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On learning from the patient: hearing voices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Ann Warnes,
Geraldine Strathdee and
Kamaldeep Bhui
Ann Warnes
Affiliation:
Mental Health Service User
Geraldine Strathdee*
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital
Kamaldeep Bhui
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
*
∗Dr G. Strathdee, Head of Service Development Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, 134–138 Borough High Street, London SE1 1LB
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Abstract

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This paper presents the coping strategies developed by one patient with 18 years experience of managing her own schizophrenic illness. The interventions which evolved gave her significant control over her illness. We report her experiences and emphasise that for some patients with treatment resistant schizophrenia, the patients themselves may have expertise in managing their symptoms.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 8 , August 1996, pp. 490 - 492
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1996

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