A Road Back from Schizophrenia by Arnhild Lauveng

She discusses what creates confidence, hope, dignity, change and recovery, and also what undermines and destroys. It should lead to more humility in respect of categorical diagnoses and our treatment of the mentally ill, as well as our view of our own rock-solid normality.”Īrnhild Lauveng describes her encounter with the treatment system and with the social services such as the police, rehabilitation counsellors and support contacts. The absence of cocksureness is liberating. Lauveng gives a sensitive, painful and humorous portrayal of her past as a schizophrenic. In a review of the book 'Tomorrow I was Always a Lion', Tore Rem wrote: ”This year's possibly most moving travelogue – a journey from the inner landscape of schizophrenia. Thus she is an exponent for a large group of people whose voices are rarely heard. She uses her own painful experience of forced medication and isolation to talk about what brought her the insight, hope and strength to be where she is today. Her forward-thinking message is spawned by her heartfelt interest in helping all those who suffer from mental illness.Īrnhild Lauveng had a diagnosis of schizophrenia for about 10 years.

Lauveng is a sought-after speaker at conferences, institutions and schools in Norway and the Nordic countries. She works as a psychologist at the Kongsvinger Psychiatric Centre. It will be about young people and mental health.Īrnhild Lauveng has a graduate degree in psychology. There are plans to publish a fourth book about and for adolescents in autumn 2009. Published in spring 2008, 'Worker Ant with a Heart of Plaster' is about mental illness and working life. The book 'As Useless as a Rose' was brought to market in 2006.

The book has been sold in large print-runs and translated into a several languages for publication in a number of countries (the Netherlands, Poland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Spain and Russia). The first one, 'Tomorrow I was Always a Lion' (2005), is unique by Norwegian and European standards. Lauveng is the author of three books on mental health. She is a wise, fearless skilled expert who uses her own personal experience to recognise solutions that give rise to all-important hope. Freedom of Expression Tribute to Arnhild LauvengĪrnhild Lauveng's books have broken barriers in mental health care.

A Road Back from Schizophrenia by Arnhild Lauveng