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Psych patients wait 42% longer in ER
Report in FierceHealthcare.com on how patients with [pychiatric emegencies wait 42% longer than other patents The US Study of the experiences of 1,100 patients shows an average wait in the emergency department of 11.5 hours – 42% longer than other … Continue reading
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Tagged Emergency department, mental health, Psychiatry
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the inexplicable is not a synonym for insane
Excellent opinion piece by Globe and Mail’s André Picard on the unfolding case of Anders Breivik and how it cuts open the chest cavity of our society to reveal deep assumptions about violence, evil, inexplicable acts of violence and mental illness. And … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, what's going on?
Tagged discrimination, mental health, psychosis, Robert Whitaker, schizophrenia
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Anti-depressants doing more harm than good: Study
Article in NY Daily News about a report (another one) from a study at a Canadian University – McMasters – that says that not only do SSRIs – or as the marketers like us to call them “atypical antidepressants” [lest we confuse … Continue reading
Posted in anatomy of an epidemic, depression, medication madness, what's going on?
Tagged Antidepressant, mental health, Psychiatric medication, Serotonin, SSRI
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Childhood Sexual Abuse May Be Important Cause Of Schizophrenia, UK
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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Tagged mental health, psychosis, schizophrenia
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Antidepressants exposed
Dr David Healy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sstoa406Oa0 Related articles More from David Healy (seroxatsecrets.wordpress.com) Publication Bias in Antidepressants for Autism Literature (madinamerica.com)
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Tagged Antidepressant, David Healy, mental health, Paroxetine, SSRI
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TVO – Mental Health Matters – Studio Audience
TVO The Agenda with Steve Paikin has been running a series Mental Health Matters – we’ve been featuring episodes here… The series culminates in a week-long special in May and you can register and be in the studio yourself on Sunday … Continue reading
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Tagged Agenda, mental health, TVOntario
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Clara Hughes on Strombo
Clara Hughes talks with George Stroumboulopoulos . “It’s ok to be human.” Related articles Clara Hughes on Q (recoverynetworktoronto.wordpress.com)
Posted in depression, human potential, recovery perspectives, resilience
Tagged Clara Hughes, depression, George Stroumboulopoulos, mental health
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Inquiry into the ‘Schizophrenia’ Label
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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Tagged mental health, psychosis, schizophrenia
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Schizophrenia: 100 years of bad treatment
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
Expert by Experience – Clarissa Silva
TEDx Maastricht 2012 [The Netherlands] by Clarissa Silva Clarissa tells of her own experience working one day as a caregiver administering psychiatric medications to people she cared for – the next day receiving those same blue pills from another, former … Continue reading
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Tagged Health, Maastricht, mental health, Peer support, recovery, skillin
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