-
-
-
hhttps://recoverynet.ca/2023/12/29/hv-cafe-toronto-jan-mar-2024/ -
Building a new response to 911 distress calls in TorontoBuilding a new response to 911 distress calls in Toronto -
Choose your language – free, shareable resource
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
Category Archives: medication madness
11% of drugs prescribed for off-label use
Report on Reuters Medical News Service A study at McGill University finds that 11% of medications prescribed by Doctors in one Canadian province are prescribed for uses for which they have not been approved as safe – and that for 80% of those … Continue reading
Posted in anatomy of an epidemic, medication madness
Tagged off-label
Comments Off on 11% of drugs prescribed for off-label use
Anti-depressants doing more harm than good: Study
Article in NY Daily News about a report (another one) from a study at a Canadian University – McMasters – that says that not only do SSRIs – or as the marketers like us to call them “atypical antidepressants” [lest we confuse … Continue reading
Posted in anatomy of an epidemic, depression, medication madness, what's going on?
Tagged Antidepressant, mental health, Psychiatric medication, Serotonin, SSRI
Comments Off on Anti-depressants doing more harm than good: Study
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
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
Comments Off on psych drugs not the best option for people at risk of psychosis
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
Dr David Healy – bad medicine
TVO The Agenda Steve Paikin Interview with Dr David Healy 12: 45min in the final minute … “Anti- depressants are an enormously useful class of drugs ….. “ “the problem is these medicines come with risks – when you have a … Continue reading
Posted in depression, medication madness, what's going on?
Tagged Agenda, David Healy, Health, mental health, Psychiatric medication, Steve Paikin
2 Comments
depressed over anti-depressants
TVO The Agenda Aired: Mar 12 2012 Steve Paiken with… Dr David Healy University of Cardiff Dr Kwame McKenzie Senior Scientist and Psychiatrist, CAMH Roger McIntyre -Head of Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology at UHN Edward Shorter Prof. Histry of Medicine at … Continue reading
Posted in anatomy of an epidemic, depression, medication madness, recovery perspectives, what's going on?
Tagged David Healy, expert in my own wellness, iatrogenic, mental health, poison, Psychiatric medication
Comments Off on depressed over anti-depressants
Rxisk.org
A great treat, for me, to meet Dr David Healy yesterday at a workshop at Uof T and to hear him talk . The Eclipse of Medical Care -a lecture to University of Toronto Faculty of Pharmacy by Dr David Healy. … Continue reading
Sir Ken Robinson – Changing Educational Paradigms
Saturday morning cartoon series…. “There are two types of people in the world: those who divide the population of the world into two types, and those who don’t” You might notice that Sir Ken Robinson’s work occupies a similar field of ideas … Continue reading
Posted in anatomy of an epidemic, Emancipate yourself..., Ideas, Learning, medication madness, what's going on?
Tagged Creativity, Education, Gabor Mate, Ken Robinson, Ritalin
Comments Off on Sir Ken Robinson – Changing Educational Paradigms
“Mentally ill” at high risk of violence
Report on BBC News website on the true story of people labelled with mental health diagnoses and violence.. Mentally ill people are four times more likely to be a victim of violence, according to an international study. One in four has … Continue reading
Posted in advocacy and rights, Emancipate yourself..., medication madness, mental diversity, what's going on?
Tagged discrimination, Health, mental health
Comments Off on “Mentally ill” at high risk of violence
agnotarte
dave umbongo
drkenplacebo
highfellow
recoverynetwork:Toronto
recovery network: Toronto 
You must be logged in to post a comment.