Category Archives: Crazy World

mars project – Jonathan Balazs and Khari “Conspiracy” Stewart

Posted on July 9, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Help support  an important  local movie project about mental health, labelling people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia and the right to choose  own explanations of our experiences. ‘A decade ago rapper Khari “Conspiracy” Stewart was diagnosed with a psychological disorder, but … Continue reading →

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Addicted to healthcare

Posted on July 6, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Interesting perspective from Stanton Peele on what might be called the placebo effect of receiving attention from healthcare professionals. As, collectively, we loose faith in our own self to live well we turn to “professionals” to fix us, reassure ourselves … Continue reading →

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ceci ce n’est pas un pipe

Posted on July 3, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

So what is it? Of course it’s not a “pipe” but a painting of a pipe. [Or not even that but an image on a screen of a painting of a pipe]. “Well you can’t fill it with tobacco and smoke … Continue reading →

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Cash for Anxiety and Depressive Disorders

Posted on July 2, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Which do you think would offer you a better chance of recovery? a lifetime of free products from the pharmaceutical industry or $200,000 cash This report by the most assuredly excellent Bonkers Institute for Nearly Genuine Research may surprise you, or … Continue reading →

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Citalopram safety warning

Posted on June 30, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Article in UK Telegraph 9:15PM BST 30 Jun 2012n Safety warning over Britain’s most common antidepressant A warning has been sounded over antidepressant drugs taken by more than a million patients in Britain. Photo: ALAMY By Laura Donnelly, Health correspondent … Continue reading →

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Mental health issues a missing link in the fight against weight gain

Posted on June 19, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Double iatrogenic, double epidemic,  double trouble – what’s up doc?  SNAFU- that’s what. “You have to care about the whole person, and not just one symptom.” Dr. Valerie Taylor, chief psychiatrist at Toronto’s Women’s College Hospital. …a healthcare system that … Continue reading →

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do you really have a “mental illness” ? or is it that you have trouble sleeping?

Posted on June 12, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Article from advances in psychiatric treatment,  the journal of the Royal College of Psychiatry from 2003.       extract: Misdiagnosing sleep disorders as primary psychiatric conditions by Gregory Stores is Professor of Developmental Neuropsychiatry and Fellow of Linacre College … Continue reading →

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The dollar barrier to mental health

Posted on June 7, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Article in Toronto Star 5th Jun 2012 by  Michael Gray Kimber The dollar barrier to mental health   Michael Kimber When former Tory MP David Batters committed suicide in 2009 after a battle with depression, Prime Minister Stephen Harper spoke … Continue reading →

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“schizophrenia” – sentence or diagnosis?

Posted on June 6, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

TVO The Agenda With Steve Paikin This program was aired Thursday 12 May as part of the Mental Health Matters series: an inquiry seeking to grapple with how much do we really know about what some call “schizophrenia”. Elyn R Saks, Law Professor at USC … Continue reading →

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Severe abuse in childhood may treble risk of schizophrenia

Posted on June 5, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Article in the Grauniad about recent report demonstrating link between early childhood difficulties and adult diagnosis of scizophrenia. children who experience abuse are three times more likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia in adulthood those who experience sustained or repeated abuse are … Continue reading →

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