Thank you, Theroadislong. The books have been published by well-established publishers, but I have been worrying about the 100+ papers, most of which have been published in established journals. I intend putting these onto the page below, but am not sure whether to put all of them, or just a few. Peter Chadwick has been on broadcasts and at least one of his books has been/is on reading lists on Radio 4. [sorry, managed to delete your message :-(] Yes, despite going through the wizard, road has been long to get this far. I would really appreciate any comment you may have regarding the above,, thanks Proklam (talk) 20:20, 19 March 2019 (UTC) talk:Theroadislong|talk]]) 18:58, 19 March 2019 (UTC)}}


Peter K. Chadwick

Peter Kenneth Chadwick was born in Manchester in 1946. His best-known book, 'Schizophrenia: The Positive Perspective: Explorations at the Outer Reaches of Human Experience: In Search of Dignity for Scizophrenic People'[1], is an accessible, first-hand account of the experience of schizophrenia.

He achieved a Doctorate in Structural Geology in 1971, and went on to gain a B.Sc. (First) in Psychology in 1975. His writings cover three strands: firstly, human factors in geology, whereby he attempted to fuse the social sciences with the physical sciences – to place the person at the centre, rather than the periphery, of scientific research. However, in 1979, he experienced psychosis, and was hospitalized, since when the second phase of his work has focused upon abnormal psychology.

He undertook, while working, a second Ph.D. in 1989, in Cognitive and Abnormal Psychology. Since knowing psychosis from the inside, he could talk about it with a realism and sensitivity impossible for other researchers. The Ph.D. came out, with some modifications, as a book, ‘Borderline’[2], 1992, in which he presented a positive case for psychosis as enhancing creativity, sensitivity and empathy, and therefore is not all bad. He was able to recruit other people who had suffered psychosis or near-psychosis, telling their stories in biographical articles, which were added to by experimental and therapeutic research. The research is not without problems because, while being able to examine psychotic thinking at an extensive and fine-grained level, he therefore was not a disinterested researcher; however, the advantage, which outweighs this, is the insider perspective. This showed the operation of massive confirmation bias – a bias to confirm a delusion at the expense of evidence that discredited and refuted it. Regarding the delusion as being like a theory, he found this confirmation bias in scientists as well and that there are many similarities between psychosis and science, and he concluded that psychosis involves basically normal processes that come together in a toxic mixture, which was the theme of the second edition of the book, ‘Schizophrenia, the Positive Perspective’[3] in 2009.

The third phase of the research involves Wildean studies and artistic approaches to psychology. He added more methods, such as insider-based description, poetry, photography, music and painting to case studies, or ‘biographical sketches’, in the book, ‘Personality as Art’[4] in 2001. The studies of Oscar Wilde were done basically in praise of the artist-playwright as psychologist, and also includes a study of Dostoyevsky to that end. He demonstrates that the writer can obviously be a great psychologist, more sensitive than the scientist, and these studies attempt to show this, and prove it.

Since 1975, Peter Chadwick has published over 100 papers, and continues his research into the above-mentioned strands of study. He has lived, along with his wife, Jill, in Norfolk, U.K., since 1994.

Books: Chadwick, Peter K., Chadwick, M.R. Borderline: A Psychological Study of Paranoia and Delusional Thinking, 1992, (London and New York), Routledge. Reprint: 2015, Routledge 'Psychology Revivals' series' (p/b). Chadwick, Peter K., Understanding Paranoia: What Causes It, How It Feels, and What To Do About It, 1995. Thorsons Health series, (London), Thorsons/Harper-Collins. Chadwick, Peter K., Schizophrenia: The Positive Perspective: Explorations at the Outer Reaches of Human Experience: In Search of Dignity for Schizophrenic People (1997), (London and New York), Routledge. 2009, 2nd ed. Chadwick, Peter, Personality as Art: Artistic Approaches to Psychology 2001, Ross-on-Wye, P.C.C.S. Books

Educational Qualifications B.Sc. Geology, Class II, Univ. College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1967. M.Sc. D.I.C., Structural Geology and Rock Mechanics, Imperial College, Univ. of London, 1968. Ph.D. Structural Geology, Univ. of Liverpool, 1971. B.Sc. Psychology, Class I, Univ. of Bristol, 1975. Ph.D. Cognitive and Abnormal Psychology, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Univ. of London, 1989. D.Sc. Psychology, Univ. of Bristol, 2007.

