Category Archives: The Mad Ones

The only ones for me are the mad ones…

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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call us crazy

Posted on July 14, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting Greg MacDougall who wrote this piece on peer and survivor organising in Southern Ontario. Greg’s article made the cover of Canadian publication  The Dominion for it’s May 2013 edition. Greg also … Continue reading →

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crazy – Seal

Posted on July 13, 2013 by dave umbongo

No we’re never gonna survive unless We get a little bit crazy… . . .     In a church by the face He talks about the people going under Only child know A man decides after seventy years That … Continue reading →

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the combo – psychiatric soup

Posted on July 12, 2013 by dave umbongo

[…continued from Reducing the pool of normal] The Big Book of Woe, soup-in-a-can, psychiatrists as car mechanics and dreaming of white lavender scented  sheets… DSM and inclusion For all the fuss, at least DSM5 is, unlike  its predecessors,  inclusive – since its … Continue reading →

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reducing the pool of normal

Posted on July 11, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Has the biomedical myth : the one that has so completely dominated psychiatry and so, by extension, all “mental health” services , either by design or accident,  succeeded in reducing our idea of normal human experience  to the point that … Continue reading →

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mad reign, eh?

Posted on July 10, 2013 by dave umbongo

One way to enjoy Toronto’s new climate – mad rain /mad reign season. . . . Rain – enough to make you go hmmm! eh?   So, what’s with all the mad rain, eh? And how come it come midst this most … Continue reading →

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