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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?
Psychosis 2.0 Infosheet
The Voices are Real – and now The Shirts Are Real Too
Monthly Archives: April 2012
Paxil study 329: a tale of Doctors, Spin Doctors, Lawyers and emails
“The secret emails you weren’t suposed to see” BBC Panorama – report May 2011… “The paper trail that reveals how the results of drug trials were glossed over to cover up a link with suicide in teens. Now Glaxo Smith … Continue reading
Clara Hughes on Strombo
Clara Hughes talks with George Stroumboulopoulos . “It’s ok to be human.” Related articles Clara Hughes on Q (recoverynetworktoronto.wordpress.com)
Posted in depression, human potential, recovery perspectives, resilience
Tagged Clara Hughes, depression, George Stroumboulopoulos, mental health
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empowerment requires narrative
…another from Hugh MacLeod at gapingvoid.com MacLeod aims his messages mostly to a business audience – with what I think are universal ideas… So what’s this got to do with recovery? When you’ve read his short message below, try reading the last paragraph … Continue reading
Posted in Emancipate yourself..., Ideas, recovery perspectives
Tagged attitude, Healing, the void, therapy
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…is this the real thing?
Today Is Saturday Watch and Smile…
Posted in Emancipate yourself..., The Mad Ones
Tagged muppets;bohemian;rhapsody
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Inquiry into the ‘Schizophrenia’ Label
Inquiry into the ‘Schizophrenia’ Label An independent Inquiry into the ‘Schizophrenia’ Label has been launched on 16th April 2012 by a group of organisations and individuals concerned about the meaning and usefulness of ‘schizophrenia’ and similar labels such as ‘psychosis’. … Continue reading
Posted in advocacy and rights, hearing voices, mental diversity, psychosis
Tagged mental health, psychosis, schizophrenia
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Schizophrenia: 100 years of bad treatment
A great piece from Sept 2011 in the lead up to the unhappy 100th anniversary of the coining of the term “schizophrenia”. The article offers a wee glimpse into the dark history of how psychiatry and wider society has treated the … Continue reading
psych drugs not the best option for people at risk of psychosis
Report in UK Guardian of a new research study first published by the British Medical Journal…. The study demonstrates that current antipsychotic-first approaches typically used in early intervention programmes are no more effective than other “benign” therapies and that, anyhoo, the numbers of people identified … Continue reading
Posted in hearing voices, medication madness, psychosis
Tagged Cognitive therapy, psychosis
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The end of the internet
Was just doing some site admin, checking on referrals – other sites that provide links to recoverynetworktoronto – when I came upon a screen that said simply and without fuss…. . . . . You have reached the End of … Continue reading
Expert by Experience – Clarissa Silva
TEDx Maastricht 2012 [The Netherlands] by Clarissa Silva Clarissa tells of her own experience working one day as a caregiver administering psychiatric medications to people she cared for – the next day receiving those same blue pills from another, former … Continue reading
Posted in human potential, Learning, mental skillness, my story, peer support
Tagged Health, Maastricht, mental health, Peer support, recovery, skillin
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Paxil Withdrawal: A Mother Speaks
Laurie York kicks butt Here Laurie she talks to an ISEPP conference of the experience , regretably all too common, that followed after her son fell ill and they sought medical advice: 10 minute exam, prescription for drugs , seeming improvement followed … Continue reading
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