Category Archives: making sense of “mental illlness”

got a diagnsis? trying to make sense of what it means?
A diagnosis can be a good place to start understanding – it might even be enough for you.

For most of us it is not the end but the start of making our own sense of what is happening in our life and what we can do about it.

Gabor Maté – The Power of Addiction and The Addiction of Power

Posted on November 27, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

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The Importance of Friends

Posted on November 15, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Article in Psychiatric Times by Karen Dineen Wagner about the importance of friends…. Includes commentary and description of two “scientific studies” that show that having friends is a good thing. Researchers concluded … “the presence of a  best friend… buffered … Continue reading →

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‘Catastrophic failings’ in schizophrenia care

Posted on November 14, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Important day today: sees the publication of the report by UK Schizophrenia commission The Abandoned Illness “What we found was a broken and demoralised system that does not deliver the quality of treatment that is needed for people to recover. … Continue reading →

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The Red Book – Carl Jung – on CBC Ideas

Posted on November 8, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Arrived home late last night to catch the tail end of part two of this excellent CBC Radio broadcast about Carl Jung and his big  Red Book. Jung lived with his own psychosis by immersing himself in it – his … Continue reading →

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Pills to Help in School

Posted on November 7, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Article by A Schwarz in  NY Times Oct 25th – about how more and more children in America are taking pill to cope in school- in effect to make up for inadequacies in the school system. It doesn’t take years of researchers researching … Continue reading →

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Seeing Things? Hearing Things? Many of Us Do – Oliver Sacks

Posted on November 5, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Opinion piece by Oliver Sacks in NYTimes Sunday review yesterday . Sacks is a neurologist and author of many books. He has a new book – published tomorrow – Hallucinations. The only part of this article I’d ask Dr Sacks to … Continue reading →

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It Could Be Old Age, or It Could Be Low B12

Posted on October 30, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

More on vitamin B12 and the brain – this from a New York Times article by Jane E Brody on connections between vitamin B and brain health – specifically vitamin B12- and dementia. It includes some useful imformation of who is … Continue reading →

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Vitamin B deficiency linked to troubled teens

Posted on October 26, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Report from Western Australia on research showing link between insufficient vitamin B in diet and what researchers call “externalisation of problems “, which appears as agitation and aggression, “acting out” and results in them being called delinquent; and “internalisation of problems” … Continue reading →

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Physical Punishment and Mental Disorders

Posted on October 23, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Article from Pediatrics – the official journal of the American Academy of Paediatricians on the link between harsh punishment of children and “mental disorders”. “…harsh physical punishment independent of child maltreatment is related to mental disorders” Adds more to the evidence … Continue reading →

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Study links spanking to later mental disorders

Posted on October 22, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Study links spanking to later mental disorders TAMARA BALUJA The Globe and Mail PublishedMonday, Jul. 02 2012, 12:01 AM EDT Using harsh physical punishment to discipline children – including smacking, spanking and shoving – has a strong association with increased … Continue reading →

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