trauma – A New Vision for Mental Health

Childhood Trauma Is Not a Mental Illness

Author: Editorial 15th March 2023 0 Comments

This article by Tabitha Ferguson has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “I was born in 1982 into a divided family and grew up below the poverty level. My mom and dad divorced before I was a year old,…
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a coherent system

Childhood trauma, children and adolescents, Mad in America, psychiatry, Tabitha Ferguson, trauma

Study Highlights Benefits of Non-Medical Approaches to Voice Hearing

Author: Editorial 27th January 2023 0 Comments

This article by Ashley Bobak has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “New research supports a new, dialogic, non-medicalized approach to helping people who hear upsetting voices. The “ Talking with Voices ” (TwV) approach, which frames voice hearing relationally and understands…
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collaborative practice

Anne Cooke, Ashley Bobak, hearing voices, Kerry Middleton, Mad in America, psychosis, Research, Rufus May, schizophrenia, Talking with Voices, trauma, Voice Dialogue

Indicative Trauma Impact Manual 2023

Author: Editorial 31st October 2022 0 Comments

This manual is currently on pre-order, with a release date of 1st March 2023. The publishers say: “A non-diagnostic, trauma-informed guide to emotion, thought, and behaviour. This must-have manual presents the first trauma-informed, non-diagnostic alternative to other manuals of mental health…
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a coherent system

anti-oppressive practice, books, New Approaches, non-diagnostic approaches, trauma, trauma-informed approaches, victim focus

The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture

Author: Editorial 16th September 2022 0 Comments

This book has been co-written by Gabor Maté and Daniel Maté. The publishers say: “Western countries invest billions in healthcare, yet mental illness and chronic diseases are on a seemingly unstoppable rise. Nearly 70% of Americans are now on prescription drugs….
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a wellbeing society

authenticity, books, Culture & Society, Daniel Maté, Gabor Maté, normality, trauma

The Psychologist

Author: Editorial 25th May 2022 0 Comments

This article by Charlotte Beale has been published by Mad in the UK It begins: “One day, after very many preceding days, I decided to stop functioning. I lay in my mother’s bed, which was sodden with hours of tears, and…
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collaborative practice

CBT, Charlotte Beale, Mad in the UK, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, Schema Focus Therapy, Talking Therapies, trauma

Psychodynamic therapy helped me overcome trauma when CBT couldn’t

Author: Editorial 18th May 2022 0 Comments

This article by Lucia Osborne-Crowley has been published on the Psyche website. It begins: “The first time I saw my therapist, she was standing in front of a room full of people, talking about William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies…
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CBT, emotions, Lucia Osborne-Crowley, post-traumatic stress disorder, Psyche, psychodynamic psychotherapy, PTSD, Talking Therapies, trauma

Sexy But Psycho: How the Patriarchy Uses Women’s Trauma Against Them

Author: Editorial 24th February 2022 0 Comments

This book has been written by Dr. Jessica Taylor. The publishers say: “Angry, opinionated, mouthy, aggressive, hysterical, mad, disordered, crazy, psycho, delusional, borderline, hormonal . . . Women have long been pathologized, locked up and medicated for not conforming to whichever…
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a coherent system

books, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), diagnostic labelling, domestic violence, Jessica Taylor, patriarchy, personality disorder, psychiatry, trauma, violence, violence against women, women

Adverse Childhood Relationship Experiences: The Most Underestimated Risk Factor for Chronic Illness

Author: Editorial 25th October 2021 0 Comments

This article by Dr. Veronique Mead comes from the Chronic Illness Trauma Studies blog. It begins: “If you’ve heard of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and have a low score (such as 1 or ‘zero ACEs’), you may still suspect that trauma has…
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emotion-focused care

Adverse childhood experiences, Adverse Childhood Relationship Experiences, children and adolescents, Chronic Illness Trauma Studies, trauma, Veronique Mead

The Emperor’s New Clothes

Author: Editorial 12th August 2021 0 Comments

“‘The good ones leave, the weak ones follow the crowd, and the leaders bully and intimidate …” This blog-article comes from Dr Creatively Maladjusted and has been published on Mad in the UK. It begins: “The anonymous blogger of The Double Life of the Recovered Professional wrote: ‘The good ones leave, the…
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a coherent system, Key posts

Dr Creatively Maladjusted, Mad in the UK, personality disorder, service delivery systems, service users, trauma

My psychologist had never seen a black man with self-harm scars | Modern Masculinity

Author: Editorial 2nd June 2021 0 Comments

This 14 minute video comes from The Guardian. The producers say: “In this episode of Modern Masculinity, Guardian journalist Iman Amrani speaks to writer Derek Owusu about his journey to being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD). They discuss growing up…
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collaborative practice

attachment theory, black men, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), Culture & Society, Derek Owusu, Iman Amrani, listening, masculinity, self-harm, sexism, suicide, The Guardian, trauma, videos