Category Archives: Healing

Pat Deegan – emancipatory technologies

Posted on March 16, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Pat Deegan talking with students at MIT. The measure of our technologies is the degree to which they allow people to free themselves I think the measure of our technologies is the degree to which they allow people to free … Continue reading →

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Dr Gabor Mate – Our Compulsive Society

Posted on March 15, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Dr Gabor Mate interview with Steve Paiken on TVO’s The Agenda Steve Paiken asks… What’s the cause of adiction? ” In medicine it’s a mistake to try to attribe things to just one cause, but if there is one single, major, … Continue reading →

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Rxisk.org

Posted on March 13, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

A great treat, for me, to meet Dr David Healy yesterday at a workshop at Uof T and to hear him talk . The Eclipse of Medical Care -a lecture to University of Toronto Faculty of Pharmacy by Dr David Healy. … Continue reading →

Posted in advocacy and rights, anatomy of an epidemic, coming off meds, medication madness, what's going on? | Tagged David Healy, Food and Drug Administration, Health, Patient, Pharmaceutical drug, Pharmaceutical industry, Rxisk.org | 1 Comment

Dr Joanna Moncreiff, Dr David Healy

Posted on February 29, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Video of a end-of-conference panel conversation in London 2008. includes Dr David Healy, chaired by Dr Joanna Moncreiff Dr Moncreiff was in Toronto in Nov, Dr David Healey will be here soon… 38mins 011 Andrew Herxheimer Talk & Panel Discussion with … Continue reading →

Posted in anatomy of an epidemic, coming off meds, medication madness, recovery perspectives, what's going on? | Tagged David Healy, Manchester, Medicine, mental health | Comments Off

John Forbes Nash – A Brilliant Madness

Posted on February 27, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

You may be more familiar with the Hollywierd movie “A Beautiful Mind” which inevitably romanticizes some parts of John Nash’s story – notably the usefulness of “anti-psychotics” in his recovery. This documentary for PBS includes Nash’s own words. It tells … Continue reading →

Posted in Emancipate yourself..., Healing, hearing voices, mental diversity, mental skillness, my story, psychosis, The Mad Ones | Tagged community, compassion, emancipation, John Forbes Nash, mental health, my story, psychosis | 3 Comments

100 ways to support recovery

Posted on February 18, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

This is the 100th posting on recoverynetwork:toronto. so it seems an appropriate time to share this…. one hundred ways to support recovery … find link to pdf at bottom of this post rethink.org is the biggest membership-based mental health charity in … Continue reading →

Posted in Healing, Learning, recovery perspectives, The Mad Ones | Tagged choice, expet recovery, Health, mental health, recovery, support | 2 Comments

Brain Lock – Jeffrey M. Schwartz

Posted on February 16, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive behavior If you are one of the millions who live with obsessive-compulsive behaviours, are labelled with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and find it a pain in the ass? feel compelled to obsess about something or to repeat a similar task … Continue reading →

Posted in books, Healing, neuroplasticity, obssessve thoughts | Tagged Intrusive thoughts, Jeffrey M. Schwartz, Jeffrey Schwartz, Neuroplasticity, Obsessive-Compulsive, OCD | 7 Comments

Dr Gabor Mate- the Hidden Costs of Stress on Health

Posted on February 16, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Interview on TVO – Alan Gregg talks with Dr Gabor Maté talking about his book… When the Body Says No – the cost of hidden stress He talks about about the stress-emotion connection and the stress- immune connection – how our immune system … Continue reading →

Posted in recovery perspectives, resilience, stress | Tagged Child development, Gabor Mate, Health, mental health, Stress, Toronto | 6 Comments

Psychiatry not the only answer to mental health issues

Posted on February 15, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Here in north america mental health services are dominated by biomedical psychiatry which seems more interested in creating new markets for drugs than helping people heal. This is simply the latest sorry chapter in the history of sorry chapters that make up the … Continue reading →

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Recovery Without Medication

Posted on February 13, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Daniel Mackler interviews Lloyd Ross Phd about his work helping a woman who hears voices and has been diagnosed with schizophrenia heal with psychotherapy and without medication. Here I interview Lloyd Ross, PhD, about his work with a patient (whose identity he … Continue reading →