Papers: Chadwick, P.K. (1975). A Psychological Analysis of Observation in Geology, 'Nature', v.256, no. 5518, August 14th, pp.570-573 Chadwick, P.K. (1975). Psychology of Geological Observations, 'New Scientist', v.68, 18th/25th December, pp.728-731. [Correction to this: New Scientist, 22nd Jan. 1976, p,201] Chadwick, P.K. (1976). Tectonic Structures – A Classification. 'Tectonophysics', v.30, pp.T3-T9 Chadwick, P.K. (1976). Visual Illusions in Geology. 'Nature', v.260, 1st April, pp.397-401 Chadwick, P.K. (1977). Scientists Can Have Illusions Too. 'New Scientist', v.73, 31st March, pp.768-771 Chadwick, P.K. (1977). Illusions. 'New Scientist' (Letters), v.74, 5th May, p.297 Chadwick, P.K. (1977). The Perception and Interpretation of Continuity and Discontinuity, 'Catastrophist Geology', v.1, no. 3, pp.35-48 Chadwick, P.K. (1977). Geological Perception and the Core Curriculum, 'Geology Teaching', v.2, no. 2, pp.95-103 Chadwick, P.K. (1978). Some Aspects of the Development of Geological Thinking, 'Geological Teaching', v.3, no 4, pp.142-148 Chadwick, P.K. (1978). T. Neville George on Science, Philosophy and Reflection – A Rejoinder. 'Geology Teaching', v.3, no. 2, p.72-76 Chadwick, P.K. and Hughes, E.M. (1980). Which Way Up is Upside Down? 'Geology Teaching', v.5, no. 3, pp.87-89 Chadwick, P.K. (1981). Optical Illusions – Fooling the Eye. 'Insight', pt.66, pp.1813-1817 Chadwick, P.K. (1982). Earth Boundedness in Geological Observation, 'Geology Teaching', v.7, no.1, March, pp.16-22 Chadwick, P.K. (1983). Peak Preference’ and Waveform Perception, 'Perception', v.12, pp.255-267 Chadwick, P.K. (1993). The Stepladder to the Impossible: A First-hand Phenomenological Account of a Schizoaffective Psychotic Crisis. 'Journal of Mental Health', v.2, pp.239-250. Chadwick, P.K. (1993). Ex-Patients as Researchers. 'The Psychologist' (Letters), v.6, no.3, p.115 Chadwick, P.K. (1995). The Artist as Psychologist. 'The Psychologist' (Letters), v.8, no.9, p.391 Chadwick, P.K. (1995). Learning From Patients. 'Clinical Psychology Forum', no.82, pp.30-34 Chadwick, P.K. (1996). In Search of Deep Music: Artistic Approaches to the Study of Mind. 'Clinical Psychology Forum', no.89, March, p.8-11 Chadwick, P.K. (1996). A Meeting Place for Science, Art and Spirituality: The Perception of Reality in Insane and ‘Supersane’ States. 'Network: The Scientific and Medical Network Review', no.60, April, pp.3-8 Chadwick, P.K. (1997). Recovery from Schizophrenia – The Problem of Poetic Patients and Scientific Clinicians. 'Clinical Psychology Forum', no.103, May, pp.39-43 Chadwick, P.K. (1997). Recovery from Psychosis – Learning from Patients. 'Journal of Mental Health', v.6, no.6, pp.577-588 Chadwick, P.K. (1997). Learning from Patients (republished paper). 'Clinical Psychology Forum', no.100, pp.5-10 Chadwick, P.K. (1997). Oscar Wilde – Psychologist. 'Changes', v.15, no.3, August, pp.163-174 Chadwick, P.K. (1997). Return to the Meeting Place for Science, Art and Spirituality: Mystical and Psychotic Perceptions of Reality – Some Replies to Correspondents. 'Network', no.64, August, p.8-11 Chadwick, P.K. (1998). Spiritual Healing. 'The Psychologist' (Letters), v.11, no.2, February, p.58 Chadwick, P.K. (1998). Hints for Therapists of All Persuasions. 'The Therapist', v.5, no.4, Autumn, p.28-29 Chadwick, P.K. (1998). Is There an ‘X Factor’ in Schizophrenic Illness? ' Network: The Scientific and Medical Network Review', no.68, December, pp.12-14 Chadwick, P.K. (1998). Madness Did Not Turn Me into a Murderer. 'Western Daily Press', Thursday, July 23rd, p.6 Chadwick, P.K. (1999). Understanding Paranoia. 'Mind ‘Understanding’ Series', Mind Publications, July Chadwick, P.K. (1999). From Featherbed to Inferno. 'The Therapist', v.6, no.2, Spring, pp.16-20 Chadwick, P.K. (1999). Suffering Healers. 'Clinical Psychology Forum' (Letters), no.128, June, p.3 Chadwick, P.K. (2000). Spiritual Experience or Religious Psychosis? 