David, I'm surprised that you seem surprised by this. Questions about
the nature of experience and the ways in which psychological subjects
are bound up with their social and material circumstances are surely of
abiding relevance for a list discussing community psychology?
J.
David Fryer wrote:
> Why is so much time being devoted to this issue on this list?
> David
>
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> *From:* Penny Priest <[log in to unmask]>
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Sent:* Thursday, 11 June, 2009 11:17:53
> *Subject:* Re: subjective experience of taking anti-psychotic drugs
>
> Hi Carl
> John has an excellent paper (written with Dave Harper) on our midlands
> psychology group website (http://www.midpsy.freeuk.com/paranoia.pdf)
> about paranoia, which develops some of these ideas and subjectivity (I
> think John's also one of the editors of the journal Subjectivity... is
> that right John?).
> Best wishes
> Craig Newnes
>
> (Craig once told me he was me and I was him, and presumably we were both
> everybody else, so...)
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harris Carl (R3) BCH"
> <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> To: <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 11:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] subjective experience of taking
> anti-psychotic drugs
>
>
> Hello All
>
> I just wanted to go back to the bit where Barbara was responding to
> John. I also found John's response particularly interesting.
>
> For me community psychology emphasises the importance of people's
> material experiences in relation to the things that they think. So its
> our social experience that determines our consciousness rather than the
> other way around.
>
> But then there is also the material part of ourselves. The problem for
> me is that the thinking about the material part of the human experience
> is often medicalised. The brain has been colonised by, for instance, MRI
> scans which are, in turn, used to support notions like "ADHD" which
> decontextualise people's experiences and actions.
>
> David Smail has talked about the body as the basis of human experience.
> John Cromby has talked about "embodiment" at different times. Has this
> thinking been developed and where? Can it be used to help develop our
> understanding of how our social experiences relate to our material selves?
>
> Philosophical of Birmingham
>
> PS I would also like to know what the person who is calling themselves
> Craig Newnes has done with the real Craig.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>] On Behalf Of Gopfert, Michael
> Sent: 11 June 2009 09:48
> To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] subjective experience of taking
> anti-psychotic drugs
>
> It sounds like a near psychotic experience: if you had a folie-a-deux
> between two (or more) of the identities involved it would lead to a
> merger and could represent cure?
>
> Michael Göpfert,
> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>] On Behalf Of Mark Rapley
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> Sent: 10 June 2009 23:21
> To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] subjective experience of taking
> anti-psychotic drugs
>
> My doppelganger disagrees with me about the existence of my - or is it ur -
> inner world(s). S/he is from Fiji. Or thereabouts. So s/he says.
> But s/he - or is it me - paints quite well...
> Yours PG (we think, for now)
>
> Mark Rapley, PhD,
> Professor of Clinical Psychology,
> Programme Director - Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology,
> School of Psychology,
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List on behalf of CRAIG NEWNES
> Sent: Wed 6/10/2009 21:39
> To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] subjective experience of taking
> anti-psychotic drugs
>
> What, exactly, is an "inner world?" The cultures I know of are Polynesian.
> C
>
> --- On Wed, 10/6/09, Greta Sykes <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
>
> From: Greta Sykes <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> Subject: Re: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] subjective experience of taking
> anti-psychotic drugs
> To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wednesday, 10 June, 2009, 2:37 PM
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yes, very interesting - where are they?
> How come an artist paints in a style that we all recognise for his or her
> style, if they are not a person and don't perceive their own inner needs?
>
> One can take social construction perhaps too far, as we do exist as
> individuals, unique ones at that, in term of our blood, genes, fingerprints
> and unique set of emotions and thoughts. These we can at leisure observe
> from
> the inside - and from the outside via other peoples' social constructions of
> us - as Helen said; we are each necessarily the best observer of our inner
> world, or observers, if you have multiple personalities,
>
> Greta
>
>
>
> From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>] On Behalf Of tim anstiss
> Sent: 10 June 2009 10:16
> To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] subjective experience of taking
> anti-psychotic drugs
>
>
>
>
>
> that sounds interesting - which cultures are these?
>
>
>
> Tim
>
> --- On Wed, 10/6/09, CRAIG NEWNES <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> From: CRAIG NEWNES <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> Subject: Re: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] subjective experience of taking
> anti-psychotic drugs
> To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wednesday, 10 June, 2009, 10:12 AM
>
>
>
>
>
>
> You have to believe in the concept of "persons" to write this. All over the
> world people do indeed believe they change by the minute - in some cultures
> "responsibility" for the self is unknown because "selves" change daily -
> hence you can't be held responsible for something done yesterday - and
> "achievement" is unheard of
>
> Craig
>
> --- On Wed, 10/6/09, COMBES Helen A <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
>
> From: COMBES Helen A <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> Subject: Re: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] subjective experience of taking
> anti-psychotic drugs
> To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wednesday, 10 June, 2009, 10:00 AM
>
>
> Dear Philosophical of Birmingham
>
> You raise some interesting points. I think that we are the best
> observers of
> our inner world and in that sense we are the most objective viewers of our
> experience. Through language we can have some shared understanding and of
> course language is an extremely useful tool but it is always limited.
