The life and times of a high-security psychiatric hospital patient, 1972-2002

我的舅舅迈克尔·麦克莱恩（Michael Maclean）在1972年至2002年被判犯有刑事罪并根据1959年的《精神健康法》被关押在高度安全的精神病系统中。麦克莱恩的罪行最高可判处五年徒刑，但他的住院令是无限期的。我正在研究一本以麦克莱恩的经历为中心的历史回忆录，调查他在这些机构中的生活以及他们提供的医疗服务。该项目利用了机构文件的特权访问;档案材料;我对童年访问叔叔的回忆;对Mikey，家庭成员，前患者和临床工作人员的采访。其结果将是对一个高度安全的精神病患者的世界以及塑造它的社会，医疗和司法机构的深入研究。这项工作结合了对精神疾病，安全机构和刑事司法系统的理论研究，以及生活写作的创造性实验。布罗德莫，阿什沃思和兰普顿经常与少数臭名昭著的暴力个人。这个创造性的项目旨在叙述一个人的生活，他的“精神病”使他受到高度的侮辱，并考虑对严重精神疾病的机构和公众反应的影响。

Michael Maclean [pseud], my maternal uncle, was detained within the high-security psychiatric system from 1972 to 2002 after being convicted of a criminal offence and sectioned under the 1959 Mental Health Act. Maclean's offence carried a maximum sentence of five years, but his hospital order was for an indefinite time period. I am researching a historical memoir centred on Maclean's experiences, investigating his life in these institutions and the medical care they provided. The project draws on privileged access to institutional files; archival material; my recollections of childhood visits to my uncle; interviews with Mikey, family members, former patients and clinical staff. The result will be an indepth examination of the world of a high-security psychiatric patient and the social, medical and judicial institutions that shaped it. The work combines theoretical investigations into mental illness, secure institutions and the criminal justice system, with creative experimentations in life-writing. Broadmoor, Ashworth and Rampton have often been associated with a small number of notoriously violent individuals. This creative project seeks to narrate the life of a man whose 'psychopathy' rendered him highly stigmatised and to consider the implications for institutional and public responses to serious mental illness.