Femi Oyebode

If one is thinking of the best use of literature for psychiatry, I would recommend reading the autobiographies or memoirs of people who have suffered from mental illness. What do you think about the role of visual arts in helping us understand the human condition? I have to admit I am not an expert...

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Published in:BJPsych Bulletin 2021-02, Vol.45 (1), p.66-68
Main Author: Sanati, Abdi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autobiographies
COVID-19
French literature
Humanities
Interview
Mental disorders
Other
Patients
Philosophers
Philosophy
Professionals
Psychiatry
Psychopathology
Teaching
Teams
Tests
Writers
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Summary:If one is thinking of the best use of literature for psychiatry, I would recommend reading the autobiographies or memoirs of people who have suffered from mental illness. What do you think about the role of visual arts in helping us understand the human condition? I have to admit I am not an expert in painting but as a West African I know a bit about sculpture. Philosophy benefits psychiatry immensely with regard to conceptual reasoning but I don't recommend formal teaching in the same way that I don't recommend formal teaching of literature in psychiatry training and having exams for it. In the world of what I call assembly-line psychiatry, patients move from team to team and from practitioner to practitioner and there is hardly any chance to make a proper psychopathological examination.
ISSN:2056-4694
2056-4708
2053-4868
DOI:10.1192/bjb.2020.123