'Nursing Times', v.96, no.16, April 20th, pp.42-43 Chadwick, P.K. (2000). Bullying and Psychosis. 'Open Mind', no.103, May/June, p.24 Chadwick, P.K. (2000). Spend, Spend, Spend: Is Hypomania a Symptom of 21st Century Western Lifestyle? 'Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care', v.3, no.11, p.362 Chadwick, P.K. (2000). Thinking in Psychosis. 'Nursing Times', v.96, no.44, November 2nd-8th, pp.42-43 Chadwick, P.K. (2001). Sanity to Supersanity to Insanity: A Personal Journey, in I. Clarke (ed.), 'Psychosis and Spirituality – Exploring the New Frontier', London and Philadelphia: Whurr Publishers Ltd., chap. 5, pp.75-89 Chadwick, P.K. (2001). Psychotic Consciousness, 'International Journal of Social Psychiatry', v.47, no.1, pp.52-62 Chadwick, P.K. (2002). How to Become Better After Psychosis Than You Were Before. 'Open Mind', no.115, May/June, pp.12-13 Chadwick, P.K. (2002). Understanding One Man’s Schizophrenic Experience. 'Nursing Times', v.98, no.38, September 17th, pp.32-33 Chadwick, P.K. (2002). The Art and Science of Psychosis from the Inside. 'The Ethical Record: The Proceedings of the South Place Ethical Society', v.107, no.8, October, pp.13-15 Chadwick, P.K. (2002). Spirituality and Psychosis from the Inside. 'The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy', v.2, no.4, Winter, pp.203-207 Chadwick, P.K. (2003). Psychosis and Recovery: Some Patients’ Perspectives, in S.R. Hirsch and D. Weinberger (eds), 'Schizophrenia' (2nd ed.), Oxford and Massachusetts: Blackwell Science Ltd., chap. 35, pp.701-712 Chadwick, P.K. (2003). Let’s Get Back into Life. 'Your Voice', Summer, p.10 Chadwick, P.K. (2003). The Stream of Psychotic Consciousness. 'Open Mind', no.124, Nov./Dec., pp.22-23 Chadwick, P.K. (2003). Positivism, Materialism and Scientific Psychology: The Illusions of Truth and Certainty. 'The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy', v.3, no.4, Winter, pp.185-189 Chadwick, P.K. (2003). Straight to the Point. 'The Psychologist', v.16, no.5, p.234 Chadwick, P.K. (2003). The Artist’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). 'The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy', v.3, no.1, pp.45-47 Chadwick, P.K. (2003). Reply to John Rowan. 'The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy', v.3, no.4, Winter, pp.250-251 Chadwick, P.K. (2004). When Once is Too Often… 'Your Voice', Winter, p.8 Chadwick, P.K. (2004). Self-Expression. 'Clinical Psychology' (Letters), no.35, p.5 Chadwick, P.K. (2004). Nice Brain, Shame About the Face. 'The Psychologist' (Letters), v.17, no.4, p.188 Chadwick, P.K. (2004). From Madness to Creativity, 'Human Givens', v.11, no.1, pp.40-42 Chadwick, P.K. (2004). Paranormal, Spiritual and Metaphysical Aspects of Madness: An Essay on Love and Cognition. 'Paranormal Review', no.31, pp.13-16 Chadwick, P.K. (2004). The Pen and the Spirit. 'Open Mind', no.129, p.12 Chadwick, P.K. (2004). Beyond the Machine Metaphor: Academic Psychology as the Study of Mind and Soul. 'The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy', v.4, no.4, Winter, pp.247-251 Chadwick, P.K. (2004). Psychosis from the Inside: The Psychologist as Mental Health Service User, in N. Fazal-Short, D. Wickett and O. Field, Final Report on Trust Psychology Services User Involvement, C.P.D. Training Day, Birmingham and Solihull N.H.S., P.12 Chadwick, P.K. (2005). How about THIS for a Sackful of Stigmas and Diagnoses? 'Your Voice', Summer, p.14 Chadwick, P.K. (2005). The Other Side of Delusions: Magic, Fiction-Making and Personal Growth, 'The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy', v.5, no.2, Summer, pp.85-88 Chadwick, P.K. (2005). Psychosis, Psychokinesis, Theta Waves and Subtle Energies. 'The Paranormal Review', No.34, pp.13-16 Chadwick, P.K. (2005). The Psychology of Writing. 'The Author', v.CXVI, no.1, pp.36-37 Chadwick, P.K. (2005). Oscar Wilde: The Artist as Psychologist. 