Reading to Stay Alive

Christopher Dowrick is Emeritus Professor in the University of Liverpool UK, and past chair of the World Organisation of Family Doctors working party for mental health.

• Figures; Acknowledgements; 1. Staying Alive?; 2.Thwarted Belongingness; 3.Escape from Them All and from Myself; 4. Not Choose Not to Be; 5. Points of Transformation; 6. Creating Raisons d’Etre; 7.  Staying Alive;  Index

“This is an incredibly powerful book. It is about hope and the power of literature in helping any one of us through the darkest of times. It is a sophisticated book which combines theory, literature and people’s stories in a way that is both enlightening and engaging. I highly recommend this book.” — Rory O’Connor, Professor of Health Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.