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Recovery From Schizophrenia – An International Perspective
“In the late 1960s, the World Health Organization initiated a series of international studies of the incidence, characteristics, course, and consequences of schizophrenia. Those studies – the largest ever in the history of psychiatry – provided important data … Continue reading
Bingo! part 2. Psychosis: Six Steps rule out medical causes in kids
Part two in a series, sharing information you can use to empower yourself when dealing with health professionals who seem more interested in the speed of their diagnosis than on figuring out what’s really going on, today a differential diagnosis algorithm devised … Continue reading
Bingo! – Differential Diagnosis of Psychotic Symptoms
If you’ve ever watched an episode of House, then you’ve seen how a differential diagnosis works. Patient turns up with mystery illness and doctors play guess my diagnosis – guessing wrong many times and much strutting is strutted before the … Continue reading
Posted in mental illness? or..., psychosis
Tagged bingo, Differential diagnosis, Lupus, psychosis, schizophrenia
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Unlikely friends take documentary look at mental illness – Mars Project
Article in Toronto Star 19 Jan 2013 telling the story of friends Jonathan Balazs and Khari “Conspiracy” Stewart and the film they have been making together that tells of Khari’s story, and how his encounters with the mental health system have … Continue reading
Posted in making sense of "mental illlness", psychosis, The Mad Ones
Tagged Mars Project
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Grief and anxiety are not mental illnesses
Are we, as a society, already scared of our own emotions? and more especially the emotions of others? It often seems that there are signs everywhere that this is so: and that it really ain’t working out too well for us, and less … Continue reading
Posted in anxiety, Learning, psychosis, The Mad Ones, what's going on?
Tagged Anxiety, Brain That Changes Itself, grief, mental health
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“schizophrenia” or poor sleep?
A study from Bristol University, UK exploring the impact of poor sleep on brain development. Researchers conclude that poor sleep may be a cause, not a result, of symptoms of “schizophrenia”, or indeed many other problems. The original article in … Continue reading
Posted in mania & depression, psychosis, sleep, The Mad Ones
Tagged Bristol University, hearing voices, psychosis, schizophrenia, Sleep disorder
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The Myth of Schizophrenia as a Progressive Brain Disease
An important article by some of the world’s most prominent researchers into what psychiatry calls “schizophrenia” and published in The Schizophrenia Bulletin. The article examines evidence from a number of perspectives and concludes that… The condition psychiatry calls “schizophrenia”: is … Continue reading
‘Catastrophic failings’ in schizophrenia care
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
Posted in family, mania & depression, psychosis, stress, youth
Tagged mental health, Rethink Mental Illness, Robin Murray, schizophrenia
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The Red Book – Carl Jung – on CBC Ideas
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
Posted in hearing voices, mania & depression, psychosis, Uncategorized
Tagged Carl Jung, meaning, Psychology, Red Book
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Seeing Things? Hearing Things? Many of Us Do – Oliver Sacks
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
Posted in hearing voices, human potential, Ideas, mental diversity, psychosis, The Mad Ones, what's going on?
Tagged Hallucination, Oliver Sacks
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