Book Review: Schizophrenia: Making Sense of Madness: Contesting the Meaning of Schizophrenia

Abstract

Reviews the book, Making sense of madness: Contesting the meaning of schizophrenia by Jim Geekie and John Read (see record 2009-11747-000). This remarkable book is another addition to a number of publications trying to highlight the lived experience of those who are deemed ‘mad’, ‘schizophrenic’ or ‘psychotic’, terms which in this book are equated. The authors both work in Auckland, New Zealand, as clinical psychologists in early intervention services. They give candid expression to their views and personal experiences of madness, as an attempt to inform the reader of their standpoints and biases. A book to be highly recommended, not only for those just embarking on a psychiatric career, but also for those wishing to reflect on what they have been doing all these years. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)