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Lädt ... The Last Asylum (2013)von Barbara Taylor
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Presents a memoir of a young historian, who was admitted in England's largest psychiatric institution, Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum, later known as Friern Hospital. This memoir tells the story of author's madness years, set inside the wider story of the death of the asylum system in the twentieth century. The book Jacket says, "The Lived Past is never really past." Barbara Taylor has written the story of her past - 'a memoir of madness' as she calls it. One cannot but feel compassionate towards her; but is all her suffering really necessary? I would question her decision to undergo/continue with psychoanalysis. Given the progress in psychiatry and treatment of psychiatric condition there was absolutely no reason for Taylor to go through all that she did. Also, the title is misleading. The book deals not only with "The Last Asylum" but is also a history of Psychiatric Hospitals in London. Not all readers want to read about these. One also wonders if the sexual overtones present throughout are real or thrown in to perk readers' interest. Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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In the late 1970s, Barbara Taylor, then an acclaimed young historian, began to suffer from severe anxiety. In the years that followed, Taylor s world contracted around her illness. Eventually, her struggles were severe enough to lead to her admission to what had once been England s largest psychiatric institution, the infamous Friern Mental Hospital in North London. "The Last Asylum" is Taylor s breathtakingly blunt and brave account of those years. In it, Taylor draws not only on her experience as a historian, but also, more importantly, on her own lived history at Friern once known as the Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum and today the site of a luxury apartment complex. Taylor was admitted to Friern in July 1988, not long before England s asylum system began to undergo dramatic change: in a development that was mirrored in America, the 1990s saw the old asylums shuttered, their patients left to plot courses through a perpetually overcrowded and underfunded system of community care. But Taylor contends that the emptying of the asylums also marked a bigger loss, a loss of community. She credits her own recovery to the help of a steadfast psychoanalyst and a loyal circle of friends from Magda, Taylor s manic-depressive roommate, to Fiona, who shares tips for navigating the system and stories of her boyfriend, the Spaceman, and his regular journeys to Saturn. The forging of that network of support and trust was crucial to Taylor s recovery, offering a respite from the stranded, homeless feelings she and others found in the outside world. A vivid picture of mental health treatment at a moment of epochal change, "The Last Asylum" is also a moving meditation on Taylor s own experience, as well as that of millions of others who struggle with mental illness." Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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What it did was make me wonder if it was her therapy that was making her ill. Years and years of analysis I, some of it for months, daily, would prevent ever stepping out of your head. I am astonished Barbara Taylor managed to extract herself from this disease causing cycle and get on with her life.
It is terrifying to think of the damage that can be done with bad mental health care, and that is front and centre in this telling.
I wonder. I have gone for therapy myself, the useless for me CBT, now trauma-centred therapy. I'm not convinced much of it helps, and the risk of becoming a victim of the system is very large.
Scary, scary book, and so sadly self-obsessed. Page after page of dreams and analysis of her dreams and chewing over her life and such. Had to start skimming after chapter three, though it is well-written and offers some wisdom. The horror of watching Ms. Taylor self-flagellate on the point of a pin was too horrible to watch. ( )