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“Diagnostic Dissent”: Experiences of Individuals Who Disagreed With Their Diagnosis

Author: Editorial 25th June 2020 0 Comments

“Researchers investigate the first-person experiences of people who disagreed with their psychiatric diagnosis of psychosis.“ This article has been written by Zenobia Morrill and published (2018) on Mad in America. It begins: “Faith Forgione, a student at Fordham University, NY, recently…
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diagnosis, diagnostic labelling, Faith Forgione, Mad in America, psychiatry, psychosis, Research, Zenobia Morrill

“Do antidepressants work?” A humanistic perspective

Author: Editorial 24th June 2020 0 Comments

This article by Prof. Lisa Cosgrove was first published in The Humanistic Psychologist. The abstract says: “Since the approval of fluoxetine in 1987, there have been contentious debates about whether antidepressants ‘work.’ A recent meta-analysis on the efficacy and tolerability…
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antidepressants, depression, humanistic psychology, Lisa Cosgrove, person-centred, Research, ResearchGate, The Humanistic Psychologist

The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic

Author: Editorial 22nd June 2020 0 Comments

“The Lives They Left Behind reveals the vast historical inadequacies of a psychiatric system that has yet to heal itself.” This book has been co-authored by Darby Penney and Peter Stastny, with photographs by Liza Rinzler. The publishers say: “When Willard…
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asylum, books, Darby Penney, Peter Stastny, psychiatry

Healing Voices

Author: Editorial 19th June 2020 0 Comments

“Healing Voices” is a documentary directed by PJ Moynihan and co-produced by PJ Moynihan and Oryx Cohen. It comes from Digital Eyes Film and is described as: “… an award-winning documentary which explores the experiences commonly labeled as ‘psychosis’ in…
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documentary, extreme states, films, hearing voices, psychiatry, psychosis, schizophrenia, videos

Intelligent Kindness: Rehabilitating the Welfare State

Author: Editorial 18th June 2020 0 Comments

Following on from Intelligent Kindness: Reforming the Culture of Healthcare , this book turns its attention to the UK’s welfare state. It has been written by John Ballatt, Penelope Campling and Chris Maloney. The publishers say: “At a time of renewed concern about health, social care, and national…
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books, Chris Maloney, compassionate practice, John Ballatt, kindness, organisational culture, Penelope Campling, welfare state

Intelligent Kindness: Reforming the Culture of Healthcare

Author: Editorial 17th June 2020 0 Comments

The National Health Service (NHS) is obviously of pivotal importance in relation to mental healthcare within the UK. This book about the NHS has been written by John Ballatt and Penelope Campling. The publishers say: “Intelligent Kindness is a powerful new…
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books, compassionate practice, John Ballatt, kindness, National Health Service, NHS, organisational culture, Penelope Campling

Unhinged: The Trouble with Psychiatry – A Doctor’s Revelations about a Profession in Crisis

Author: Editorial 15th June 2020 0 Comments

“Psychiatrists have settled for treating symptoms rather than causes, embracing the apparent medical rigor of DSM diagnoses and prescription in place of learning the more challenging craft of therapeutic counseling …” This book , written within an American context, comes from…
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counseling, counselling, Daniel Carlat, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, psychiatry

The Inflamed Mind: A radical new approach to depression

Author: Editorial 11th June 2020 0 Comments

“Professor Bullmore explores how the current division between Psychiatry and the rest of medicine has developed and how we might change that. He puts forward a fascinating theory that attributes depression to inflammation rather than serotonin imbalance as has traditionally…
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books, depression, Edward Bullmore, immune system, inflammation

What peer research brings to mental health science

Author: Editorial 29th May 2020 0 Comments

This article on the website of theGIST (the Glasgow Insight into Science & Technology) has been written by Stephanie Allen. It begins: “It is (probably) widely agreed that not all scientists wear white coats and work in labs. But, as highlighted…
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clinical trials, Glasgow Insight into Science & Technology, peer research, peer review, Research, Stephanie Allen, Suzy Syrett, theGIST

Beyond Possible: How the Hearing Voices Approach Transforms Lives

Author: Editorial 28th May 2020 0 Comments

This video – see below – comes from the American-based Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care , who say: “Since 2012, Open Excellence donors have been sharing the hope of the Hearing Voices approach, funding research and training new support group facilitators across the United States…
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hearing voices, schizophrenia, seeing visions, videos, visions