Welcome to this latest issue of JCPCP - a special issue on creativity and madness. The authors of this issue imagine more humane, creative and non-coercive approaches to mental health care, grounded in autonomy, collective care and human rights. It really is not rocket science - it just makes a lot more sense than how things are done in practice. More information can be found here.
Welcome to this special issue of JCPCP on the work of Mark Rapley. There are dozens of potential articles that could have been included, a remarkable number produced in the year of Mark's death in 2012. The ones selected offer a broad sampling of Mark's interests - from detailed analyses of text and speech through to stinging critiques of psychiatric labels. Enjoy it while you still can as who knows what comes next. More details can be found here.
Welcome to this latest issue of JCPCP. One of the most disturbing perspectives in recent decades has been watching the baby boomers eat everything and belch in the face of everyone else - all driven by establishment policy of course. What this means for psy is in part articulated by papers such as the one by Isibor in this issue of JCPCP which looks at some of the barriers to social mobility occuring in clinical psychology. More of this please. Also, the paper by Freeman which acknowledges a rise in reactionary politics in the UK and political disinterest amongst psy professionals. The extent of the problem perhaps embodied by McGloin's paper in that a decades old reprint calling for basic psy reform still reads like cutting edge thinking.
Many self proclaimed critical psy baby boomers no doubt voted for more neoliberalism in 2019 here in the UK. The extent of this political betrayal we will never know, but we can know about a stunning lack of reform within psy over the past decades. One fact that should be remembered is that younger people in the UK tended not to vote for neoliberalism. It's astonishing what cheap houses, accessible careers and final salary pensions did to the minds of a generation. Power corrupts as they say. More information can be found here.
Power structures rely on keeping us obsessing over what is normal or not normal. Psychologists and psychiatrists are at the vanguard of this movement along with other state actors. This special issue includes a number of discussions regarding normality which aim to shed some light on the subject. We also have a research paper by Saini and colleagues about the learning experiences of racially minoritised clinical psychologists in training. The full contents can be found here.
Introducing the latest issue of JCPCP. We have a paper exploring the disconnect between how psychiatry is actually practiced versus how it should be practiced according to the World Health Organisation. Spoiler: they are not the same. John Herbert also provides a moving account of his story and treatment at the hands of psy experts. A must read given the disconnect between how the public thinks the system works (and how professionals pretend it does), versus how it actually does in the real world.Contents found here.
Is there anyone still into critical psychology? Some people seem to be and they have produced a special issue on David Smail and his critical psy work. Enjoy it while it lasts. The full contents can be found here.
Welcome to the latest issue of JCPCP. Are we all in some kind of cult? This issue looks briefly at cults with a paper exploring the idea of cults and psy. There is also a piece which seeks to shed some light on identity politics and the role it has played undermining system reform. Finally, Joanne hunt presents a paper on the potential of solidarity for those in medically oppressed positions. Please view the contents here.
AI promises to take over everything so why not ask it what the dangers are? You will find the response in our latest issue of JCPCP. The answer to the next question, 'is AI yet another venture capital bubble?', will come in a future issue. There are several research papers this season such as a systematic review of racism from one strand of psy - namely, clinical psychology. There are also some very helpful research insights into the process of service development - again, from a clinical psychology perspective. I have to say the word 'service development' was like brushing the dust off an old treasured book. It's not really been a talking point for many years. The full contents can be found here.
Welcome to the latest issue of JCPCP. The 'Tommy Gun' issue is what it suggests. In other words, a look at some of the disagreements, misunderstandings, ignorance, self-interest and corruption that shapes much of the world of psy - but not including Richard Long's paper which offers an enlightened glimpse into the very accessible and nourishing world around us. See you out there amongst the weeds, flowers, mushrooms and trees! The full contents can be viewed here.
The London Review of Books,The Guardian,Telegraph, Mail, etc, etc promote their own publications via paid reviewers - twas ever thus (see; Balzac). Perhaps it falls to Egalitarian to do the same. So this issue does just that - extracts from Egalitarian books - published or not - a paper from this journal, an article written by a Bot, the best book review you will ever read. What more could you possibly want (I know, I know; health, happiness, a decent job - any fucking job)? So, this one's for Ian Parker. The full contents can be found here.
Welcome to the latest issue of JCPCP. This issue contains an in depth analysis of continued human rights violations perpetrated by modern psychiatry. We also have a paper on the post office scandal where computers and their rich bourgeois owners destroyed the lives of hundreds of innocent working people. One of the many lessons from this being the importance of reforming psy teaching practices. Needless to say, I wont be holding my breath. The full contents can be viewed here.
Our new issue includes a piece by Peter Lehmann on infighting and disagreements amongst groups that resist psychiatric abuse. Hence the cover of this issue - which says 'Romans go home' - as opposed to another word. We also have a research paper exploring the experience of being diagnosed with personality disorder and as is common with JCPCP, there is a nod to Foucault somewhere in the issue. The full contents can be found here.
Welcome to the latest issue of JCPCP. This issue is a collection of papers that discusses the role of class and how it impacts psychotherapy. In an age where the establishment desperately tries to shutdown and discredit discussion about this subject and anything relating to it, the authors presented here help to shed some light on this most censored of areas. Some things never change, but at least we are not doing a special issue on identity politics! The full contents can be viewed here.
Our latest issue of JCPCP is here and includes a paper by the late Mark Rapley skewering the notion of ADHD and viewing it as a classic example of scientism. Joanne Hunt presents an interesting piece on the potential disavowment of disability by psy professionals and we have a research paper by Spira and Afuape which looks at the usefulness of creative co-production in helping marginalised young people cope with bereavement. The full contents can be found here.
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Welcome to the latest issue of JCPCP - a sort of special edition mainly by people called David (a volume by and about those with a traditional female name is in the pipeline). Institutional crises in the world of psy are on the agenda with a piece analysing problems at the BPS. We also take a wider look at clinical psychology in the UK and it's relationship with public health. There is also a longer piece by an infamous David on the cultural context of therapy. The full contents can be viewed here.
This issue includes a paper on racism, imperialism and anger in applied psychotherapy with refugees. There is also a complex reflective piece on a musical theme and its associated feeling. Craig Newnes has also written a classic paper on therapy in the age of austerity which will make you laugh out loud as well as cry into your oat latte. The full contents can be viewed here.
The new edition of JCPCP covers a lot of ground including electroshock, radicalisation and climate change. There is also a personal tribute to Cathy McCormack by David Fryer. The full contents can be viewed here.
This issue includes papers on ADHD, living with disability and the community making that stems from playing music. Sandy Burbach also writes about the importance of groups and dispensing with the expert when trying to genuinely help others. The full contents can be viewed here.
A children's book - a saga of sorts. Priced at £18 (or £15 for the smaller version), it is available at egalitarianpublishing.com/books/finnledoo
This book is a collection of poems about mental health in collaboration with the artwork of Dutch artist Marcel Herms. Priced at £13, it is available at egalitarianpublishing.com/books/psychobabbleandsnakeoil
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