Spirituality, Creativity and Mental Illness
27 Sep 2008 | 2.00pm – 5.00pm
Mental illness lies behind much poverty, inequality and crime.
• Why do we not grant adequate resources to meet the need?
Within every extended family there is someone who is mentally ill.
• How do we overcome fear, ignorance & lack of public sympathy?
Creative expression is now seen as a royal road to mental health.
• What is the evidence that the spiritual has a role in healing, too?
A lively afternoon of presentations, dialogue and questions exploring these important issues and looking at new developments.
Dr Susan Mitchell, formerly Medical Director and Consultant Psychiatrist, at The Retreat, York, continues to be involved there in The Retreat’s Spirituality Working Group. She is a fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and member of its Faculty of Rehabilitation & Social Psychiatry.
Isabel Clarke is an NHS consultant clinical psychologist at the psychiatric inpatient hospital Woodhaven, West Southampton & New Forest, leading in psychological therapies. She researches, organises conferences & writes, recently editing Psychosis and Spirituality: exploring the new frontier. (2001)
Who should attend: Quakers AND non-Quakers
Location: Friends House, 173 Euston Rd, NW1 2BJ
Contact: Alec Davison
Transport tips: Euston or Euston Square tubes, any bus that runs along Euston Road
Charge: £6 on door