Tag Archives: mental health

The Voices in my head – Eleanor Longden

Posted on August 9, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Eleanor Longden’s inspiring talk that she delivered in March at TED 2013. Related articles TED: Eleanor Longden: The voices inside my head – Eleanor Longden (2013) (ted.com) Treating the diagnosis rather than the individual: A look at the increase in … Continue reading →

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A Scotsman and his Jacuzzi

Posted on July 23, 2013 by dave umbongo

Tis a hot ‘n. Aye Tis that. Tis even hot in Scotland -which is almost as rare as a Scotsman winning at Wimbledon. Here’s a canny hot Tip for dealing with the heat – Edinburgh style. This health and lifestyle … Continue reading →

Posted in resilience | Tagged Edinburgh, hot tub, mental health, Scotland, Scotsman | 3 Comments

call us crazy

Posted on July 14, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting Greg MacDougall who wrote this piece on peer and survivor organising in Southern Ontario. Greg’s article made the cover of Canadian publication The Dominion for it’s May 2013 edition. Greg also … Continue reading →

Posted in hearing voices, Mad Pride, peer support, recovery perspectives, The Mad Ones | Tagged Greg MacDougall, hearing voices, HVN, Icarus Project, Mad Pride, mental health, Ottawa, The Dominion, Toronto | Comments Off

hearing voices congress 2013

Posted on July 13, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

The world’s most innovative gathering in mental health takes place this year in Melbourne, Australia. The World Hearing Voices Congress 2013 Melbourne, Australia Nov 20 – 22 . . Congress Website http://www.regonline.com.au/builder/site/default.aspx?EventID=1196422 Congress flyer https://www.regonline.com.au/custImages/320000/326262/Congressflyer.pdf Related articles 2013 World Hearing Voices … Continue reading →

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the combo – psychiatric soup

Posted on July 12, 2013 by dave umbongo

[…continued from Reducing the pool of normal] The Big Book of Woe, soup-in-a-can, psychiatrists as car mechanics and dreaming of white lavender scented sheets… DSM and inclusion For all the fuss, at least DSM5 is, unlike its predecessors, inclusive – since its … Continue reading →

Posted in making sense of "mental illlness", medication madness, The Mad Ones, what's going on? | Tagged DSM-5, medication, mental health, Psychiatric medication, Psychiatry | 1 Comment

reducing the pool of normal

Posted on July 11, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Has the biomedical myth : the one that has so completely dominated psychiatry and so, by extension, all “mental health” services , either by design or accident, succeeded in reducing our idea of normal human experience to the point that … Continue reading →

Posted in Ideas, The Mad Ones | Tagged APA, British Empire, DSM, DSM-5, Mental disorder, mental health | 6 Comments

mind games – Kwame McKenzie

Posted on July 4, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Wonderful article by Kwame McKenzie in Walrus Magazine, March 2013. In Mind Games, Kwame McKenzie takes us on a brief tour through the history of attempts to regularize and standardize diagnosis in psychiatry, encoded in three major systems of diagnosis – … Continue reading →

Posted in stress, The Mad Ones, work | Tagged American Psychiatric Association, DSM-5, Kwame McKenzie, Mad Pride, mental health, Psychiatry, Rosenhan experiment | 3 Comments

Toronto Trialogues

Posted on June 27, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Please note… July 8th Trialogue – field trip! we’ll be at Mad Pride for Now We’re all crazy- what’s next? easy print posters [pdf] Toronto Trialogue 2013 -poster – please feel free to share and post. What is “trialogue”? Typically, conversations about … Continue reading →

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De Doo Doo Doo Dah Dah Dah Dah Disorder

Posted on May 21, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Doo-doo-doo-doo Doo-dah-dah-dah Disorder This one did not make it past all the committees and golf games into the new and, we predict, the very last edition of the big book of mental disorders out this week. A secret source informs … Continue reading →

Posted in The Mad Ones | Tagged disorder, Doo Doo Doo Doo, DSM, mental health, sting, voices | 1 Comment

Drug sales reps skip the side effects – D’oh!

Posted on April 12, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

An article in Globe and Mail, Wed 10 Apr, reporting the results of a survey of Doctors in three countries including Canada that reveals just how much drug company reps skip out information about side effects when telling your doctor about … Continue reading →