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Rufus May (né en 1968) est un psychologue clinicien britanique. Il est surtout connu pour utiliser sa propre expérience de patient en psychiatrie. Il promeut une approche alternative pour le rétablissement des personnes qui traversent des symptômes psychotiques. Après avoir été officiellement diplômé comme psychologue clinicien il a divulgué qu'il avait été précédemment interné en hôpital psychiatrique et diagnostiqué schizophrène.
En 1998 May a éte diplomé de l'Université de Londres Est University of East London
Experiences en santé mentale
modifierEn 1986 , May a été diagnostiqué schizophrène à l'âge de 18 ans. Il a été interné en hopital psychiatrique à trois reprises[1][2] Il attribue ses experiences psychotiques à une perte affective et de l'isolement social[3] During a time of change in his life where his first relationship had broken up and he found himself in a boring job with few friends. He began to day dream intensely and became preoccupied with the worlds he was imagining. He also began to experience sleep deprivation. Among other beliefs, he developed ideas he was an apprentice spy for the British secret service.[4] He also experienced messages from the radio and television. This eventually led to three admissions to Hackney Hospital within 14 months.[3]
After a year of receiving psychiatric drug treatment Rufus May decided to stop being involved with psychiatric services and stop taking the drugs he was being prescribed, he then used exercise, creative activities, social relationships and voluntary work to regain his wellbeing.[5]
Clinical approach
modifierRufus May has used his professional knowledge and own experiences of psychosis to focus on developing services that are more patient centred and therapeutic approaches that are more collaborative, without relying on chemical imbalance theories of mental distress.[4] For example, he works with those experiencing auditory hallucinations by conversing directly with the voice to help discover the meaning of these dissociative experiences. He draws upon the Nonviolent Communication style developed by Marshall Rosenberg and mindfulness.
His approach received considerable publicity when it was the subject of The Doctor Who Hears Voices, a 2008 British television documentary broadcast on Channel 4 about a junior doctor helped by May to overcome her experiences of hearing voices.[6][7] Directed by Leo Regan, the documentary depicts the therapy which May provided to the junior doctor, played by actress Ruth Wilson.[8] The programme created a significant reaction[9] with both support and criticism of May's approach[10][11][12][13][14][15] and was a 2008 finalist in the Mind Mental health media awards.[16]
Professional career
modifierMay has worked as a clinical psychologist in Tower Hamlets, East London, England.[5] He currently works as a clinical psychologist in an assertive outreach team in Bradford, England. He is actively involved in consumer recovery groups such as the hearing voices network and a Bradford mental health discussion and campaign group, Evolving Minds.[17][18]
He often provides comments in the British media against the use of compulsory detention and the forcibly use of medications legislation.[1][19]
His story has received a number of awards, including a Mental Health Media Survivor and Factual Radio awards in October 2001 for Fergal Keane's show Taking a Stand on Radio Four.[20][21] and a 2008 award for the TV documentary.[16]
Publications
modifier- May, R. (2000) "Routes to recovery from psychosis: The roots of a clinical psychologist", Clinical Psychology Forum 146: 6–10.
- May, R. (2004) "Making sense of psychotic experiences and working towards recovery". In J. Gleeson & P. McGorry, (eds.) Psychological interventions in early psychosis. Chichester: Wiley.
- May, R. (2007) "Working outside the diagnostic frame". The Psychologist Vol 20, No 5, pp. 300–301.
- May, R. (2009) personal story of recovery in Living with Voices: 50 Stories of Recovery by Marius Romme, Sandra Escher, Jacqui Dillon, Dirk Corstens, Mervyn Morris. (ISBN 978-1-906254-22-3)
See also
modifierReferences
modifier- (en) « I survived mental illness », BBC News World Edition, (lire en ligne)
- (en) Oliver James, They f*** you up, Bloomsbury, 2002/2007
- « Dr Rufus May: One man and a bed », The Independent (UK) , (consulté le )
- (en) « The mad doctor: The extraordinary story of Dr Rufus May, the former psychiatric patient », The Independent (UK), London, (lire en ligne)
- (en) Adam James, « Spying on the psychiatrists: Insider who has challenged the treatment of mental illness », The Guardian, London, (lire en ligne)
- (en) « A dialogue with myself », The Independent, London, (lire en ligne)
- « Review of The Doctor Who Hears Voices (2008) », Internet Movie Database (consulté le )
- « Channel 4 The doctor who hears voices » (consulté le )
- « News on the film reaction », Psychminded (consulté le )
- « Frontier Psychiatrist blog » (consulté le )
- (en) Nancy Banks-Smith, « Last night's TV: The Doctor Who Hears Voices », The Guardian, London, (lire en ligne)
- (en) Kathryn Flett, « Hear the voices from the other side. », The Observer, London, (lire en ligne)
- Rachel Cooke, « A dangerous experiment. », New Statesman, (consulté le )
- « Hearing voices with your head in the sand », Mind Hacks, (consulté le )
- (en) Paul Hoggart, « The dangerous methods of Leo Regan in The Doctor Who Hears Voices », The Times, London, (lire en ligne)
- « Mind Media Awards 2009 » (consulté le )
- « Rufus May website » (consulté le )
- « Evolving Minds website » (consulté le )
- (en) Clare Horton, « Mental health proposals flawed, says ex-psychiatric patient », The Guardian, London, (lire en ligne)
- D. B. Double, « Critical thinking in psychiatry: A positive agenda for change », Lecture for the Mind Conference, (consulté le )
- (en) John James, « Society Role models. Praise for mental health media images », The Guardian, London, (lire en ligne)