The Devil You Know: Encounters in Forensic Psychiatry

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The Devil You Know discusses a number of Dr Adshead's cases throughout her impressive career. It was certainly eye-opening in a number of ways, and sometimes heart-breaking, but unfortunately as a whole it didn't work all that well for me. Note that this is clearly an unpopular opinion, as my fellow readers all loved it. Some cases I found fascinating, others much less so. I disliked the sometimes flowery language, and things like the literary quotes the doctor would think of when she stepped into a room for a consultation that just bugged me and took me out of the experience. Again, this is clearly me being overly sensitive. I also felt that it was somewhat one-sided, monotonous, lots of X or Y grew up in bad circumstances and was exposed to this and that horror and here we are today, with X or Y having committed this or that crime. A physician recounts stories from her years at Broadmoor, Britain’s premier psychiatric institution.

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Adshead presents us with eleven cases consisting of interviews with eleven violent, and physiologically disturbed criminals. These particular people are deemed mentally ill, so they are housed in psychiatric hospital prisons such as Broadmoor, and here, is where I find it difficult to understand. The writing itself was average. It was readable, but sometimes Adshead threw in random statistics, which didn't really have any prevalence to the current person being discussed. I heard forensic psychiatrist Dr Gwen Adshead speak at the Edinburgh Book Festival in August and was prompted to buy this, her latest release, co-written by American author Eileen Horne.Knygoje į nusikaltėlius žvelgiama iš gydytojos psichiatrės G. Adshead perspektyvos. Jos draugė dramaturgė E. Horne į istorijas įterpė kultūrinių sąsajų, palyginimų su meno kūriniais – tai leido tekstui skambėti nepernelyg moksliškai. Tony, I think you’re brave enough to look at something really difficult”…”I’m not brave”. I looked into his eyes. “You don’t think so? Well, I experience you as brave. It takes courage to think about past violence… you’ve shown real courage.” Tanıdık Şeytan,belli bir suçtan hüküm giymiş ya da suç işlemeye eğilimi olan şiddet failleri ile çalışan adli psikoterapist Dr. Gwen Adshead'in yıllar içinde gördüğü vaka çalışmalarından alarak birleştirdiği 11 klinik portreyi işliyor. Giriş kısmında; ötekileştirildiği kadar büyüleyici olan Kötülük kavramına değinen yazar, çalıştığı kişilerin de kurban olduğu, normal olarak tanımlanan insanlardan farklı olmadığı, çeşitli mekanizmaların bir araya gelerek şiddeti mümkün kıldığının altını çiziyor. Ülkelerin askeri işgal gibi geçmiş deneyimlerinin de şiddete yönelmiş insanlara yaklaşımında ve kullandıkları tedavi yöntemlerinde belirleyici olduğu vurgulanan konular arasında. Görüşme sırasında psikiyatristin terapide yaptığı hatalar , çıkardığı sonuçlar, hastalığın tarihçesi ve bu konuda yapılan araştırma sonuçları, korkunç sapkınlık olarak görünen bir olgunun arkasında yatan mantık gibi unsurlar ayrıntıları ile ele alınıyor. İngiltere cezaevlerinde her türlü dini inanç ve inançsızlığa hizmet eden dini merkezlerin bulunması, erkek şiddetinin kadın şiddetinden farklı görünmesine sebep olan toplumsal öğrenme, çocukluk dönemi güvenli bağlanmanın yetişkinliğe etkisi, ruhsal tedavi konusunda devlet politikaları, hasta gizliliği gibi temaların ön planda işlendiği bu kitabı kurgusallıktan uzak temel gerçekleri ifade eden yapısı ile çok beğenerek okudum.

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Kezia, cinayet faili bir kadında, terk edilmişlik ve reddedilmişlik hisleri ile paranoid sanrıların birleşerek şiddete dönüşmesini ve altında yatan dinamikleri aktarıyor.The patients Adshead are some unbelievably evil people, and some of what I learned of these people was hard to read. It's difficult to take into account that if a person is concluded to be mentally ill at the time of a horrific murder, somehow there is more sympathy for that person in a way. It shouldn't actually matter, the person killed another human being, and their families have to live with that forever. Dr. Gwen Adshead is one of the UK’s leading forensic psychiatrists and psychotherapists. She has spent thirty years working in Broadmoor, England’s largest secure psychiatric hospital, with groups and individual patients convicted of serious violent offences, as well as with people in prisons and in the community. Gwen has a Master’s degree in medical law and ethics and has published several academic books and over one hundred papers and commissioned articles on forensic psychotherapy, moral reasoning and ethics, and attachment theory. She is a founder member of the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy and has been a visiting professor at Yale University and Gresham College in the UK. For me, this was what pulled me into this book. Yes, there may be common themes which may suggest someone's risk of violence, but there is also an individuality, to each perpetrator, and Dr Adshead will be offering insight into this particular individuality for some of the cases that she has worked on. Over a working life of more than 30 years, Adshead has served patients at Broadmoor, a place with 'a history of housing some of the UK’s most notorious violent criminals.' Adshead’s interest is not lurid, though there are lurid episodes, and her overarching goal is to secure more funding for better treatment. A welcome contribution to the literature of crime and rehabilitation." — Kirkus Aš esu didelė trilerių gerbėja. Patinka knygos, kur daug žiaurumo, kraujo ir žvėriškumo. Tad labai norėjau paskaityti ir šią knygą, nes ji analizuoja žiaurių nusikaltėlių mąstymą, o be to dar parašyta su žiauriausiais žmonėmis dirbusios psichiatrės. Patiko, kad Gwen aprašydama įvykius, paminėdavo ir savo klaidas, kad su dabartinia patirtimi vienose ar kitose situacijose elgtųsi kitaip. Ji, vos prieš kelis metus gavusi diplomą, tobulėjo ir mokėsi dirbdama su nuteistaisiais. Taip pat patiko, kad autorė daug gilinosi į savo jausmus. Bendraudama su pacientu, ji jausdavo jų įvairiausių, tad visada juos aprašydavo ir reflektuodavo, kodėl jie galėjo kilti.

The Devil You Know: Encounters in Forensic Psychiatry

Adshead’s warm intelligence, curiosity and nuanced understanding of her work inspire trust in what turns out to be an unmissable book... This insightful, compassionate and fascinating book will help us to move away from our blindness and misconceptions and shine a light on the stories beyond the headlines – stories that desperately need to be heard." — The GuardianForensic Psychiatry. Chapter 17 Forensic Psychiatry. Forensic psychiatry Antisocial Personalities Stalkers Competency to stand trial. What is forensic psychiatry?. Forensic psychiatry is a branch of medicine which focuses on the interface of law and mental health.