Tromsö – A New Vision for Mental Health

Now Norway is offering drug-free treatment to people with psychosis

Author: Editorial 26th February 2021 0 Comments

Lucy Proctor and Linda Pressly report for the BBC: “Most people with psychosis take powerful drugs to keep delusions and hallucinations at bay – but the side-effects can be severe. In Norway, a radical approach is now on offer via the…
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BBC, biochemical imbalance, Linda Pressly, Lucy Proctor, Magnus Hald, Norway, psychiatry, psychosis, Tromsö, University Hospital of northern Norway

The Door to a Revolution in Psychiatry Cracks Open

Author: Editorial 4th April 2018 2 Comments

This comes from an article by Robert Whitaker (author of Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill ): “Åsgård psychiatric hospital in Tromsø, Norway is a rather tired-looking facility, its squat buildings mindful of institutional architecture from the Cold War era, and in terms of its geographic…
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Åsgård psychiatric hospital, Clients & Patients, medication free treatment, Norway, Robert Whitaker, Tromsö

Visiting the medication free psychiatric ward in Tromsö

Author: Editorial 27th September 2017 2 Comments

“… the aircraft flew into Tromsö last Sunday and from the window I could see the spectacular view of the mountain and the sea as always is there. The purpose for my visit was to meet with staff and those…
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Åsgård psychiatric hospital, Carina Håkansson, Extended Therapy Room Foundation., Magnus Hald, medication-free, New Approaches, Norway, psychiatric ward, Tromsö