Abstract
There has been acceptance that the experience of those suffering mental illness is ‘fundamentally non-understandable’ (Jaspers, 1959). This is not quite so — it is normal to hallucinate or have ‘odd’ ideas, sometimes (Haddock & Slade, 1996; Kingdon & Turkington, 1994).
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Mental Health Nursing |
| Subtitle of host publication | Competencies for Practice |
| Editors | Stephan D. Kirby, Denis A. Hart, Dennis Cross , Gordon Mitchell |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Chapter | 20 |
| Pages | 273-289 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781403997562 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781403902627, 1403902623 |
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| Publication status | Published - 12 Jan 2004 |