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The Future Is Political and Transdisciplinary

Author: Editorial 3rd April 2023 0 Comments

This article by Dr. Awais Aftab has been published in Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology – the official journal of the Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry (AAPP). It describes the journal’s aims and general content, and sets out the…
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Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry, Awais Aftab, lived experiences, madness, philosophy, philosophy of mental health, philosophy of psychiatry, Project MUSE, psychiatry, psychology

Breathwork May be Accessible Alternative for Anxiety Treatment

Author: Editorial 29th March 2023 0 Comments

“A new review suggests breathwork interventions may be a useful but under-researched non-drug alternative for anxiety treatment.“ This report by Woanjun Lee has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “Breathwork is often seen as a method to alleviate distress…
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anxiety, Blerida Banushi, Brain Sciences, breathwork, Holotropic breathwork, Klein’s false-suffocation theory, Ley’s Hyperventilation theory, Mad in America, panic, Research, Woanjun Lee

We launched a study of music and song writing with people who hear voices that others don’t. … I want to share some quotes from our participants…

Author: Editorial 27th March 2023 0 Comments

During COVID we launched a study of music and song writing with people who hear voices that others don’t. It is sponsored by NIMH and Kennedy Center. I want to share some quotes from our participants…🧵— Phil Corlett (@PhilCorlett1) March 22, 2023 You…
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hearing voices, music, music therapy, Phil Corlett, twitter

The link between stress and depression … and the 10 simple words that could help

Author: Editorial 23rd March 2023 0 Comments

“Neurological insights into how the brain processes stress, and how it can develop into depression, have led to new interventions” This article by Dean Burnett has been published in The Guardian: It begins: “It’s a damp, midweek afternoon. Even so, Cardiff’s…
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Dean Burnett, depression, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, Jim White, neuroscience, stress, The Guardian, wellbeing

Pattern Breaking: A Complex Systems Approach to Psychedelic Medicine

Author: Editorial 22nd March 2023 0 Comments

This paper (by Inês Hipólito‬, Jonas Mago, Fernando Rosas, and Robin Carhart-Harris) has been published by PsyArXiv Preprints. The abstract says: “Recent research has demonstrated the potential of psychedelic therapy for mental health care. However, the psychological experience underlying its therapeutic…
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complex systems, complexity science, complexity-based practice, entropic brain hypothesis, PsyArXiv Preprints, Psychedelic-assisted therapy, RElaxed Beliefs Under pSychedelics (REBUS)

‘Thirty years on, I still have symptoms from taking benzodiazepines’

Author: Editorial 20th March 2023 0 Comments

This report by David Cox has been published in The Telegraph. It begins: “In the 1970s and 1980s, vast numbers of people in the UK began taking benzodiazepines, a group of drugs more commonly known as tranquillisers, for stress, anxiety and…
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anxiety, Ativan, benzodiazepines, David Cox, drug dependency, psychiatry, The Telegraph, tranquillisers, Valium, Xanax

Martin Harrow: The Galileo of Modern Psychiatry (1933 – 2023)

Author: Editorial 16th March 2023 0 Comments

“I conclude that schizophrenia patients not on antipsychotic medication for a long period of time have significantly better global functioning than those on antipsychotics” This article by Robert Whitaker has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “The first time…
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antipsychotics, Mad in America, Martin Harrow, psychiatry, psychosis, Research, Robert Whitaker, schizophrenia

My take on “A Psychopharmacology Fit for Mad Liberation? by Awais Aftab”

Author: Editorial 13th March 2023 0 Comments

This post by Vincenzo has been published on his blog-site. It begins: “In the latest edition of Asylum Magazine, Dr Awais Aftab published an article on the relation between Psychopharmacology and Mad Liberation and brought it to my attention. The full…
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Asylum Magazine, Awais Aftab, organisation of knowledge, person-centered, person-centred, Power Threat Meaning Framework, psychopharmacology, Vincenzo

My Mind Medicine Australia Psychedelic Lecture Tour

Author: Editorial 8th March 2023 0 Comments

This article by Prof. David Nutt has been published by Drug Science. It begins: “I have just come back from a 3-week lecture tour of South-Eastern Australia supporting the cause of the charity Mind Medicine Australia (MMA) They have been raising money for psychedelic…
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Australia, David Nutt, Drug Science, MDMA, Mind Medicine Australia, psilocybin, Psychedelic-assisted therapy, Randomised Control Trials (RCTs), Real World Evidence, Research

Acute Religious Experiences: Madness, Psychosis and Religious Studies

Author: Editorial 6th March 2023 0 Comments

This book has been written by Dr. Richard Saville-Smith. The publishers say: “This book engages the problem of how, in the 21st century, we are to speak about experiences of the extraordinary/anomalous/extreme which occur on a transhistorical and transcultural basis. Critical…
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anthropology, book, books, dissociation, DSM, madness, psychiatry, psychosis, religious studies, Richard Saville-Smith, schizophrenia