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I am writing to respond to an article by my colleague, Ann-Louise Silver in the Journal of The American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry, 31 (2), 325-1341, 2003. Silver has written a passionate and interesting article on the psychotherapy of schizophrenia. There is much to agree with and support in what she has written, however the style is rather discursively punctuated by anecdotal reporting of her private reading and conversations she has had with various people.
I wish to comment on her account of one of these. I should point out that Silver and I are fellow board members of the ISPS (International Symposium for Psychological Treatments for Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses) and have worked together to try to promote further development and uptake of psychological interventions for people with schizophrenia and other psychotic illnesses. This is a very important venture, as your readers will agree,