Toxic Interactions and the Social Geography of Psychosis

Toxic Interactions is a review of quantitative research revealing how urban living, trauma, ethnicity, stress and familial influence the risk of troubling psychotic experiences.

Hugh Middleton is a retired medical psychiatrist and university lecturer. His experiences of clinical psychiatry, and social sciences research and teaching have combined to provide a singular perspective. Previous works include: Understanding Treatment Without Consent (2007), Psychiatry Reconsidered (2015) and Mental Health Uncertainty and Inevitability (2017).

Introduction 1. Spoiled Identity 2. What are we dealing with, here? 3. Childhood adversity and troubling psychotic experiences 4. Family life 5. Ethnicity, migration, and troubling psychotic experiences 6. Living in the city 7. Life's ups and downs 8. Joining the dots... 9. What can be learned from 'What Helps'? Index