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Category Archives: making sense of “mental illlness”
Stephen Fry talks about his depression – and voices
This one’s for a friend having a tough time right now…. In this clip from the excellent BBC documentary “Secret Life of a Manic Depressive” Stephen Fry, in midst of a black cloud, talks about how he experiences depression – a wall … Continue reading
Posted in depression, Healing, hearing voices, Ideas, Learning, my story, recovery perspectives
Tagged deprression, hearing voices, mental health, Stephen Fry
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secrets of the sleeping brain – Matt Walker
Sleep, blessed sleep I think everybody I meet has some kind of trouble sleeping at least sometimes: be it quantity, quality or both. Yesterday I went to take a nap thinking it would be the normal half hour thing that works … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, psychosis, The Mad Ones
Tagged emotion, Matt Walker, psychosis, REM, sleep
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“schizophrenia” – sentence or diagnosis?
TVO The Agenda With Steve Paikin This program was aired Thursday 12 May as part of the Mental Health Matters series: an inquiry seeking to grapple with how much do we really know about what some call “schizophrenia”. Elyn R Saks, Law Professor at USC … Continue reading
Posted in Emancipate yourself..., hearing voices, psychosis, The Mad Ones, what's going on?
Tagged mental health, schizophrenia, Steve Paikin, TVOntario
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Severe abuse in childhood may treble risk of schizophrenia
Article in the Grauniad about recent report demonstrating link between early childhood difficulties and adult diagnosis of scizophrenia. children who experience abuse are three times more likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia in adulthood those who experience sustained or repeated abuse are … Continue reading
Posted in anatomy of an epidemic, depression, hearing voices, psychosis, what's going on?
Tagged Abuse, Bentall, mental health, schizophrenia
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Medication and mental illness: by the numbers
Toronto Star piece Wed 30 May 2012 Medication and mental illness: by the numbers Published On Wed May 30 2012 3.7 People with schizophrenia who do not take their medication as prescribed are 3.7 times more likely to relapse than … Continue reading
Mental illness: Medication alone isn’t the answer
A sometimes hard to read article in Toronto Star telling the story of Kit Skelly and the impact on him and the whole family of what all too often happens when people look to the healthcare system for help. A life … Continue reading
Posted in hearing voices, mania & depression, my story, psychosis, what's going on?, youth
Tagged hearing voices, Psychiatric medication, schizophrenia, SSRI
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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
Posted in family, my story, what's going on?, youth
Tagged mental health, my story, Psychiatric medication, Psychiatry
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Mental Health: The road to diagnosis is filled with twists and turns
If you hear voices you are not alone. I do too. Research shows as many as 10 to 15% of us do: that’s about a billion people – it’s more common than left-handedness and more common than living in North … Continue reading
Posted in hearing voices, my story, psychosis, what's going on?
Tagged Healing, hearing voices, mental health, mindfulness, Psychiatric medication, psychosis, schizophrenia
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The brain is the ‘most complex thing in the universe’ – Robin Murray
Article and radio interview with Prof Robin Murray on BBC Radio Scotland This is a piece more about Dr Murray and his career, his endless curiosity and his charm than it is about the lives of the people he studies – … Continue reading
Posted in hearing voices, psychosis
Tagged Cannabis, schizophrenia
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