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Our Encounters with Self-Harm – New Edited Collection by PCCS Books

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Our Encounters with Self Harm Edited by Charley Baker, Clare Shaw and Fran Biley PCCS books This collection brings together a range of voices on the theme of self-harm – from those who have experienced self-harm directly, alongside the friends, … Continue reading →

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PCCS Book Series on Lived Experience of Mental Health

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Readers of the CMH blog may be interested in this press release from PCCS books and the Madness and Literature Network: ‘The ‘Our Encounters with…’ series collect together unmediated, unsanitised narratives by service-users, past service-users and carers and survivors. These … Continue reading →

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Damaging The Body: Medical and Social Concepts of Harm (Film Launch, 6 December 2012, London)

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Centre for Medical Humanities

UCL Centre for the History of the Psychological Disciplines in conjunction with the University of the West of England presents as part of the Damaging the Body Seminar Series: ‘Extraordinary Eaters’: Film Launch A special one-off seminar and screening of … Continue reading →

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Our Encounters with Self-Harm (CfP, Deadline 30 Sept 2012, Book Commissioned with PCCS Books, eds Charley Baker, Fran Biley and Clare Shaw)

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Centre for Medical Humanities

This book will form part of a series with PCCS books. The first of these books, ‘Our Encounters with Madness’, has been well reviewed. Fran Biley is now working ‘Our Encounters with Suicide’. Both of these are collections of individuals’ … Continue reading →