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Category Archives: family
Mental health: The challenges of having a mentally ill parent
Article from Saturday’s Toronto Star, by Joanna Smith, part of a series. Mental health: The challenges of having a mentally ill parent Published on Friday October 12, 2012 Peter McCabe/For the Toronto Star Mike Santoro, 44, who has schizo-affective disorder, and … Continue reading
Posted in family, mania & depression, psychosis, The Mad Ones, what's going on?
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chemical warfare on children
An homage to Private Eye magazine The fastest growing “market” for so-called”antipsychotic” drugs is children. That the condition even exists is unproven. That the medications are any more effective than placebo [sugar] is unproven. That the medications are safe even in adults, … Continue reading
Posted in anatomy of an epidemic, family
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The Medicated Child
If you found yesterdays’ post difficult to watch then gird yourself for this one. From 2008, PBS Frontline documentary The Medicated Child.
America’s Medicated Kids – Louis Theroux
Louis Theroux spends time with America’s diagnosed and medicated kids. You may be left wondering just who’s disorder is being treated by the kids taking the medications. Phamily mental health In one family mom proudly displays the phamily pharmacy – even … Continue reading
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Holistic Recovery from Schizophrenia – Rossa Forbes
Here’s an excellent article by Rossa Forbes on MadInAmerica telling of her experience after her son began to struggle and was diagnosed. Rossa tells of her frustrations with the institutionalised limitations of support provided by healthcare system, the kind of well-meaning care that, at best, typically turns people … Continue reading
A little insight
Here’s a short animated information film made by young people about the experience of hearing voices. The movie is the result of a project by Voice Collective in London and is a creative and simple way of presenting different experiences insights … Continue reading
haunted by voices
Article today 23 Aug 2012 in The West Australian From Western Australia, a nice snippet on the Hearing Voices approach and how its working out in Australia. Lest you think that if a person hears voices then they must be ill, then … Continue reading
what next for the truth? Suzanne Beachy
This is a wonderful talk by Suzanne Beachy at TEDx Columbus 2012. It’s so good I wanted to grab every idea, so transcribed it. The words are by Suzanne Beachy, as are the slides and the photo of her son Jake, who … Continue reading
Posted in anatomy of an epidemic, family, Healing, medication madness, psychosis, youth
Tagged mental health, psychosis
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A Tale of Mental Illness – from the inside – Elyn Saks
ceci ce n’est pas “un schizophrenic “ . . . Elyn Saks delivers a powerful and courageous TED talk. “So I’m a woman with chronic schizophrenia. I’ve spent hundreds of days in psychiatric hospitals. I might have ended up spending … Continue reading
Posted in advocacy and rights, family, mental skillness, psychosis, The Mad Ones
Tagged Elyn Saks, mental health, my story, Psychiatric medication, schizophrenia
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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
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