'The Wildean', No. 27, pp.2-11 Chadwick, P.K. (2005). The Magic of Secrets, 'Open Mind', No.135, p.18 Chadwick, P.K. (2006). Oscar Wilde: The Playwright as Psychologist. 'The Wildean', no.28 (January), pp.17-23 Chadwick, P.K. (2006). If My Parents Had Known, 'Your Voice', February, pp.8-9 Chadwick, P.K. (2006). We’re Tough: The Paranoid Psychology Behind Positivism and Falsificationism, 'The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy', v.6, no.2, pp.63-69 Chadwick, P.K. (2006). Oscar Wilde: The Playwright as Psychologist [republished paper], 'The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy', v.6, No.3, pp.137-142 Chadwick, P.K. (2006). How Social Difficulties Produce Cognitive Problems During the Mediation of Psychosis: A Qualitative Study. 'International Journal of Social Psychiatry', v.52, no.5, p.459-468 Chadwick, P.K. (2006). Critical Psychology via the Short Story: On the Masculinity and Heterosexuality Thought Police (MASHTOP). 'The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy', v.6, no.4, pp.200-209 Chadwick, P.K. (2006). Wilde’s Creative Strategies. 'The Wildean', no.29 (July), pp.28-39 Chadwick, P.K. (2006). Coping with the Positive and Negative Experiences of Psychosis: Hints from Patients. 'Clinical Psychology Forum', no.163, July, pp.5-8 Chadwick, P.K. (2007). Cited Peer-Professional First-Person Account: Schizophrenia from the Inside – Phenomenology and the Integration of Causes and Meanings. 'Schizophrenia Bulletin', v.33, no.1, pp.166-173. (doi: 10.1093/schbul/sb1034) Chadwick, P.K. (2007). ‘Is This Letter a Telephone?’: On the Acceptance and Emotional Understanding of Psychotic Thought. 'Clinical Psychology Forum', no.171, pp.3-7 Chadwick, P.K. (2007). Laughing at a Funeral: Understanding the Un-understandable in Psychosis. 'Your Voice', Winter, pp.20-22 Chadwick, P.K. (2007). Artistic Leanings in British Academic Psychology. The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy', v.7, no.2, pp.92-99 Chadwick, P.K. (2007). On the Dominance of Male Metaphors for Thought in Psychology. 'The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy', v.7, no.3, pp.146-149 Chadwick, P.K. (2007). Freud Meets Wilde: A Playlet. 'The Wildean', No.31, pp.2-22 Chadwick, P.K. (2008). Delusional Thinking from the Inside: Paranoia and Personal Growth, in D. Freeman, R. Bentall and P. Garety (eds.), 'Persecutory Delusions: Assessment, Theory and Treatment'. Oxford, New York: O.U.P., Chapter 1, pp.3-19 Chadwick, P.K. (2008). Existence, The Self, Psychosis and C.B.T. 'Clinical Psychology Forum', no.189, September, pp.23-27 Chadwick, P.K. (2009). Decadence and Growth: Oscar Wile and the Renewal of Romanticism. 'The Wildean', no.34, January, pp.50-60 Chadwick, P.K., Morgan, S. and Carson, J. (2009). Recovery Heroes – A Profile of Peter Chadwick: A Life in the Day, v.13, no.3, August, pp.6-9 Chadwick, P.K. (2010). Decadence and Spirituality in Late Nineteenth Century Artists and Writers. 'The Wildean', no.37, July, pp.93-102 Chadwick, P.K. (2010). Taking Responsibility for Your Own Mental Illness. 'Your Voice' (Letters), Autumn, p.4 Chadwick, Peter K. (2010). Recovery from Psychosis: Strategies and Reflections from Hostel Living. 'British Journal of Wellbeing', v.1, no.6, September, pp.24-25 Chadwick, P.K. (2010). Waking Up to the Extraordinary. 'Paranormal Review', no.55, July, pp.16-17 Chadwick, P.K. (2010). The Antidote to Madness: Crystallising Out the Real Self, in T. Bassett and T. Stickley (eds.), 'Voices of Experience: Narratives of Mental Health Survivors', chap. 2, pp.13-19. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell Chadwick, P.K. (2010). ‘On Not Drinking Soup with A Fork’: From Spiritual Experience to Madness to Growth – A Personal Journey, in I. Clark (ed.), 'Psychosis and Spirituality: Consolidating the New Paradigm' (2nd ed.) Chichester: Wiley Blackwell, chap. 6, pp.65-73 Chadwick, P.K. (2010). Taking Responsibility for One’s Mental Illness: Advantages and Difficulties. 