James Davies

stack is a book-length poem, and the debut Carcanet title of one of the UKs rising poetry talents. Described by its author as a document of minimalist interventions, the small descriptions that make up stack capture seemingly - and actually - everyday scenes, found images from walks, tabletops, cafes, bus stops, and the dreamy conveyor belt of still-lives that is the poets imagination. Following in the footsteps of minimalists such as Aram Saroyan, Robert Grenier and Robert Lax, Davies has dedicated much of his life as a writer so far to finding innovative ways of saying less. Resisting the poetic trend of showing why ordinary things are magical, his writing shows why ordinary things are ordinary: a packet of beef, the roof of a shed, computer stuff in a computer bag. Yet there is a philosophical aspect to stack. The uncanny precision of its images, the tiny disruptions in grammar and syntax, feel like symptoms of languages attempt, and failure, to reflect the world. Each time words move in to capture it, reality slips: something is added, or something is lost. stack can be read as a list of discrete compositions, a series of connected images, or a set of modular combinations. What binds the poem is Daviess flair for slow, disinterested inspection. The result is a poem that invites its readers to linger, to dally - a welcome curative for our rapid-fire world.

This is Long Dog. He''s not skinny, or tall, or scruffy - he''s long and we like it that way. Well at least I do. Mum and Dad aren''t so sure. Especially when Long Dog gets stuck in the cat flap, or

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¿Alguna vez has enfurecido a un dios? O tal vez un día tuviste que bajar la mirada para evitar que medusa te convirtiera en piedra. Quizá has perdido a alguien a manos de un monstruo. ¿No? Pues la gente de la Antigua Grecia se enfrentaba a estas y muchas mas calamidades. O al menos eso cuentan sus mitos. En esta novela grafica para todas la edades encontraras historias de codicia, amor, valentia y perdida mientras acompañas a Teseo a combatir al Minotaruro y viajas con Orfeo al Inframundo.

Why is psychiatry such big business? Why are so many psychiatric drugs prescribed 47 million antidepressant prescriptions in the UK alone last year and why, without solid scientific justification, has the number of mental disorders risen from 106 in 1952 to 374 today?The everyday sufferings and setbacks of life are now medicalised into illnesses that require treatment usually with highly profitable drugs. Psychological therapist James Davies uses his insider knowledge to illustrate for a general readership how psychiatry has put riches and medical status above patients well-being. The charge sheet is damning: negative drug trials routinely buried; antidepressants that work no better than placebos; research regularly manipulated to produce positive results; doctors, seduced by huge pharmaceutical rewards, creating more disorders and prescribing more pills; and ethical, scientific and treatment flaws unscrupulously concealed by mass-marketing.Cracked reveals for the first time the true human cost of an industry that, in the name of helping others, has actually been helping itself.

A provocative and shocking look at how western society is misunderstanding and mistreating mental illness. Perfect for fans of Empire of Pain and Dope Sick. In Britain alone, more than 20% of the adult population take a psychiatric drug in any one year. This is an increase of over 500% since 1980 and the numbers continue to grow. Yet, despite this prescription epidemic, levels of mental illness of all types have actually increased in number and severity. Using a wealth of studies, interviews with experts, and detailed analysis, Dr James Davies argues that this is because we have fundamentally mischaracterised the problem. Rather than viewing most mental distress as an understandable reaction to wider societal problems, we have embraced a medical model which situates the problem solely within the sufferer and their brain. Urgent and persuasive, Sedated systematically examines why this individualistic view of mental illness has been promoted by successive governments and big business - and why it is so misplaced and dangerous.

En Gran Bretaña, casi una cuarta parte de la población adulta toma un medicamento psiquiátrico al año, lo que supone un aumento de más del 500% desde 1980 y las cifras siguen creciendo. Sin embargo, a pesar de esta epidemia de prescripcion, los niveles de enfermedades mentales de todo tipo han aumentado en numero y gravedad.El Dr. James Davies sostiene, a partir de una gran cantidad de estudios, entrevistas con expertos y analisis detallados, que esto se debe a que hemos caracterizado el problema de forma fundamentalmente erronea. Muchas de las personas a las que se les diagnostica y prescribe medicacion psiquiatrica no padecen problemas biologicamente identificables. En cambio, experimentan las comprensibles y, por supuesto, dolorosas consecuencias humanas de las dificultades vitales: rupturas familiares, problemas en el trabajo, infelicidad en las relaciones, baja autoestima. Hemos adoptado un modelo medico que situa el problema unicamente en la persona que lo sufre y en su cerebro.Para estas personas se ha producido un desequilibrio en la disposicion de ayuda en el que te ofrecen una infinidad de intervenciones farmaceuticas y medicas frente a las terapias basadas en la conversacion y la prestacion psicologica social, que pueden facilitar mejor el cambio significativo y la recuperacion.Segun el Dr. Davies, "al sedar a las personas sobre las causas y soluciones de su angustia socialmente arraigada -tanto literal como ideologicamente-, nuestro sector de la salud mental ha acallado el impulso de la reforma social, lo que ha distraido a las personas de los verdaderos origenes de su desesperacion, y ha favorecido resultados principalmente economicos, al tiempo que ha presidido los peores resultados de nuestro sistema sanitario".

A provocative and shocking look at how western society is misunderstanding and mistreating mental illness Perfect for fans of Empire of Pain and Dope Sick In Britain alone more than 20 of the adult population take a psychiatric drug in any one year This is an increase of over 500 since 1980 and the numbers continue to grow Yet despite this prescription epidemic levels of mental illness of all types have actually increased in number and severity Using a wealth of studies interviews with experts and detailed analysis Dr James Davies argues that this is because we have fundamentally mischaracterised the problem Rather than viewing most mental distress as an understandable reaction to wider societal problems we have embraced a medical model which situates the problem solely within the sufferer and their brain Urgent and persuasive Sedated systematically examines why this individualistic view of mental illness has been promoted by successive governments and big business and why it is so misplaced and dangerous

En Gran Bretaña, casi una cuarta parte de la población adulta toma un medicamento psiquiátrico al año, lo que supone un aumento de más del 500% desde 1980 y las cifras siguen creciendo. Sin embargo, a pesar de esta epidemia de prescripcion, los niveles de enfermedades mentales de todo tipo han aumentado en numero y gravedad. El Dr. James Davies sostiene, a partir de una gran cantidad de estudios, entrevistas con expertos y analisis detallados, que esto se debe a que hemos caracterizado el problema de forma fundamentalmente erronea. Muchas de las personas a las que se les diagnostica y prescribe medicacion psiquiatrica no padecen problemas biologicamente identificables. En cambio, experimentan las comprensibles y, por supuesto, dolorosas consecuencias humanas de las dificultades vitales: rupturas familiares, problemas en el trabajo, infelicidad en las relaciones, baja autoestima. Hemos adoptado un modelo medico que situa el problema unicamente en la persona que lo sufre y en su cerebro. Para estas personas se ha producido un desequilibrio en la disposicion de ayuda en el que te ofrecen una infinidad de intervenciones farmaceuticas y medicas frente a las terapias basadas en la conversacion y la prestacion psicologica social, que pueden facilitar mejor el cambio significativo y la recuperacion. Segun el Dr. Davies, "al sedar a las personas sobre las causas y soluciones de su angustia socialmente arraigada -tanto literal como ideologicamente-, nuestro sector de la salud mental ha acallado el impulso de la reforma social, lo que ha distraido a las personas de los verdaderos origenes de su desesperacion, y ha favorecido resultados principalmente economicos, al tiempo que ha presidido los peores resultados de nuestro sistema sanitario".