collaborative practice
Benzo Free: The World of Anti-Anxiety Drugs and the Reality of Withdrawal
Postpsychiatry: Mental Health in a Postmodern World
What it is like to not be involved in risk management, care planning or significant decisions in mental health care
“When assessments, decisions and plans are made without my presence, let alone my input, it isn’t a cause of annoyance or anger but instead the source of complicated hurt, distress, mistrust, hopelessness and destruction of the self.” From the thedoodlechroniclesblog :…
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The Myth of the Chemical Cure: A Critique of Psychiatric Drug Treatment
Psychiatry and experiences beyond consensus reality
“… there is no experiential learning about … unusual states. Psychiatric training does not require that trainee psychiatrists explore their own nature, through counselling or meditation, for instance.” Writing in Asylum Magazine , Dave Barton says: “This article begins with two of my experiences…
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Patient Experiences With Antipsychotics Largely Negative, Survey Shows
Children Who Witness Violence at Home
“Interpersonal violence, especially violence experienced by children, is the largest single preventable cause of mental illness.”Steve Sharfstein, 2006. In De-Medicalising Misery: Psychiatry, Psychology and the Human Condition , Chapter 9 – Children Who Witness Violence at Home – is written by clinical psychologist Arlene Vetere. It begins: “The…
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Understanding Anxiety and Depression (part 2): Antidepressants
“Despite the exponential use of antidepressant medications … We still have no clue about levels of serotonin, or any other neurotransmitter, before or after treatment, or if this correlates with improvement in symptoms. More to the point, as a society,…
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