Category Archives: psychosis

“Antipsychotics made me want to kill myself”

Posted on May 6, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

An article yesterday May 5th on BBC News  at bbc.co.uk/news… The story of one man David Strange’s story , stuggling to balance the benefits and side effects of the medications he takes to manage his difficult experiences . It also shows … Continue reading →

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Schizophrenia: A Recovery – Jonathan Benjamin

Posted on April 26, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Jonathan Benjamin describes his experience falling into mental illness, with depression,  hearing voices, thinking he was being visited by an angel then possessed by a devil, of self-harming, diagnosis, diagnoses, feeling numbed by medications; hopelessness; suicide – arrest, being sectioned and psychiatric discharge. He … Continue reading →

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Childhood Sexual Abuse May Be Important Cause Of Schizophrenia, UK

Posted on April 25, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

More research adding to the body of evidence showing the connection between difficult life experiences and “mental illness”.   This one focusses on the connection between child abuse and what gets diagnosed as “schizophrenia”. There is now a lot of evidence like this and not … Continue reading →

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Inquiry into the ‘Schizophrenia’ Label

Posted on April 17, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Inquiry into the ‘Schizophrenia’ Label An independent Inquiry into the ‘Schizophrenia’ Label has been launched on 16th April 2012 by a group of organisations and individuals concerned about the meaning and usefulness of ‘schizophrenia’ and similar labels such as ‘psychosis’. … Continue reading →

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Schizophrenia: 100 years of bad treatment

Posted on April 16, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

A great piece from Sept 2011 in the lead up to the unhappy 100th anniversary of the coining of the term “schizophrenia”. The article offers a wee glimpse into the dark history of how psychiatry and wider society has treated the … Continue reading →

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psych drugs not the best option for people at risk of psychosis

Posted on April 16, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Report in UK Guardian of a new research study first published by the British Medical Journal…. The study demonstrates that current antipsychotic-first approaches typically used in early intervention programmes are no more effective than other “benign” therapies and that, anyhoo, the numbers of people identified … Continue reading →

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Pat Deegan – emancipatory technologies

Posted on March 16, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Pat Deegan talking with students at MIT.  The measure of our technologies is the degree to which they allow people to free themselves I think the measure of our technologies is the degree to which they allow people to free … Continue reading →

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John Forbes Nash – A Brilliant Madness

Posted on February 27, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

You may be more familiar with the Hollywierd movie “A Beautiful Mind” which inevitably romanticizes some parts of John Nash’s story – notably the usefulness of “anti-psychotics” in his recovery. This documentary for  PBS includes Nash’s own words. It tells … Continue reading →

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The Life Scientific: Robin Murray

Posted on February 14, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Psychiatrist Robin Murray tells why he has changed his mind about the cause of schizophrenia. The Life Scientific is a 1/2 hour show on BBC Radio four that aims at getting inside the minds of scientists. This episode seeks to get inside … Continue reading →

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Recovery Without Medication

Posted on February 13, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Daniel Mackler interviews Lloyd Ross Phd about his work helping a woman who hears voices and has been diagnosed with schizophrenia heal with psychotherapy and without medication. Here I interview Lloyd Ross, PhD, about his work with a patient (whose identity he … Continue reading →

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