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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Scenes in the city – Charles Mingus
Narration by Melvin Stewart
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New York is killing me
New York is Killing Me Yeah the doctors don’t know, but New York was killing me, Bunch of doctors coming round, they don’t know That New York is killing me Yeah I need to go home and take it … Continue reading
Posted in music, The Mad Ones
Tagged Gill Scott Heron, Jackson Tennessee, New York
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Mental illness at work: the last taboo
Article from [UK] Daily Telegraph , stories of three women and their experiences of difference, disability and the difficulty of staying in or getting back into work. Includes the very wonderful Rachel Waddingham who joined us by Skype in September … Continue reading
Posted in Emancipate yourself..., human potential, mental diversity, recovery perspectives, work
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Ashley Smith
Ashley Smith died in custody of Canadian Correctional Service in 2008 aged 19 and having had her sentence extended everal times within months of expected release she ended her own life. An Ontario Coroner’s inquest will begin hearing the case in … Continue reading
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The Importance of Friends
Article in Psychiatric Times by Karen Dineen Wagner about the importance of friends…. Includes commentary and description of two “scientific studies” that show that having friends is a good thing. Researchers concluded … “the presence of a best friend… buffered … Continue reading
The remarkable rise of mental illness in Britain
Personal opinion Piece in [UK] Telegraph by Neil O’Brien whose day job is as Director of Policy Exchange [an independent think tank working for better public services, a stronger society and a more dynamic economy.] He sketches out how the epidemic of … Continue reading
Posted in anatomy of an epidemic, what's going on?
Tagged Anatomy of an Epidemic, mental health, Robert Whitaker
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‘Catastrophic failings’ in schizophrenia care
Important day today: sees the publication of the report by UK Schizophrenia commission The Abandoned Illness “What we found was a broken and demoralised system that does not deliver the quality of treatment that is needed for people to recover. … Continue reading
Posted in family, mania & depression, psychosis, stress, youth
Tagged mental health, Rethink Mental Illness, Robin Murray, schizophrenia
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all that we perceive – thievery corporation
all that we perceive – thievery corporation Everything that’s real and everything unrealized All infinity starts falling from your eyes We are fluid dreams, vivid memories All uncertainty leads to eternity All that we perceive in every mystery Who are … Continue reading
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you’re innocent when you dream – Tom Waits
The bats are in the belfry the dew is on the moor where are the arms that held me and pledged her love before and pledged her love before [CHORUS] It’s such a sad old feeling the fields are soft … Continue reading
rendezvous with madness
The 20th Rendezvous with Madness film festival kicks off today and runs til Nov 19th. Rendezvous with Madness is dedicated to films and filmmaking that explore experiences of and ideas about madness and addictions. festival website http://www.rendezvouswithmadness.com/ Here’s an info piece … Continue reading
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