The Myth-Busting Guide to Psychosis by Kai Conibear

Rating:

4 Stars

Themes:

Non-Fiction, Awareness, Mental Health

Thoughts:

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. I liked the way in which the book has been split up with a part on myth-busting, one on addressing stigma and a final part on living well to address many different elements of psychosis. I appreciated the chapter Language Matters for addressing the stigma in using words such as psychotic, mental, delusional which needs to be addressed more often as with the availability of social media many mental illnesses and symptoms have become used in a slang like way more often which is harmful to many and lightens the seriousness those who live with them face. I also appreciated the paragraph For People Who Want to Help as I myself don’t experience psychosis but am always open to learning different ways I can help and support those around me. I liked the short paragraph on the interviewees with a mini biography and their socials where appropriate and the positive media representations of psychosis but at the end too. I did appreciate the resources at the end and how they were split for the USA and the UK but it does feel very as there are so many more countries in the world that readers could be looking for this type of information from and it takes like a day to research the best psychosis support in more countries. I was also glad that there were references provided at the end so I can do some further research but maybe it should have been called a bibliography instead as there’s no way without reading the reference to know which one is relating to what in the book.

With thanks to Jessica Kingsley Publishing and Netgalley for my advanced digital copy of this book.

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