Pieter
Welcome to the list. If you don't feel overwhyelmed with lists, you
might want to join the TC-OF list as well. That list is hosted by PETT
and ATC and has a number of members with a great deal of knowledge about
the Maxwell Jones model. Anyway, if you want to join the TC-OF list let
me know and I'll send you details.
Meantime, I have one question for you. What exactly do you mean by
"dual diagnosis"? In the UK these days, we would commonly use that
label for an individual with drug/alcohol dependence with a co-ocurring
mental health problem. Is that the terminology you are using?
Rowdy Yates
Senior Research Fellow
Scottish Addiction Studies
Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology Section
Department of Applied Social Science
University of Stirling
W: http://www.dass.stir.ac.uk/sections/scot-ad/
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M: 07894- 864897
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From: Therapeutic Communities
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Pieter Heye
Sent: 23 April 2007 09:23
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Subject: (another?) Belgian member
Dear all,
let me introduce myself shortly. I am Pieter Heye and I'm a student at
Ghent University, Belgium. At the moment I'm in my 4th year
'orthopedagogiek' - in English most often referred to as 'dissability
studies', although it goes broader than this. Generally spoken,
orthopedagogiek can be described as 'a mixture' between psychology,
counseling, social work, ... and the three main target groups with whom
an orhtopedagoog in Belgium can be working are people with a
disability(ies), people with a drug addiction and youngsters in
'problematic educational circumstances'.
At the moment I'm working at my thesis about how the principles of
Maxwell Jones (and the people after him) are being applied in the dual
diagnosis department of a psychiatric hospital in Belgium
(www.pcsleidinge.be). This department is based on the theories about
environmental therapy and the prinicples of the democratic TC of M.
Jones, as well as on psychoanalysis by Lacan. The theoretical part of my
thesis is about checking how the theories of Jones 'go together' with
those of Jacques Lacan and his view on psychosis and in how far those
theories still correspond with the current situation (in practice).
My thesis is being 'promoted'/ supported by professor Eric Broekaert -
some of you may know him, I reckon. He, together with Rowdy Yates,
offered me the possibility to join this mailing list and forum.
One of the things I imply in my thesis is about 'representation' and
'perception' of dually diagnosed people (people with psychosis in
particular).
Now, according to what I already read, the term 'dual diagnosis' is not
that old yet. As a part of my thesis is about representation, I would
like to get a view on how Maxwell Jones (and his companions) looked at/
described people that are today labeled as 'dually diagnosed patients'.
By joining the forum/ mailing list I would like to ask anyone who has
some information or knows more about Maxwell Jones' perception on dual
diagnosis, if it would be possible to send this to me and thus support
me in a way to write my thesis.
I thank you in advance,
best regards,
Pieter
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