In My Room: The Recovery Journey as Encountered by a Psychiatrist - Softcover

Jim Lucey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0717159515 ISBN 13: 9780717159512

Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

The room is a space for the mind, and a metaphor for the mind at the same time. Most of us will never find ourselves on a psychiatrist s couch and yet our lives would be perilous if we did not make space for our mental health. In this space, we can hold up a mirror and acknowledge our search for meaning. By going to the room, life becomes more resourceful and rewarding. In showing up there, we show up for life itself. Jim Lucey has been working with patients suffering from mental health problems for more than 25 years. When people at their most vulnerable present to his room at St Patrick s University Hospital, Dublin, they reveal their fears, traumas, and very real human predicaments. Most of the assessments described in this book took place in this room. While the patients stories are diverse, one common theme emerges that of recovery. The psychiatrist and patients show us that recovery is possible, if we can find a way to engage. Many of us find it difficult to speak of the mind, and care of the mind requires an ability to listen and to reflect. This inspiring book will give you many moments of reflection as you journey with Jim s patients towards recovery, and will restore your faith in the human experience.

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Review:

'Using the art of clinical storytelling, Professor Lucey allows us to enter his room an extraordinary space where theory informs practice and practice informs theory ... In My Room provides valuable insights that will benefit every human being interested in better understanding mental health. This is a beautiful book that should be read out loud at times, shared with others, and openly discussed' --Charlotte R. Shore, RN, BSN, Newton Wellesley Hospital, USA and David A. Shore, PhD, Harvard University

'What a sublime pleasure to read a book about a topic that isn't easily accessible and that is artfully and compellingly written ... the lessons are visceral and the unputdownable narratives are about people playing for life stake.' --Aidan Halligan, Former Deputy Chief Medical Officer of England, Director of Well North and Principal of NHS Staff College and Chairman of Pathway,

'It's a really fascinating book, because you get to glimpse inside real stories' --Keelin Shanley, Morning Edition

'The great message of In My Room for patients and their families is that recovery from mental illness is possible.' --Mark Edmund Hutcheson, Sunday Independent

About the Author:

Professor James V. Lucey MD (Dub), PhD (Lond), FRCPI, FRCPsychis Medical Director, St Patrick s Mental Health Services, Dublin and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Trinity College Dublin. He has more than 25 years experience in psychiatry. In addition to medical management he maintains his clinical practice at St Patrick s where he works on the assessment, diagnosis and management of obsessive compulsive (OCD) and other anxiety disorders. He gives public lectures and is a regular broadcaster on mental health matters on RTÉ radio featuring on Today with Sean O Rourke .

About this edition

• Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0717159515
• ISBN 13: 9780717159512
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256