psychosis – A New Vision for Mental Health

Associations between constructs related to social relationships and mental health conditions and symptoms: an umbrella review

Author: Editorial 6th September 2023 0 Comments

This review has been published in BMC Psychiatry. The abstract says: “Background: Loneliness and social isolation are increasingly recognised as prevalent among people with mental health problems, and as potential targets for interventions to improve quality of life and outcomes, as…
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a wellbeing society

depression, loneliness, mental health, psychosis, Research, social isolation, social network

Paradoxes in a prism: Reflections on the omnipotent passivity and omniscient oblivion of schizophrenia

Author: Editorial 25th August 2023 0 Comments

This article by Clara S. Humpston has been published in the journal Philosophical Psychology. The abstract says: “I reflect on what may be termed ‘omnipotent passivity and omniscient oblivion’ which are some of the key paradoxes within schizophrenia. I discuss various…
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collaborative practice

awareness, Clara Humpston, insight, passivity, Philosophical Psychology, psychosis, schizophrenia, self

The art-gallery as a resource for recovery for people who have experienced psychosis

Author: Editorial 12th July 2023 0 Comments

This paper from Susannah Colbert, Anne Cooke, Paul M. Camic, and Neil Springham has been published in The Arts in Psychotherapy. The abstract says: “Dominant personal and community narratives of psychosis can often be experienced as oppressive and stigmatising. An important…
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Anne Cooke, art gallery, art museum, Neil Springham, New Approaches, Paul Camic, psychosis, recovery, Research, social context narrative analysis, stigma, Susannah Colbert, The Arts in Psychotherapy

Toward a Change of Paradigm in Psychosis: A Contextual Phenomenological Approach

Author: Editorial 1st May 2023 0 Comments

This abstract is of a chapter in Psychological Interventions for Psychosis that has been co-authored by Marino Pérez-Álvarez & José Manuel García-Montes: “This chapter sets out the increasing evidence that makes it clear that the understanding of psychosis from the…
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collaborative practice

biomedical model, contextual model, holism, Marino Pérez-Álvarez, Marino Pérez-Álvarez & José Manuel García-Montes, phenomenology, psychiatry, psychosis, psychotherapy

Lost Poetry: Psychiatry and Creativity

Author: Editorial 24th April 2023 0 Comments

This article by Karin Jervert has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “As a poet, I think the most valuable thing we can lose in this life is a poem. A poem that comes from our deepest, most authentic…
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creativity, Mad in America, poetry, psychiatry, psychosis

Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 7: Psychosis (Part Three)

Author: Editorial 7th April 2023 0 Comments

Over the next several months, Mad in America is publishing a serialized version of Peter Gøtzsche’s book, Critical Psychiatry Textbook . In this blog, he discusses the lack of evidence for benefit, and the evidence of harms, of psychosis drugs used for early…
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Mad in America, Peter Gøtzsche, psychiatry, psychosis, schizophrenia

Martin Harrow: The Galileo of Modern Psychiatry (1933 – 2023)

Author: Editorial 16th March 2023 0 Comments

“I conclude that schizophrenia patients not on antipsychotic medication for a long period of time have significantly better global functioning than those on antipsychotics” This article by Robert Whitaker has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “The first time…
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antipsychotics, Mad in America, Martin Harrow, psychiatry, psychosis, Research, Robert Whitaker, schizophrenia

Acute Religious Experiences: Madness, Psychosis and Religious Studies

Author: Editorial 6th March 2023 0 Comments

This book has been written by Dr. Richard Saville-Smith. The publishers say: “This book engages the problem of how, in the 21st century, we are to speak about experiences of the extraordinary/anomalous/extreme which occur on a transhistorical and transcultural basis. Critical…
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anthropology, book, books, dissociation, DSM, madness, psychiatry, psychosis, religious studies, Richard Saville-Smith, schizophrenia

‘This feels more like spin-the-bottle than science’: my mission to find a proper diagnosis – and treatment – for my son’s psychosis

Author: Editorial 27th February 2023 0 Comments

“Tanya Frank’s son Zach has lived with mental illness since he was a teenager. But after years journeying through the traditional healthcare system, could radical alternatives save him from an endless cycle of hospital stays and drugs?” This article by Tanya…
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a coherent system

akathisia, Open Dialogue, psychiatry, psychosis, Tanya Frank, The Guardian

The Schizophrenia Genetics Illusion—A Century of Failure and Hype

Author: Editorial 2nd February 2023 0 Comments

“As psychologist John Read has shown , there are 15 ways that two people can meet the DSM criteria for schizophrenia without sharing any symptoms in common.” This article by Dr. Jay Joseph has been published by Mad in America. It begins:…
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Genetics, Jay Joseph, John Read, Mad in America, neuroscience, psychiatry, psychosis, schizophrenia, twin studies