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On the Uplift Connect site, Jonathan Davis writes that a “new perspective on addiction is emerging”. He cites Johann Hari, author of Chasing The Scream (The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs), who “recently captured widespread public interest with his Ted talk…
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An article signed by 29 psychiatrists in the British Journal of Psychiatry said (December 2012): “A series of editorials in this Journal have argued that psychiatry is in the midst of a crisis. The various solutions proposed would all involve a strengthening of psychiatry’s…
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Do you have a biochemical imbalance? Are any such imbalances the cause of things like depression, or anxiety or schizophrenia? Trailblazing psychiatrist Dr. Peter Breggin – in Part 1 of his “Simple Truths about Psychiatry” video series – looks at…
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The publishers ( PCCS Books , 2016) of Searching for a Rose Garden describe it as “an incisive critique of all that is unhelpful about sanestream understandings of and responses to mental distress. Drawing on world-wide survivor activism and scholarship, it explores…
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The Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health “curate and create research and dialogue to inspire, motivate and empower policymakers and urban practitioners to build mental health into their projects for a healthier, happier urban future.” They have a blog called Sanity and Urbanity
The Handbook of Person-Centred Therapy and Mental Health (Theory, Research and Practice), edited by Prof. Stephen Joseph, challenges the use of psychiatric diagnoses and makes a powerful case for the effectiveness of person-centred approaches as the alternative way to work with people who would otherwise be diagnosed with…
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The mental health of children is a rising area of concern and one which schools are trying to combat. The BBC’s Emma Jane Kirby reports from south London about a scheme that involves teaching primary schoolchildren about mental health through…
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One in six U.S. adults reported taking a psychiatric drug, such as an antidepressant or a sedative, in 2013, a new study has found. The new data comes from an analysis of the 2013 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), which…
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The publishers say that Creating Sanctuary: “… is a description of a hospital-based programme to treat adults who had been abused as children and the revolutionary knowledge about trauma and adversity that the programme was based upon. This book focuses on the…
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