'British Journal of Wellbeing', v.1, no.9, December, pp.10-12 Chadwick, P.K. (2011). A Positive Perspective on Psychosis, in H. Cordle, J. Fradgley, J. Carson, F. Holloway and P. Richards, 'Psychosis: Stories of Recovery and Hope', London: Quay Books, Chap. 16, pp.174-182. Chadwick, P.K. (2011). 30 Years After a Psychotic Episode. 'Open Mind', July/August, pp.6-7 Chadwick, P.K. (2011). Peter Chadwick, in S. Davies, E. Wately, S. Morgan and J. Carson (eds). 'Mental Health Recovery Heroes, Past and Present', Brighton: Pavilion Publishing Ltd., chap. 6, pp.67-73 Chadwick, P.K. (2011). The Blend of Science, Art and Spirituality in the Study and Treatment of Psychosis. 'British Journal of Wellbeing', v.2, no.7, October, pp.8-9 Chadwick, Peter (2012). On the Artistic Shaping of Delusion in Psychosis. 'Mental Health and Social Inclusion', v.16, no.1, pp.26-30 Chadwick, P.K. (2012). Spirituality and Mental Health in the Consumer Age. 'Open Mind', no.172, May/June, pp.18-19 Chadwick, P. (2012). From Teddy Boy to Teddy Bear, From Barbells to Bar Belle: On Growth via Psychosis, Sin and Love, in G. McManus and J. Carson, 'From Communism to Schizophrenia and Beyond: One Man’s Long March to Recovery'. London: Whiting and Birch, chap.8, pp.128-141 Chadwick, P.K. (2012). Does a Psychotic Episode Ever Do Anybody Any Good? In G. McManus and J. Carson (eds). 'From Communism to Schizophrenia and Beyond', London: Whiting and Birch, Chap.9, pp.142-152 Chadwick, P.K. (2012). Psychosis and Art: Similarities and Differences. 'Journal of Critical Psychology', Counselling and Psychotherapy, v.12, no.4, December, pp.221-9 Chadwick, P.K. (2012). On the Inside: Being Paranoidly Deluded in Hospital. 'British Journal of Mental Health Nursing', v.1, no.4, Winter, pp.212-3 Chadwick, Peter K. (2013). Before and After Psychosis: Is There Anything Positive to be Gained from the Experience? In Bruce Kirkaldy (ed.), 'Chimes of Time: Wounded Health Professionals, Essays on Recovery', Leiden, The Netherlands: Sidestone Press, chap. 3, pp.45-55 Chadwick, P.K. (2013). On the Inside: What is a Psychotic Spiritual Crisis Like? 'British Journal of Mental Health Nursing', v.2, no.2, May/June, pp.90-92 Chadwick, P.K. (2013). On the Inside: Being Paranoidly Deluded in Hospital (republished) 'Camden Mental health News', June, pp.2-3 Chadwick, P.K. (2013). Chelonian Thought Forms, 'Paranormal Review', v.66, April, pp.13-14 Chadwick, P.K. (2013). Mod Pride and Mod Sham. 'Camden Mental Health News', December, p.8 Chadwick, P.K. (2014). Peer-Professional First-Person Account: Before Psychosis -Schizoid Personality from the Inside. 'Schizophrenia Bulletin', v.40, no.3, May, pp.483-486 (Advanced Access Publication, Dec. 18, 2013) Chadwick, P.K. (2014). How Do Creative Artists Cope on The Edge? 'Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy', v.14, no.2, June, pp.71-78 Chadwick, P.K. (2014). Why is Poetry Good for Mental Health? 'Getting Better' (newsletter of Voiceability), no. 1, July, p.11

  1. ^ Chadwick, Peter K., 'Schizophrenia: The Positive Perspective: Explorations at the Outer Reaches of Human Experience: In Search of Dignity for Schizophrenic People' (1997), (London and New York), Routledge. 2009, reprint
  2. ^ Chadwick, Peter K., Chadwick, M.R. 'Borderline: A Psychological Study of Paranoia and Delusional Thinking', 1992, (London and New York), Routledge. Reprint: 2013, Routledge 'Psychology Revivals' series'
  3. ^ Chadwick, Peter K., 'Schizophrenia: The Positive Perspective: Explorations at the Outer Reaches of Human Experience: In Search of Dignity for Schizophrenic People' (1997), (London and New York), Routledge. 2009, reprint
  4. ^ Chadwick, Peter, 'Personality as Art: Artistic Approaches to Psychology' 2001, Ross-on-Wye, P.C.C.S. Books