>
> Your post script about true selves as the subjective is also interesting. Do
> we become another person when we change our minds, when we move, change/lose
> our jobs/parents. I doubt it?!
>
> Helen
>
>
>
>
> From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>] On Behalf Of Harris Carl (R3) BCH
> Sent: 08 June 2009 16:51
> To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: subjective experience of taking anti-psychotic drugs
>
> Dear all
>
> Helen's revival of this dialogue coincides with a brief discussion of social
> constructionism today in my place of work.
>
> Does a subjective experience imply the existence of an individual "subject"
> that is separate from that which is being experienced? If our
> experiences are
> all socially constructed then this separation is problematic, as we cannot
> separate ourselves from the social processes through which we encounter
> ourselves and the world. In a sense, therefore, all of our experiences are
> non-subjective, as they are constructed through our collective languaging,
> thinking and practice, although "we" (as individual organisms) seem to be
> aware of something going on (and are, therefore, having an experience).
>
> Is that what you were saying, Helen, when you referred to the notion of
> "what
> one observes in the here and now without language (if that is ever
> possible)"?
>
> So, although in "our society" we are construed as individuals who have
> subjective experiences, this is itself a social construction.
>
> What would a critical realist response to this be? Would it be to say that
> all social practices perform a social function and that, while they are all
> ultimately based on one set of indefensible assumptions or another, it is
> their effects in the "real world" that matter. We can observe and experience
> their effects for ourselves (referring, if we like, to our "subjective
> experiences") and can perceive their effects on those around us. We can see
> who wins and who loses through the "winning out" of one version of
> reality or
> another.
>
> This takes me back to the question that David Fryer suggests we ask, "In
> whose interest is it that this should be believed?"
>
> Cheers
>
> Philosophical of Birmingham
>
>
> PS I wonder also whether the term subjective in the context of taking
> anti-psychotic drugs refers to the notion of a "true self". Whether that is
> the self that is "sane", "experiencing psychosis", or "taking anti-psychotic
> drugs" is beyond me.
>
>
>
>
>
> From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>] On Behalf Of COMBES Helen A
> Sent: 08 June 2009 11:19
> To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] subjective experience of taking
> anti-psychotic drugs
>
>
> Maybe what one observes in the here and now without language (if that is
> ever
> possible)!
>
> Helen
>
>
>
>
> From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>] On Behalf Of Suzanne Elliott
> Sent: 20 May 2009 15:11
> To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: subjective experience of taking anti-psychotic drugs
> Hi craig
>
> Hmmm. serious and interesting question. I need to be more cautious about
> what I reproduce with the copy-and-paste function!!
>
> I wonder whether it was a way of presenting people's experiences that suited
> ACTA PSYCHIATRICA
> SCANDINAVICA who published the article. A bit like the BPS calling this
> months 'beyond cbt' theme in the Psychologist mag an 'opinion special'.
>
> suzanne
>
>
>
>
> From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List
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> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>] On Behalf Of CRAIG NEWNES
> Sent: 20 May 2009 14:53
> To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] subjective experience of taking
> anti-psychotic drugs
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Suzanne, Serious question: What is a non-subjective experience?
>
> Craig
>
> --- On Wed, 20/5/09, Suzanne Elliott <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> wrote:
>
> From: Suzanne Elliott <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> Subject: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] subjective experience of taking anti-psychotic
> drugs
> To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wednesday, 20 May, 2009, 9:01 AM
>
>
> Hi everyone
>
> Someone sent me a link to this paper (below), I haven't looked at the full
> article yet, but it looks interesting.
>
> Suzanne
>
> Below is a summary of the findings of an interesting study looking at the
> personal experience of taking antipsychotic medication. The full paper
> can be
> reached at www.mentalhealth.freeuk.com/acta.pdf
>
> The subjective experience of taking antipsychotic medication: a content
> analysis of Internet data
>
> Significant outcomes
> . Sedation, impaired cognition and emotional flattening and indifference
> were
> most frequently
> associated with all the drugs examined. Few respondents mentioned pleasant
> effects such as calmness
> or relaxation.
> . Although, the main subjective effects were shared by the different
> antipsychotics, they were
> associated with a different profile of physical effects.
> . Some respondents described a beneficial impact of the main subjective
> mental effects of the
> antipsychotic drugs on their psychiatric symptoms.
>
> Limitations
> . The generalisability of data from Internet users is uncertain, and a bias
> towards negative comments
> may exist. However, the demographic and clinical profile of respondents
> resembles that of recipients
> of out-patient prescriptions of antipsychotics.
> . Little information on dose or concurrent medications was available.
> . We could not assess the prevalence
>
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