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Category Archives: what’s going on?
“schizophrenia” – sentence or diagnosis?
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
Posted in Emancipate yourself..., hearing voices, psychosis, The Mad Ones, what's going on?
Tagged mental health, schizophrenia, Steve Paikin, TVOntario
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Severe abuse in childhood may treble risk of schizophrenia
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
Posted in anatomy of an epidemic, depression, hearing voices, psychosis, what's going on?
Tagged Abuse, Bentall, mental health, schizophrenia
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Medication and mental illness: by the numbers
Toronto Star piece Wed 30 May 2012 Medication and mental illness: by the numbers Published On Wed May 30 2012 3.7 People with schizophrenia who do not take their medication as prescribed are 3.7 times more likely to relapse than … Continue reading
Mental illness: Medication alone isn’t the answer
A sometimes hard to read article in Toronto Star telling the story of Kit Skelly and the impact on him and the whole family of what all too often happens when people look to the healthcare system for help. A life … Continue reading
Posted in hearing voices, mania & depression, my story, psychosis, what's going on?, youth
Tagged hearing voices, Psychiatric medication, schizophrenia, SSRI
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Waiting list for mental-health services is a major problem facing patients
Toronto Star Article Chantaie Allick Staff Reporter Waiting list for mental-health services is a major problem facing patients Austin Williamson, 15, has attended 20 schools and been on waiting lists for counselling services most of his life. It is … Continue reading
Posted in family, my story, what's going on?, youth
Tagged mental health, my story, Psychiatric medication, Psychiatry
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Mental Health: The road to diagnosis is filled with twists and turns
If you hear voices you are not alone. I do too. Research shows as many as 10 to 15% of us do: that’s about a billion people – it’s more common than left-handedness and more common than living in North … Continue reading
Posted in hearing voices, my story, psychosis, what's going on?
Tagged Healing, hearing voices, mental health, mindfulness, Psychiatric medication, psychosis, schizophrenia
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Mental health: How three people are falling through the cracks
Article, start of a series in Toronto Star Mon 28th May 2012 Article about the failing mental health “system” in Canada, about the newly published Canadian strategy for mental health: illustrated and made real by the stories of three people who … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, mental health
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dragging healthcare into the 21st century – André Picard
Andre Picard article based on his talk at the Conference Board of Canada on necessary changes for healthcare in Canada. Canadians boasting of a better system than US are aiming too low – every other developed country has universal health care systems … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, Health care in Canada, Medicare, Universal health care
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chemical imbalance my ass…
What started as an honest hypothesis is, and has for some time been known to be mere hypothesis, entirely false. Indeed, drug companies are careful in their literature to claim it as no more than a “belief”: take a moment … Continue reading
Posted in medication madness, what's going on?
Tagged Antidepressant, Antipsychotic, Healing, mental health, Pharmaceutical drug, SSRI
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A rare success in the battle against homelessness
Article in Toronro Star by Carol Goar Sun 20 May, 2012 Isn’t it time we stopped farting about sitting around tables arguing who has the best model for affordable housing and just get it done? None will be perfect but there are likely a handful … Continue reading
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Tagged Common Ground, Poverty
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