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Psychosis is…
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Category Archives: Crazy World
A disease called “childhood”
An opinion piece by Dr Allen Frances in New York Post pointing out how difficult it is to diagnose mental illness in teens, and all young people, and how the current practices lead to high levels of overdiagnosis, which in … Continue reading
Posted in medication madness, mental diversity, what's going on?
Tagged ADHD, ALLEN FRANCES, Big Pharma, childhood, DSM-5, magical thinking
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From psychiatric patient to human being: My journey in a nutshell.
A wonderfully open and frank piece by Flo Bellamy about her struggles and her encounter with psychiatric services that could only medicate her: so making her even more ill. Then how she and her family discovered the movie “The Doctor Who hears Voices” … Continue reading
Posted in hearing voices, medication madness, psychosis
Tagged Flo Bellamy, Healing, hearing voices, Psychology, recovery, Rufus May
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Risk of death in road traffic accident 1,100 times greater than homicide by a stranger with psychosis
It’s a truism that the media likes to make a splash of stories of people involving people with mental illness committing violent crimes: trumpeting how “these people” represent a grave danger to society and fuelling often hysterical calls for … Continue reading
Posted in psychosis, what's going on?
Tagged discrimination, human rights, mental health, mental illness, psychosis, schizophrenia, violence
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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
Posted in anatomy of an epidemic, hearing voices
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DSM-5 – Animal Pharm?
As DSM5 goes to press midst lots of criticism, a different perspective… Is DSM5 a spectacularly sinister and stoooopid project designed to put us all in nice little boxes – like the ones for sale at those fetishistic organising emporia … Continue reading
Posted in what's going on?
Tagged American Psychiatric Association, Animal Farm, APA, DSM-5, George Orwell, mental health
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HUAD – Head Up Ass Disorder
Head Up Ass Disorder A condition which typically affects members of professional bodies and representatives of large corporations that are built on claims of dodgy science and marketing untruths. Members of APA were found to be over represented in epidemiology … Continue reading
Ben Goldacre: Bad Science, Bad Pharma, not too shabby Valentine ?
Ben Goldacre is a UK physician, epidemiologist and writer who has been an outspoken critic of the current research / publication system. He has written two books on the topic, and also has two very engaging TED talks . He … Continue reading
are psychiatric drugs the culprit behind tragic mass shootings ?
Let’s really talk… A slightly different message from most of those you’ll hear today and this week as part of “Let’s Talk”. Here’s Psychiatrist Dr Peter Breggin talking with Fox Business’ Tom Sullivan , about the association between acts of … Continue reading
Posted in medication madness, what's going on?
Tagged Let's Talk, mental health, Paxil, Peter Breggin, Prozac, Psychiatric medication, Psychiatry
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Grief and anxiety are not mental illnesses
Are we, as a society, already scared of our own emotions? and more especially the emotions of others? It often seems that there are signs everywhere that this is so: and that it really ain’t working out too well for us, and less … Continue reading
Posted in anxiety, Learning, psychosis, The Mad Ones, what's going on?
Tagged Anxiety, Brain That Changes Itself, grief, mental health
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the kids aren’t alright – the offspring
Chances thrown Nothing’s free Longing for what used to be Still it’s hard Hard to see Fragile lives, shattered dreams The Kids aren’t alright – The Offspring When we were young the future was so bright The old neighborhood … Continue reading
Posted in Emancipate yourself..., The Mad Ones, what's going on?, youth
Tagged Kids Aren't Alright, Offspring
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