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Why popping a pill for every emotional problem is madness: Antidepressants and antipsychotics are now doled out in their millions… but an expert argues they can make your condition WORSE

Author: Editorial 17th June 2021 0 Comments

Psychotherapist James Davies has written an article for the Daily Mail. It begins: “Medicine has progressed at an astonishing rate over the past 40 years. If, in the late 1970s, a child had contracted leukaemia, their chances of survival would have…
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antidepressants, antipsychotics, Daily Mail, emotional distress, James Davies, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry

The Reason I Jump: one boy’s voice from the silence of autism

Author: Editorial 14th June 2021 0 Comments

This book has been written by Naoki Higashida and translated from Japanese by David MItchell. The publishers say: “What is it like to have autism? How can we know what a person – especially a child – with autism is thinking…
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autism, autistic spectrum, books, David MItchell, Naoki Higashida

The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness

Author: Editorial 11th June 2021 0 Comments

“”Insanity – a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.”Dr. R. D. Laing There are many people no longer with us whose ideas, actions, writings, thoughts (etc) feed into a modern-day new vision for mental health. R. D. Laing is…
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authenticity, books, existentialism, madness, psychiatry, psychosis, R. D. Laing, schizophrenia

Jung

Author: Editorial 9th June 2021 0 Comments

“Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens”Carl Jung There are many people no longer with us whose ideas, actions, writings, thoughts (etc) feed into a modern-day new vision for mental health. Carl Gustav Jung is one of them. This…
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Andrew Samuels, archetypes, audio, BBC, Brett Kahr, Carl Jung, collective unconscious, Freud, In Our Time, individuation, Melvyn Bragg, psychoanalysis, Radio Four, Ronald Hayman

Positive and Negative Effects of Antipsychotic Medication: An International Online Survey of 832 Recipients

Author: Editorial 4th June 2021 0 Comments

This study by John Read and James Williams has been published in Current Drug Safety. The abstract says: “Background: Antipsychotic medication is currently the treatment of choice for psychosis, but few studies directly survey the first-hand experience of recipients. Objective: To…
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Antipsychotic drugs, Current Drug Safety., James Williams, John Read, maudsley side effects, psychosis, Research, sedation, suicidality, TAE

The impact of a needs-based model of care on accessibility and quality of care within children’s mental health services: A qualitative investigation of the UK i-THRIVE Programme

Author: Editorial 3rd June 2021 0 Comments

THRIVE is a person-centred model of mental health support for children and young people which focuses on the needs and preferences of the clients and their families. This research article – published in Child: Health, Care and Development – comes from Joanna Farr,…
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Anna Moore, Child: Health Care and Development, children and adolescents, Hilary Bruffell, i-THRIVE, Jacqueline Hayes, Joanna Farr, John Rae, Mick Cooper, needs-based model of care, person-centred, Research

My psychologist had never seen a black man with self-harm scars | Modern Masculinity

Author: Editorial 2nd June 2021 0 Comments

This 14 minute video comes from The Guardian. The producers say: “In this episode of Modern Masculinity, Guardian journalist Iman Amrani speaks to writer Derek Owusu about his journey to being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD). They discuss growing up…
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attachment theory, black men, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), Culture & Society, Derek Owusu, Iman Amrani, listening, masculinity, self-harm, sexism, suicide, The Guardian, trauma, videos

‘They saw me as mad and needing to be medicated’ | Modern Masculinity

Author: Editorial 31st May 2021 0 Comments

This 14 minute video comes from The Guardian. The producers say: “In this episode of Modern Masculinity, journalist Iman Amrani speaks to Chris, who after being diagnosed with schizophrenia spent a long time in the mental health system. They discuss medication,…
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anger, antipsychotics, compassion, emotions, empathy, Iman Amrani, listening, madness, masculinity, psychiatry, psychosis, Rufus May, schizophrenia, The Guardian, videos, warrior archetype, working class

The Psychedelic Drug Trial

Author: Editorial 28th May 2021 0 Comments

This 1 hour documentary film is from BBC2. The makers say: “The Psychedelic Drug Trial has exclusive access to a ground-breaking new trial at Imperial College London. The trial sees, for the first time ever under controlled conditions, a psychedelic drug tested…
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antidepressants, BBC2, David Nutt, depression, escitalopram, neuroscience, psilocybin, Psychedelic Drug Trial, psychedelic drugs, Research, Robin Carhart-Harris, Rosalind Watts, videos

Soteria: Through Madness to Deliverance

Author: Editorial 21st May 2021 0 Comments

This book has been written by social worker Voyce Hendrix and psychiatrist Dr. Lauren Mosher, with Dr. Deborah Fort. The publishers say: “This is the story of a special time, space, and place where young people diagnosed as ‘schizophrenic’ found a…
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Deborah Fort, Lauren Mosher, New Approaches, psychiatry, psychosis, schizophrenia, Soteria, Voyce Hendrix

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