Tag Archives: Health

Generation Rx


– the use and abuse of prescription pain medication source: wikipedia commons Special town hall edition of the very excellent White Coat Black Art CBC radio show with Dr Brian Goldman: and recorded at Brockville Collegiate Institute in Brockville. According to … Continue reading

Posted in medication madness | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

who funds the biggest project ever to house the homeless?


Answer: Stephen Harper …maybe he got a visit from Jacob Marley? and anyhoo, the money comes from Canadian’s taxes. Home Seriously, articles in Toronto Star and on CTV and CBC about the “At Home” programme intitated by the Canadian Mental Health … Continue reading

Posted in advocacy and rights, recovery perspectives | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

$30m-Rewiring The Brain


Dr Catherine Zahn President, CEO of CAMH and  Professor, Faculty of Medicine University of Toronto. Interview with Steve Paikin on TVO’s The Agenda. 9 sep 2011 Selected excerpts: [link  to the podcast at the  end] Understanding what leads to mental … Continue reading

Posted in neuroplasticity, recovery perspectives | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on $30m-Rewiring The Brain

trying our patients


So, what is  wrong with our “mental  health system”? Maybe its not just in mental health – maybe our whole approach to healthcare is making us sick – or at best not helping us get well and stay well…. Can a system designed … Continue reading

Posted in advocacy and rights, Ideas | Tagged , | 1 Comment

The Brain That Changes Itself


Norman Doidge, MD The human brain, as we are now quickly learning, has a remarkable ability to change itself :  rewire or re-programme itself. Neuroplasticity is the name given to the relatively new understanding that our brain is plastic – meaning … Continue reading

Posted in Healing, Ideas, recovery perspectives | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on The Brain That Changes Itself

Talk Doesn’t Pay…


Talk Doesn’t Pay, So Psychiatry Turns Instead to Drug Therapy N.Y. Times article. Published: March 5, 2011 Below a link to a New York Times article addressing the psychiatric assembly line that North American psychiatry has come to resemble.  Features hard-working … Continue reading

Posted in medication madness | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Talk Doesn’t Pay…

Go Easy on Yourself


Go Easy on Yourself, a New Wave of Research Urges N.Y. Times February 28, 2011, 5:26 pm Extract: Do you treat yourself as well as you treat your friends and family? That simple question is the basis for a burgeoning … Continue reading

Posted in Healing | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Go Easy on Yourself