Today asylums have largely been consigned to history but mental illness is more prevalent than ever, whilst our culture teems with therapeutic possibilities: from prescription medications and clinical treatment to complementary medicines, online support, and spiritual and creative practices. Against…
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Written by Eric Maisel (2017), the publishers say that: “Humane Helping is a comprehensive, practical guide that helps clinicians shift their practice from the mental disorder-and-chemical fix and expert-talk models to a more humane, helpful model that increases their ability…
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“… the aircraft flew into Tromsö last Sunday and from the window I could see the spectacular view of the mountain and the sea as always is there. The purpose for my visit was to meet with staff and those…
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“Outside Mental Health: Voices and Visions of Madness” reveals the human side of mental illness. In this collection of interviews and essays, therapist, Madness Radio host, and schizophrenia survivor Will Hall asks, “What does it mean to be called crazy in a…
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Having a diagnosis of schizophrenia is associated with a life-expectancy reduction of nearly two decades. By some criteria, only one in seven people recover. Despite heralded advances in treatments, staggeringly, the proportion of people who recover hasn’t increased over time….
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John Cromby say ‘yes’, but Vaughan Bell disagrees. They go ‘head to head’ in a very interesting back-and-forth discussion …. You can read about it here (as published The Psychologist magazine).
The patients who use the Gellinudd Recovery Centre have a say in everything from policy to the decor. Could co-produced innovations be the future for mental health care? Soft, neatly folded blankets hang invitingly over the backs of the modern…
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Crazy…or wise? The traditional wisdom of indigenous cultures often contradicts modern views about a mental health crisis. Is it a ‘calling’ to grow or just a ‘broken brain’? The documentary CRAZYWISE explores what can be learned from people around the…
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The video below comes from the 17th Annual Conference of the International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry, held November 14-17, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. Each of the invited speakers was asked to present his or her proposal to…
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The placebo effect is weirder and potentially more useful than we imagined. Harvard medicine professor Ted Kaptchuk is at the bleeding edge of a radical new treatment in medicine: giving patients pills that don’t work. “Our patients tell us it’s…
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