Category Archives: what’s going on?

See a psychiatrist? Are you mad?

Posted on July 25, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

This is a great article from the UK’s The Observer [ Guardian] three years ago, now.  A review  by a former psychotherapist-turned author Salley Vickers.of a book by Prof Richard Bentall: Doctoring the Mind – probably his easiest book to read. … Continue reading →

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parental stress and it’s impact on kids – Gabor Mate

Posted on July 24, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Canadian doctor and author  Gabor Mate on how stress experienced by parents impacts on children’s brain, emotional development and learning and biology – and how that comes to impact in later life on all areas of health and wellness. Short … Continue reading →

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Early Birth May Pose Higher Risk to the Mind

Posted on July 23, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Article in NY Times 2 July about a report from Sweden showing how early [premature]  birth can lead to difficulties later in life: including with devlopment and mental health. Of course, this is not surprising since we already know very well that … Continue reading →

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Learning from the voices in my head – Eleanor Longdon

Posted on July 10, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Eleanor Longdon at TEDx London in 2012 telling her story of going to university, eagerly entering the student life fine times, but underneath deeply unhappy but skilled at hiding it.  Then she began hearing a voice – ” my strange commentator” – and mistake … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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