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Tuesday 14 August 2012

Dorothy Rowe in Conversation at Birmingham University - why 'comforting lies' about medicalising explanations are often seen as preferable to 'uncomfortable truths' about societal and interactionist narratives - WATCH THIS EXCELLENT SERIES OF 3 VIDEOS AND THE JPOIN DOROTHY IN SIGNING PETITION.


The Great Dorothy Rowe Courtesy of :

The Centre of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Mental Health 
   Dorothy Rowe, clinical psychologist and writer, speaks about her perspectives on psychology and why 'comforting lies' about medicalising 'within person' explanations are often seen as preferable to 'uncomfortable truths' about societal and interactionist narratives.  WATCH VIDEO AND THEN JOIN DOROTHY IN SIGNING PETITION: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/write-the-wrongs-in-dsm-5-n-i-c-e-must-issue-guidanc.html   WATCH VIDEO PREVIEW  http://www.ceimh.bham.ac.uk/tv/RowePreview.shtml  + PART 1 "WHY WE LIE?"http://www.ceimh.bham.ac.uk/tv/RowePart1.shtml   + PART 2 "The DSM is a document that is reliable but it is not valid." http://www.ceimh.bham.ac.uk/tv/RowePart2.shtml   +PART 3"Unhappiness is awful but it is different from being depressed."

http://www.ceimh.bham.ac.uk/tv/RowePart3.shtml   + PART 4"To label the truth as a cognitive dysfunction is a very wrong thing to do."  http://www.ceimh.bham.ac.uk/tv/RowePart4.shtml   +Q and Ahttp://www.ceimh.bham.ac.uk/tv/RoweQPartOne.shtml  

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