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Psychosis is…
Pathways from surviving adverse experiences to being deemed “psychotic”
Staircase of Oppression in Mental Health
Where do you feel it in your body ?
MAD, innit?
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Monthly Archives: December 2011
blessings from schizophrenia
Thanks to Bruce for finding this one. A short essay published in Globe and Mail Life Section by Anne Aspler Anne Aspler talks of her own experience growing up with a mother living with a diagnosis of schizoprenia – She tells of … Continue reading
Open Letter to DSM 5
Online open letter / petition to the DSM 5 committee from the Society for Humanistic Psychology, Division 32 of the American Psychological Association. Co-signatories include many organisations from around the world. The DSM – Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatric Disorders, … Continue reading
Posted in advocacy and rights, Emancipate yourself..., mental diversity
Tagged DSM, DSM-5, mental health
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Generation Rx
– the use and abuse of prescription pain medication source: wikipedia commons Special town hall edition of the very excellent White Coat Black Art CBC radio show with Dr Brian Goldman: and recorded at Brockville Collegiate Institute in Brockville. According to … Continue reading
Posted in medication madness
Tagged addictive behaviours, epidemic, Health, iatrogenic, mental health, Opioid
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who funds the biggest project ever to house the homeless?
Answer: Stephen Harper …maybe he got a visit from Jacob Marley? and anyhoo, the money comes from Canadian’s taxes. Home Seriously, articles in Toronto Star and on CTV and CBC about the “At Home” programme intitated by the Canadian Mental Health … Continue reading
Posted in advocacy and rights, recovery perspectives
Tagged Healing, Health, Homelessness, mental health
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$30m-Rewiring The Brain
Dr Catherine Zahn President, CEO of CAMH and Professor, Faculty of Medicine University of Toronto. Interview with Steve Paikin on TVO’s The Agenda. 9 sep 2011 Selected excerpts: [link to the podcast at the end] Understanding what leads to mental … Continue reading
Posted in neuroplasticity, recovery perspectives
Tagged brain connections, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Health, mental health, Neuroplasticity, rewiring the brain, understanding trauma
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Paddy McGowan: Recovery – time for a change
Recovery- time for a change Guest Post by Paddy McGowan Dec 2011 When I first got involved in the struggle with and in, the survivor movement we were very clear I think about the problem. The problem was what brought … Continue reading
Jonah Mowry:”What’s going on..”
a friend in recovery found this at moveon.org… Jonah Mowry Remarkable Jonah Mowry shares the pain he feels after years of being bullied for being percieved as different. He doesn’t speak – he holds up hand written notes for us to read- but … Continue reading
Posted in advocacy and rights, Emancipate yourself..., my story
Tagged bully, compassion, discrimination, survivor, what's going on
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Forty is Too Young To Die
A call for action from Toronto’s Early-Onset Illness and Mortality Working Group extract… Introduction “What use is funding for seniors when our tenants die before their 65th birthday?” – Housing Support Worker For Mainstay … Continue reading
Trialogue: community dialogue on mental health
When I first heard the term “Trialogue”– I was at the same time puzzled : why would anyone want a dialogue with only three perspectives? and intrigued : sounds interesting, something like the dialogues that I was familiar with and witnessed … Continue reading
Posted in Emancipate yourself..., Healing, Ideas, recovery perspectives
Tagged community, compassion, dialogue, Learning, meaning, trialogue
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out of the abyss and embracing life
Feature in Toronto Star by Leslie Scrivener “young people” tell of their own experiences to Leslie Scrivener. on the front and centre pages of today’s Sunday Star print edition . Kristen Bellows on learning to see the person in the mirror … Continue reading
Posted in Healing, my story, The Mad Ones
Tagged Healing, Madness, mental health, recovery
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