Psychosis seminar
Psychosis seminars are discussion forums and expert groups whose core idea is an equal understanding of psychoses - ultimately with the aim of developing a better, holistic understanding of psychoses and thus changing the work of psychiatry. Experts in the sense of psychosis seminars are people who have experienced psychosis themselves, those who have experienced psychosis; their relatives, who have usually experienced a psychosis at close range; as well as professionals who work professionally in psychiatry with people with psychoses. In psychosis seminars, these different perspectives and experiences can be discussed and stand side by side on an equal footing. This exchange of experiences, known as “trialogue”, should be characterized by mutual respect . The participants get new insights into the experience of others and thus learn more about the phenomenon of psychosis.
There are now over 100 such seminars in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. You are organizationally autonomous, so that there is a great variety in terms of the type of moderation , the internal rules, the number of participants, composition, or the location of the seminar. The basic rule, however, is that the seminars take place in a neutral location, usually an adult education center or college , and not, for example, in a clinic , which is subject to different roles.
Outwardly, psychosis seminars want to convey a human image of psychoses and the mentally ill and also strengthen dialogue and a deeper understanding of these in public .
history
The first model for today's psychosis seminars was created in the summer of 1989 at the University Clinic Hamburg, where Dorothea Buck approached the psychologist Thomas Bock with the desire to be able to present her view of those who have experienced psychosis to specialists so that they can use this knowledge to change their work and can improve. This model was then adopted in many cities, adapted to local conditions.
literature
- Thomas Bock (Ed.): It is normal to be different! Understanding and Treatment of Psychosis. Blue brochure. Edited by the AG der Psychoseseminare. Psychiatrie-Verlag, Bonn 1997, 2000. ISBN 3-88414-206-2
Movie
- Room 4070. A documentary by Jana Kalms and Torsten Striegnitz. Psychiatrie-Verlag, Bonn 2006.
- Understand psychosis. An educational film from the Potsdam psychosis seminar. Psychiatrie-Verlag, Bonn 2006.
- 20 years of trialogue - the Hamburg psychosis seminar and its consequences. Documentary by Alexandra Pohlmeier. Paranus-Verlag, Neumünster 2009 ISBN 978-3-940636-09-6
Web links
- Information about psychosis seminars (as of Nov. 2019, the site is under construction and is therefore essentially incomplete.)
- Information on psychoses in the psychiatric network
Individual evidence
- ↑ Psychiatrienetz: Psychosis seminars celebrate their birthday - 20 years of Trialog ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
