Category Archives: Crazy World

Just Crazy Enough?

Posted on June 30, 2011 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Joshua Walters at TED on his experience of being locked in a psych ward; on being diagnosed drugs guided by what was written on the side of the Doctor’s pen; investors seeking entrepreneurs with “hypomanic edge”; and reflecting onthe idea that none of … Continue reading →

Posted in medication madness, mental diversity, mental skillness, my story, The Mad Ones | Tagged hypomanic edge, one man show, psych ward, zyprexa | Comments Off

The Epidemic of Mental Illness: Why? Part 1

Posted on June 13, 2011 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

If you thought Americans were crazy then the US Government’s own data provides powerful evidence that they are getting there. But they are not the only ones – the story is increasingly similar in many western nations that have adopted … Continue reading →

Posted in anatomy of an epidemic, Ideas, medication madness, recovery perspectives | Tagged Anatomy of an Epidemic;;Psychiatry;, Robert Whitaker, The Trouble With Psychiatry | Comments Off

Talk Doesn’t Pay…

Posted on March 10, 2011 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Talk Doesn’t Pay, So Psychiatry Turns Instead to Drug Therapy N.Y. Times article. Published: March 5, 2011 Below a link to a New York Times article addressing the psychiatric assembly line that North American psychiatry has come to resemble. Features hard-working … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of an Epidemic

Posted on March 5, 2011 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Robert Whitaker asks some telling questions like: Q. if psychiatric medications work so well then why is it that after decades of using them we have 1) so many more (not less) people with mental diagnoses, and 2) rapidly growing numbers of … Continue reading →