collaborative practice
“Do antidepressants work?” A humanistic perspective
This article by Prof. Lisa Cosgrove was first published in The Humanistic Psychologist. The abstract says: “Since the approval of fluoxetine in 1987, there have been contentious debates about whether antidepressants ‘work.’ A recent meta-analysis on the efficacy and tolerability…
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The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic
Healing Voices
“Healing Voices” is a documentary directed by PJ Moynihan and co-produced by PJ Moynihan and Oryx Cohen. It comes from Digital Eyes Film and is described as: “… an award-winning documentary which explores the experiences commonly labeled as ‘psychosis’ in…
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Intelligent Kindness: Rehabilitating the Welfare State
Following on from Intelligent Kindness: Reforming the Culture of Healthcare , this book turns its attention to the UK’s welfare state. It has been written by John Ballatt, Penelope Campling and Chris Maloney. The publishers say: “At a time of renewed concern about health, social care, and national…
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Intelligent Kindness: Reforming the Culture of Healthcare
Unhinged: The Trouble with Psychiatry – A Doctor’s Revelations about a Profession in Crisis
The Inflamed Mind: A radical new approach to depression
“Professor Bullmore explores how the current division between Psychiatry and the rest of medicine has developed and how we might change that. He puts forward a fascinating theory that attributes depression to inflammation rather than serotonin imbalance as has traditionally…
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What peer research brings to mental health science
Beyond Possible: How the Hearing Voices Approach Transforms Lives
This video – see below – comes from the American-based Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care , who say: “Since 2012, Open Excellence donors have been sharing the hope of the Hearing Voices approach, funding research and training new support group facilitators across the United States…
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