432 research outputs found
Nathan Filer and Agata Vitale
No full textWhat can writers and teachers of Creative Writing learn from psychiatry, neuroscience, and other medical disciplines about the links between creativity and mental illness?
Nathan Filer, author of 'The Shock of the Fall', and Agata Vitale, Senior Lecturer in Abnormal/Clinical Psychology at Bath Spa University, will be in conversation with Richard Hamblyn of Birkbeck College
The Heartland: Nathan Filer in conversation with Cathy Rentzenbrink
No full textIn conversation with journalist and author Cathy Rentzenbrink (A Manual for Heartache), Filer talked to the audience about the psychiatric wards he once worked on to challenge their preconceptions of schizophrenia. Mixing insight from mental health experts and personal stories from people who have lived with the diagnosis, he dug beyond the myths and assumptions to offer a human perspective on this often misunderstood condition
A spotlight on mental health: Nathan Filer and Michelle Thomas in conversation
No full textNathan Filer, author of 'The Heartland: Finding and Losing Schizophrenia', and journalist Michelle Thomas, author of 'My Sh*t Therapist: & Other Mental Health Stories', discussed why it is so important to question the way we talk about mental health. Bringing together insights from inside the mental health profession with stories from the people it serves, Nathan and Michelle showed the human faces that lie behind the myths and the statistics
David Bagley Letter : May 1, 1864
No full textFiler discusses his eagerness for the Union army to take Richmond, his brief meeting with Ulysses S. Grant, and his difficulty disbursing rations for soldiers on furlough because of the high cost of living in the city (he is especially upset that shaving costs so much). Filer briefly alludes to his interactions with a formerly enslaved person whom he describes as "handy." However, he proceeds to refer to African Americans as "contraband," scapegoat them for the entire war, and complain about their high wages
Talking about The Heartland: finding and losing schizophrenia
No full textAuthor and mental health nurse Nathan Filer talked about his book that explores schizophrenia - the ‘heartland’ of modern psychiatry - through debunking myths and gathering fresh perspectives, including first hand stories of those affected by this condition
The Heartland
No full textIn this presentation, qualified mental-health nurse and award-winning author Nathan Filer talked about his (not yet finished) new book, The Heartland, and about navigating the
intersection between empathy, creativity and scientific rigour
Finding and losing schizophrenia
No full textAuthor Nathan Filer discussed his latest book, The Heartland: Finding and Losing Schizophrenia. He was in conversation with Professor James Walters, deputy director at NCMH and professor of psychiatry at Cardiff University
One to One [3-part series]
No full textAuthor and mental health academic Nathan Filer considers the contemporary landscape of internet pornography: what it is, how we live with it and how we can talk to our children about it. Over three candid programmes, he consults comedian and author Sara Pascoe, pornographer Erika Lust, and sex education consultant Justin Hancock
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