Tag Archives: psychosis

what next for the truth? Suzanne Beachy

Posted on August 14, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

This is a wonderful talk by Suzanne Beachy at TEDx Columbus 2012. It’s so good I wanted to grab every idea, so transcribed it. The words are by Suzanne Beachy, as are the slides and the photo of her son Jake, who … Continue reading →

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See a psychiatrist? Are you mad?

Posted on July 25, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

This is a great article from the UK’s The Observer [ Guardian] three years ago, now.  A review  by a former psychotherapist-turned author Salley Vickers.of a book by Prof Richard Bentall: Doctoring the Mind – probably his easiest book to read. … Continue reading →

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secrets of the sleeping brain – Matt Walker

Posted on June 15, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Sleep, blessed sleep I think everybody I meet has some kind of trouble sleeping at least sometimes: be it quantity, quality or both. Yesterday I went to take a nap thinking it would be the normal  half hour thing that works … Continue reading →

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Mental Health: The road to diagnosis is filled with twists and turns

Posted on May 31, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

If you hear voices you are not alone. I do too. Research shows as many as 10 to 15% of us do:  that’s about a billion people – it’s more common than left-handedness and more common than living in North … Continue reading →

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Childhood Trauma Linked to Schizophrenia

Posted on May 22, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

More research data showing the connection between early trauma and psychosis from an international study based in Liverpool and Maastricht. Researchers found that those who … had experienced any type of trauma before the age of 16 were three times more likely to … Continue reading →

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the inexplicable is not a synonym for insane

Posted on May 1, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

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 →

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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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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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