Monthly Archives: July 2013

“Thud” – On Being Sane in Insane Places. pt 1

Posted on July 14, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

This short clip tells of David Rosenhan’s famous experiment. The clip is from Adam Curtis’ movie documentary project  The Trap.      Part 1: F*ck You Buddy   Rosenhan had been following the work of R.D. Laing [right] who was one of … Continue reading →

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call us crazy

Posted on July 14, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting Greg MacDougall who wrote this piece on peer and survivor organising in Southern Ontario. Greg’s article made the cover of Canadian publication  The Dominion for it’s May 2013 edition. Greg also … Continue reading →

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Don’t Wake Daniel – The Mark Inside

Posted on July 14, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

. I wish I knew Everything about you If I did I’d hold true And release it As it is I’m stuck in shit Staring in at your door frame taped in We all change Day to day At least … Continue reading →

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hearing voices congress 2013

Posted on July 13, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

The world’s most innovative gathering in mental health takes place this year in Melbourne, Australia. The World Hearing Voices Congress 2013  Melbourne, Australia Nov 20 – 22 . . Congress Website http://www.regonline.com.au/builder/site/default.aspx?EventID=1196422 Congress flyer https://www.regonline.com.au/custImages/320000/326262/Congressflyer.pdf Related articles 2013 World Hearing Voices … Continue reading →

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crazy – Seal

Posted on July 13, 2013 by dave umbongo

No we’re never gonna survive unless We get a little bit crazy… . . .     In a church by the face He talks about the people going under Only child know A man decides after seventy years That … Continue reading →

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the combo – psychiatric soup

Posted on July 12, 2013 by dave umbongo

[…continued from Reducing the pool of normal] The Big Book of Woe, soup-in-a-can, psychiatrists as car mechanics and dreaming of white lavender scented  sheets… DSM and inclusion For all the fuss, at least DSM5 is, unlike  its predecessors,  inclusive – since its … Continue reading →

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reducing the pool of normal

Posted on July 11, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Has the biomedical myth : the one that has so completely dominated psychiatry and so, by extension, all “mental health” services , either by design or accident,  succeeded in reducing our idea of normal human experience  to the point that … Continue reading →

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mad reign, eh?

Posted on July 10, 2013 by dave umbongo

One way to enjoy Toronto’s new climate – mad rain /mad reign season. . . . Rain – enough to make you go hmmm! eh?   So, what’s with all the mad rain, eh? And how come it come midst this most … Continue reading →

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Mad Pride – The Great Escape 2005 – Bradford to Manchester

Posted on July 8, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

The  Great Escape Bedpush 2005: Bradford to Manchester  Mad Pride is international – here’s an event a few years ago in England, trekking  40miles across the Pennines: from Bradford to Madchester and featuring, amonst others: a giant syringe, a porter’s trolley, Rufus … Continue reading →

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mind games – Kwame McKenzie

Posted on July 4, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Wonderful article by Kwame McKenzie in Walrus Magazine,  March 2013. In Mind Games, Kwame McKenzie takes us on a brief tour through the history of attempts to regularize and standardize diagnosis in psychiatry, encoded in three major systems of diagnosis – … Continue reading →

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