Category Archives: psychosis

“schizophrenia” – an idea, not a thing

Posted on September 8, 2015 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

“Schizophrenia is a number of symptoms that have been put together to say that ‘this is an illness’.
And that’s an idea, not a thing.”
Dr Kwame McKenzie Continue reading →

Posted in Ideas, Psychiatry, psychosis | Tagged diagnosis, MarsProject, schizophrenia, syndrome | Comments Off

Living With My Voices – Kevin Healey

Posted on September 12, 2014 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Brief film interview with Kevin Healey, about his a personal journey of learning to live with and interpret the voices only he hears; then learning to using that to offer training for people who work those who might struggle with voices they hear. @The Trauma and Mental Health Report.
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Posted in Adversity, hearing voices, Ideas, psychosis | Tagged hearing voices, Kevin Healey, Trauma | 10 Comments

Psychosis 2.0 – Toronto, Friday 13th June 2014

Posted on February 4, 2014 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Mark Your Calendars Announcing… Friday 13th June 2014 Toronto Hart House, U of T Psychosis 2.0 shares evolving perspectives on recovery from extreme mental states and follows on from the ground breaking Nov 2011 conference: Challenging our Understanding of Psychosis … Continue reading →

Posted in Adversity, Crazy World, life, making sense of "mental illlness", mania & depression, obssessve thoughts, psychosis | Tagged Eleanor Longden, John Read, Keris Myrick, Michael Cornwall, psychosis, Psychosis 2.0, Rufus May, Toronto, Will Hall | 13 Comments

Judge rules sufficient evidence that appellant’s “schizophrenia” caused by trauma

Posted on December 4, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Important landmark ruling by a court in Aotearoa / NZ, dated 22nd Nov, 2013 and upholding an appeal against a lower court ruling in a claim for compensation. LS v Accident Compensation Corporation [2013] NZACC 385 (22 November 2013) Judge … Continue reading →

Posted in Adversity, Psychiatry, psychosis | Tagged Causality, John Read, New Zealand, schizophrenia, Trauma | 3 Comments

trauma and recovery – Judith Herman

Posted on November 29, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

As Judith Herman makes clear for us, the core experiences of psychological trauma are being left feeling powerless and disconnected – from our body, from our sense of self and from others. It follows that work of supporting those … Continue reading →

Posted in Adversity, psychosis | Tagged Adversity, connection, Judith Herman, Learning, recovery, relationship, Trauma | Comments Off

Seriously, folks…

Posted on October 22, 2013 by dave umbongo

Posted in hearing voices, psychosis, The Mad Ones | Tagged Dave Umbongo, Hallucination, hearing voices, meds, pills | 2 Comments

is this the real thing…?

Posted on July 3, 2013 by dave umbongo

Is this the real thing or is this just fantasy? What is “real”? Is it just the crap on TV? If so, is it only real if it’s called “reality TV”? And if it is reality TV whose reality is it … Continue reading →

Posted in Ideas, psychosis, The Mad Ones | Tagged Muppets, reality, Reality television, Start Trek, Television, William James | 3 Comments

If I hear the voice of an angel – Jean Paul Sartre

Posted on May 15, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

On 28th October 1945, Jean Paul Sartre gave an important lecture titled: Existentialism is a Humanism. He included a passage about a woman who heard a voice she interpreted as the voice of God. If a voice speaks to me it is I … Continue reading →

Posted in hearing voices, psychosis, The Mad Ones | Tagged Existentialism, Existentialism Is a Humanism, God, Humanism, Jean Paul Sartre | 6 Comments

From psychiatric patient to human being: My journey in a nutshell.

Posted on March 26, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

A wonderfully open and frank piece by Flo Bellamy about her struggles and her encounter with psychiatric services that could only medicate her: so making her even more ill. Then how she and her family discovered the movie “The Doctor Who hears Voices” … Continue reading →

Posted in hearing voices, medication madness, psychosis | Tagged Flo Bellamy, Healing, hearing voices, Psychology, recovery, Rufus May | 2 Comments

Risk of death in road traffic accident 1,100 times greater than homicide by a stranger with psychosis

Posted on March 25, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

It’s a truism that the media likes to make a splash of stories of people involving people with mental illness committing violent crimes: trumpeting how “these people” represent a grave danger to society and fuelling often hysterical calls for … Continue reading →