Monthly Archives: March 2013

Minds That Matter – Human Rights Mental Health & Addictions – 28 Mar 2013


2013 Kitty Lundy Memorial Lecture Thursday, March 28, 2013 York University, Keele Campus Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies (LA&PS) Opening Address Kitty Lundy Memorial Lecture Part I: Location: Underground Restaurant, Student Centre, York University 11:30 am Registration 12:00 pm Lunch … Continue reading

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Punk, Mental Health and Recovery – Craig Lewis


Punk, Mental Health and Recovery 8pm Friday 19th April, 2013 The Magpie Taproom 831 Dundas St W Toronto $3 to $5 facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/123116347865535/ . Craig Lewis: Punk, Mental Health and recovery “Craig Lewis will tell you up front: He’s a … Continue reading

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unwell – matchbox twenty


All day staring at the ceiling Making friends with shadows on my wall All night hearing voices telling me That I should get some sleep Because tomorrow might be good for something . . unwell – matchbox 20 All day … Continue reading

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love bomb – Grinderman


  C’mon I read the book from back to front It made a deep impression Yeah, twenty thousand pages, baby And I hoped for some direction I stood before the mirror And I stared at my reflection I’d almost disappeared … Continue reading

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Mars Project on InnerSPACE


Filmmaker Jonathan Balazs and rapper Khari “Conspiracy” Stewart on Space Channel’s InnerSPACE talking about their film documenting Khari’s experience hearing voices. The voiceover commentary describes how Khari “embarked on a journey for understanding through Canada’s mental health system” – where he … Continue reading

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Recovery From Schizophrenia – An International Perspective


“In the late 1960s, the World Health Organization initiated a series of international studies of the incidence, characteristics, course, and consequences of schizophrenia.     Those studies – the largest ever in the history of psychiatry – provided important data … Continue reading

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crazy world – Richard Ashcroft


It’s a crazy world For a mixed up boy and a mixed up girl But you’ve got that spirit So please stick with it This world wouldn’t be A world without you in it Please Shelter Me I found this … Continue reading

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daughter- youth


http://www.ohdaughter.com/ . . . . . daughter – Youth Shadows settle on the place, that you left. Our minds are troubled by the emptiness. Destroy the middle, it’s a waste of time. From the perfect start to the finish line. … Continue reading

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how culture makes a difference to psychiatric experiences – Tanya Lurhmann


Hearing Voices in San Mateo, Accra and Chennai Fascinating and informative talk by anthropologist Tanya Lurhmann on the findings  of a study into does culture make a difference? to how people experience what, in the west, we call “psychiatry”. The … Continue reading

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Living with voices in your head: Eleanor Longden, TED2013


Eleanor Longden knocked one clear out of the park at TED 2013 in Longbeach, California  Thursday Feb 28. Eleanor is a voice hearer and award winning psychologist and researcher into voice hearing, trauma and dissociation. She presented a short version … Continue reading

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