Category Archives: Difference and Diversity

I contain multitudes – Walt Whitman

Posted on September 17, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Whilst science often pretends to the crown of all knowing, it is the arts that often bring us a much richer understanding of and meaningful insights into what it means to be human, to live a human life: the human … Continue reading →

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Psychiatry: the Drug Pushers – Will Self

Posted on August 21, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Writer Will Self knows a thing or two about drugs – he was once [in]famously sacked for admitting he had snorted heroine on the [UK] Prime Minister’s plane – so he likely  also knows how to spot a drug pusher: … Continue reading →

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make some noise !!!

Posted on August 7, 2013 by dave umbongo

   

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Whatever doesn’t kill you can still leave you crippled – The Mark Inside

Posted on August 4, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Either way it is just how it is Try to look past the piss and shit And see the sun where it does shine Hiding behind the blinking skyline alright Pieces on the board inside the universal gist of it … Continue reading →

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The cosmic perspective – Neil deGrasse Tyson

Posted on August 2, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Do you sometimes start your day whining  at the universe for giving you crap? Well, maybe on those days, you woke with an… “unjustifiably large ego”. . . . . Right: Toronto at night from the International Space Station – … Continue reading →

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Cuckoo – On being sane in insane places. pt 4

Posted on July 19, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

“Around the same time that the Jack Nicholson character in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest was trying to get out of psychiatric hospital, a group of eight people were doing just the opposite.” So begins this excellent radio show … Continue reading →

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Rosenhan – On Being Sane in Insane Places. pt 3

Posted on July 18, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

In this brief video David Rosenhan talks about the experiment, the experiences of the pseudo patients and observations on the environment inside psychiatric hospital – as warehouses for people whom society has given up on and lost sympathy for. Below the video is Rosenhan’s Paper published … Continue reading →

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scorchio !!! – info on dealing with the heat

Posted on July 17, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Ireland is ejoying a heatwave – balmy highs of 22C degrees! phew! as it says “WARM [for Ireland]” meanwhile here in Toronto, last night’s low was 26C. Today’s high is forcast for 34C  with a feels like of 45C and … Continue reading →

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The Backlash – On Being Sane In Insane Places pt2

Posted on July 17, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

The response to David Rosenhan’s experiment [see part 1 here] from the  private members club the American Psychiatric Assciation was far from being a happy one. [see right] It was after all their game, their club and their ball and they’ll cry if they … Continue reading →

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“Thud” – On Being Sane in Insane Places. pt 1

Posted on July 14, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

This short clip tells of David Rosenhan’s famous experiment. The clip is from Adam Curtis’ movie documentary project  The Trap.      Part 1: F*ck You Buddy   Rosenhan had been following the work of R.D. Laing [right] who was one of … Continue reading →

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