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Psychosis 2.0 – Toronto, Friday 13th June 2014
Mark Your Calendars Announcing… Friday 13th June 2014 Toronto Hart House, U of T Psychosis 2.0 shares evolving perspectives on recovery from extreme mental states and follows on from the ground breaking Nov 2011 conference: Challenging our Understanding of Psychosis … Continue reading
Childhood Adversity and Psychosis – John Read
John Read says he always does what Jacqui Dillon and Eleanor Longden tell him. They they told him to talk in Cork, so he did. Here it is – John Read Cork at the Meanings of Madness Conference outlining the … Continue reading
why society drives us mad – Richard Bentall
The Professor, in the Yurt, with the big TV Richard Bentall dresses up like a bank manager to give a talk in a big tent* with a big TV about how the world we’ve built for ourselves and each other … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, epigenetics, genes, Health, Mental disorder, mental health, psychosis, Richard Bentall, Trauma, Yurt
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a whole chorus of someones…
Psychiatric patients always have someone (or a whole chorus of someones) telling them what they are supposed to do. -Elyn Saks a tale of mental illness from the inside recoverynetwork:Toronto schizophrenia – sentence or diagnosis? recoverynetwork:Toronto
Risk of death in road traffic accident 1,100 times greater than homicide by a stranger with psychosis
It’s a truism that the media likes to make a splash of stories of people involving people with mental illness committing violent crimes: trumpeting how “these people” represent a grave danger to society and fuelling often hysterical calls for … Continue reading
Posted in psychosis, what's going on?
Tagged discrimination, human rights, mental health, mental illness, psychosis, schizophrenia, violence
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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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“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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It Could Be Old Age, or It Could Be Low B12
More on vitamin B12 and the brain – this from a New York Times article by Jane E Brody on connections between vitamin B and brain health – specifically vitamin B12- and dementia. It includes some useful imformation of who is … Continue reading
Posted in food, making sense of "mental illlness"
Tagged nutrition, psychosis
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coping with psychosis – PsyCope
If you live in a westernized society and experience “psychosis” – voices, visions; beliefs; altered states and other stuff then you likely have discovered that if you talk about it with friends family and strangers, and especially people with stethoscopes, … Continue reading
Posted in psychosis, The Mad Ones
Tagged hearing voices, mental health, psychosis, Support group
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I hear, I hear what you don’t hear [documentary] – Robin Timmers
Robin Timmers’ experience with voice hearing. “I’m Robin Timmers and I hear voices – and I’m mentally healthy” A short [10 mins] documentary/ artistic interpretation of a common experience. Robin Timmers first hears voices after his mother passes away and he … Continue reading
Posted in hearing voices, psychosis, spirituality, The Mad Ones
Tagged hearing voices, mental health, psychosis
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