The Neuroplastic Narrative in the classroom
Adverse childhood experiences: a meta-analysis of prevalence and moderators among half a million adults in 206 studies
Transforming Mental Health Care with Cultural Narratives and Metaphors
“In an influential paper, Laurence Kirmayer explores how cultural narratives and metaphors shape our experience of mental health and recovery.“ This article by Justin Karter has been published in Mad in America. It begins: “In a groundbreaking academic article, Laurence J. Kirmayer , a…
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Beyond Police and Psychiatrists: Chicago’s Plan to Transform Community Mental Health
“From Jacobin: ‘Police violence and lack of access to essential care services have emerged as twinned hallmarks of American life. In a nation in which people with unmet mental health needs are 16 times more likely to be killed by police,…
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Critique Of IAPT On BBC TV
The New WHO and UN Guidance: Psychiatry Must Entirely Change
“A fundamental shift is required within the field of mental health … There is an overreliance on biomedical approaches to treatment options, inpatient services and care, and little attention given to social determinants and community-based, person-centred interventions…” The new World…
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Exercise that could beat depression revealed by scientists and may be prescribed by GPs
Martin Bagot reports for The Mirror: “Just one yoga session a week can tackle depression symptoms and could be prescribed by GPs, scientists say. The clinical trial, involving 80 adults with moderate-to-severe depression , found 44 percent of those in the yoga groups…
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Bruce E. Levine | The Rise and Fall of Psychiatry | Psychology Is Podcast 45
In this video “Clinical psychologist Dr. Bruce Levine joins Nick for a conversation about historical and modern practices in the field of psychiatry. The conversation is based on Dr. Levine’s new book, A Profession Without Reason: The Crisis of Contemporary…
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Dangerous Psychiatric Fads
For Teen Girls, Rare Psychiatric Disorders Spread Like Viruses on Social Media
