrative non-fiction that illuminates a world most of us try not to see: the daily lives of the severely mentally ill, who are medicated, marginalized, locked away and shunned. Susan Doherty's groundbreaking book brings us a population of lost souls, ill-served by society, feared, shunted from locked wards to rooming houses to the streets to jail and back again. For the past 10 years, many who have cycled in and out of the locked wards of the Douglas Institute in Montreal found a friend in Susan, who volunteers on the wards and then accompanies her friends out into the world. With their full cooperation, she brings us intimate stories that challenge our views of people with mental illness. Through "Caroline Evans," a woman in her early sixties whom Susan has known since she was a bright, sunny school girl, we experience living with schizophrenia, such as when Caroline was convinced she could save her roommate from the devil by pouring boiling water into her ear... She has been through it all, including having to navigate an indifferent justice system that is incapable of serving the severely ill. Susan interleaves Caroline's story with vignettes about her other friends—stories that reveal their hopes, circumstances, personalities, humanity. Susan found that if she can hang in through the first 10-15 minutes of every coffee date with someone in the grip of psychosis, true communication results. Their "madness" is not otherworldly: instead it tells us something about how they're surviving their lives and what they've been through. The Ghost Garden carries a cargo of compassion and empathy that motivates us to re-examine our understanding of justice, society and humanity.

Author : Kevin O'Hara
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1627203974

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Ins and Outs of a Locked Ward by Kevin O'Hara Pdf

Author : James Novus
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1500858625

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Psych Ward Zombies by James Novus Pdf

The patients of Eldemere Psychiatric Hospital are turning into zombies, and the hospital's poorly designed security system has trapped everyone inside. A group of unlikely heroes must rely on their wits, luck, and at least one straitjacket to survive until help can arrive the following day. A dwarf psychiatrist, an heiress nurse, and a professional wrestler unite to save the hospital's juvenile patients from the raging horde of ghouls. Their quest will bring them face to face with a legion of undead patients, zombified psychiatrists, deranged administrators, and one fiendishly handsome serial killer. Approximately 52,000 words. Genre is humor/adventure/horror.

Author : John Lorinc,Michael McClelland,Ellen Scheinberg,Tatum Taylor
Publisher : Coach House Books
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781770564190

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The Ward by John Lorinc,Michael McClelland,Ellen Scheinberg,Tatum Taylor Pdf

From the 1870s to the 1950s, waves of immigrants to Toronto – Irish, Jewish, Chinese and Italian, among others – landed in ‘The Ward’ in the centre of downtown. Deemed a slum, the area was crammed with derelict housing and ‘ethnic’ businesses; it was razed in the 1950s to make way for a grand civic plaza and modern city hall. Archival photos and contributions from a wide variety of voices finally tell the story of this complex neighbourhood and the lessons it offers about immigration and poverty in big cities. Contributors include historians, politicians, architects and descendents of Ward res­idents on subjects such as playgrounds, tuberculosis, bootlegging and Chinese laundries. With essays by Howard Akler, Denise Balkissoon, Steve Bulger, Jim Burant, Arlene Chan, Alina Chatterjee, Cathy Crowe, Richard Dennis, Ruth Frager, Richard Harris, Gaetan Heroux, Edward Keenan, Bruce Kidd, Mark Kingwell, Jack Lipinsky, John Lorinc, Shawn Micallef, Howard Moscoe, Laurie Monsebraaten, Terry Murray, Ratna Omidvar, Stephen Otto, Vincenzo Pietropaolo, Michael Posner, Michael Redhill, Victor Russell, Ellen Scheinberg, Sandra Shaul, Myer Siemiatycki, Mariana Valverde, Thelma Wheatley, Kristyn Wong­-Tam and Paul Yee, among others.

Author : Anne Buist
Publisher : Text Publishing
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781922791207

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Locked Ward by Anne Buist Pdf

Natalie King may be a psychiatrist, but that doesn’t mean she can persuade her baby to go to sleep. Sienna wants to party through the night—and lack of sleep is a major trigger for Natalie’s bipolar disorder. Sleep school at Southside private psych unit, however, turns out to have its own hazards. It’s bad enough that Natalie doesn’t really want to be there, that she wants to keep her professional status quiet and that she’s seen enough group therapy to be quite sure it’s not her thing. But then someone arrives who Natalie knows very well indeed—and not in a good way. Luckily she’s out of Southside by the time the murder happens. Unluckily, she knows everyone who’s involved, including the cops. They think they have an open-and-shut case. Natalie’s pretty sure they’ve locked the door on the wrong person. Anne Buist is the author of the psychological thrillers Medea’s Curse, Dangerous to Know, This I Would Kill For and The Long Shadow, and Professor of Women’s Mental Health at the University of Melbourne. She lives with Graeme Simsion, co-author of Two Steps Forward and Two Steps Onward, in Melbourne, Australia. ‘In The Long Shadow, Buist continues to impress with her smart brand of psychological thriller. A brooding story about small-town secrets and the lies we tell to protect ourselves.’ Emma Viskic on The Long Shadow ‘Buist’s own extensive background in psychiatry shines through.’ Herald Sun on The Long Shadow ‘The strength of this crime novel...lies in its exploration of the workings of the Family Court and its experts...This book should come with a warning: you may never be able to look at your own children’s drawings in the same way again.’ Age on This I Would Kill For

Author : Terry COLLETT
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1520145152

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The Locked Ward and Other Stories by Terry COLLETT Pdf

A SELECTION OF MY SHORT STORIES BOTHE OLD AND NEW.

Author : Stephen B. Seager
Publisher : Berkley
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0425132978

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Psychward by Stephen B. Seager Pdf

The riveting true story of an aspiring psychiatrist's year of discovery, frustration, and triumph, this shockingly candid memoir is a real-life One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Emotionally charged --Kirkus.

Author : Kevin O'Hara
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1627203958

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Ins and Outs of a Locked Ward: My 30 Years as a Psychiatric Nurse by Kevin O'Hara Pdf

Author : National Tuberculosis Association
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 858 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Tuberculosis
ISBN : UCAL:B3064438

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Transactions - National Tuberculosis Association by National Tuberculosis Association Pdf

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Author : Sue Read
Publisher : Bloomsbury Pub Limited
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0747503818

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Only for a Fortnight by Sue Read Pdf

The author, who was admitted to a mental hospital at the age of twelve, criticizes the care she received and describes her current life

Author : Susanna Kaysen
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780804151115

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Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen Pdf

30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital. Her memoir of the next two years is a "poignant, honest ... triumphantly funny ... and heartbreaking story" (The New York Times Book Review). WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR The ward for teenage girls in the McLean psychiatric hospital was as renowned for its famous clientele—Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell, James Taylor, and Ray Charles—as for its progressive methods of treating those who could afford its sanctuary. Kaysen's memoir encompasses horror and razor-edged perception while providing vivid portraits of her fellow patients and their keepers. It is a brilliant evocation of a "parallel universe" set within the kaleidoscopically shifting landscape of the late sixties. Girl, Interrupted is a clear-sighted, unflinching document that gives lasting and specific dimension to our definitions of sane and insane, mental illness and recovery.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1190 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : MINN:31951002763368N

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Public Health Reports by Anonim Pdf