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Written by James Rucker, Jonathan Iliff and David Nutt, the abstract of this article (2017, Neuropharmacology) says: “The classical psychedelic drugs, including psilocybin, lysergic acid diethylamide and mescaline, were used extensively in psychiatry before they were placed in Schedule I of the…
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This 74-minute film – a 3 minute trailer is also available – looks at the Open Dialogue Project as developed in Finland by Prof. Jaakko Seikkula The film’s maker, Daniel Mackler, says this project is presently [as of 2010 when the film was…
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In Searching for a Rose Garden: challenging psychiatry, fostering mad studies , Chapter 10 is called “Thinking (differently) about suicide”. Written by David Webb, it concerns his enquiry into suicide after he stopped being actively suicidal: “… As I continued to wade through the literature, I realised that the actual suicidal…
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The word hospital is related to hospitable, hostel and hotel. Earlier it meant “shelter for the needy”. It comes from the Latin hospes, signifying a stranger or foreigner, hence a guest. Another noun derived from this, hospitium, came to signify…
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In this 27 minute audio recording from the BBC, Rachel Waddingham tells her story of being sectioned multiple times. At various different times, Rachel has been given a large number of different psychiatric labels/ diagnoses. These include schizophrenia (three times), depression, anxiety,…
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In Psychosis and Spirituality: Consolidating the New Paradigm , Chapter 18 is authored by Janice Hartley and called “Mapping Our Madness: The Hero’s Journey as A Therapeutic Approach”. She writes: “… The Hero’s Journey approach suggests that although someone may be ‘out of touch’ with consensus reality,…
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The video below is of an address by Dr. Scott Miller to the “Evolution of Psychotherapy 2017” conference. It’s a long video (1 hour), but very well worth watching for some very challenging facts, figures and ideas concerning not just…
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