Mental Health Review Journal: Volume 16 Issue 3

The use of poetry in the construction of meaning in cognitive behavioural psychotherapy and mental health studies

Caroline Roe, Anne Garland

This paper is a shared endeavour between client (Caroline) and therapist (Anne) which aims to examine the use of poetry in the construction of meaning in Cognitive Behavioural…

Memoir and the diagnosis of schizophrenia: reflections on The Centre Cannot Hold, Me, Myself, and Them, and the “crumbling twin pillars” of Kraepelinian psychiatry

Angela Woods

Over 100 years ago, Emil Kraepelin revolutionised the classification of psychosis by identifying what he argued were two natural disease entities: manic depressive psychosis…

The impact of Melville's manic‐depression on the writing of Moby Dick

Clare Dolman, Sarah Turvey

There is evidence to suggest an association between mood disorders, in particular bipolar disorder, and creativity. This paper aims to examine the evidence that the writer Herman…

“What will I do?” – Depression and the trick to keep breathing

Imke Pannen

This paper seeks to analyse a popular novel with regard to the topic of depression.

La femme fatale: the female psychopath in fiction and clinical practice

Caroline Logan

Literature and legend features many dangerous female characters. However, in fiction (and in film), it is the male psychopath who dominates. In the scientific literature, research…

Teaching madness and literature in a healthcare context: an enquiry into interdisciplinary education

David Flood, Carol‐Ann Farkas

This paper seeks to examine the value of teaching about mental illness through the use of literature.

Telling the whole story: a conceptual model for analysing the mental illness memoir

Maureen Donohue‐Smith

This paper seeks to describe the advantages and limitations of using the mental illness memoir to teach future health care providers about mental illness.

Madness and literature

Paul Crawford, Charley Baker, Brian Brown