Videos
Important Souls
May 12, 2013
Susan Salasin created this video about the role of trauma in the lives of those who are labeled seriously mentally ill. She collaborated with Andy Blanch and Joan Gillece of NCTIC (National Center for Trauma Informed Care), and with Leah Harris of the NEC (National Empowerment Center).
Thanks to Beyond Meds
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Categorized in: Non-Drug Approaches, Trauma/Distress, Videos
The Hearing Voices Movement:
Has it Really Been 25 years?
by Paul Baker
May 2, 2013
In November 2012, Cardiff, Wales, more than two hundred and fifty people who hear voices, see visions and have other unusual and extreme experiences (referred to as “hearing voices” in the rest of this post), family members, friends, activists and allied experts by profession came together from around the world. The purpose of the three-day meeting was to celebrate the twenty fifth anniversary of the formation of hearing voices movement, to consider the lessons learnt so far and to envisage what we should be doing over the next 25 years. The excellent film, “Voices Matter“, that you can now view on this site is a record of the event and I strongly recommend that you take a look.
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Categorized in: Adult, Blogs, Disorders, Featured Blogs, Hearing Voices, Videos
Benzodiazepine and Antidepressant Withdrawal – Support for Caregivers
by Baylissa Frederick
April 24, 2013
If you are supporting someone experiencing withdrawal syndrome due to benzodiazepine, Z-drug, or antidepressant use, you may find that the usual approaches are not effective. Withdrawal can cause bizarre behavior and uncommon physical and psychological. This can be overwhelming and so you may be feeling unsure about how to proceed. Here are a few tips which I hope you will find to be useful.
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Categorized in: Benzodiazepines, Blogs, Featured Blogs, Psychiatric Drugs, Videos
You May Be Suffering From Antidepressants (The Adbusters)
April 22, 2013
You May Be Suffering From Antidepressants (The Adbusters)
Categorized in: Adult, Antidepressants, Depression, Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Videos
Jaakko Seikkula on Open Dialogue as a System of Psychiatric Care
Medicating ADHD: Diagnosis and the Long-Term Effects of the Medications
March 25, 2013
Robert Whitaker appears on Science for the Public on March 20, 2013, speaking about how the ADHD is diagnosed and why users of medications for ADHD should be cautious.
Science for the Public → Discuss →
Categorized in: ADHD, Children and Adolescents, Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Stimulants, Videos
Encouraging Words on Recovery from Benzos
March 24, 2013
Bliss Johns, author of Recovery & Renewal and founder of the Recovery Road Charity, gives an eloquent few words of encouragement for those still in withdrawal.
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Richard Bentall on Treating Psychosis
March 18, 2013
Richard Bentall, clinical psychologist and author of Madness Explained presents new evidence for the limitations of anti-psychotic medication and of the psychiatric establishment.
Institute of Art and Ideas → Discuss →
Categorized in: Adult, Disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychotic Disorders, Videos
Bullies Called Him Pork Chop
March 15, 2013
A beautiful short film about turning pain and trauma in to triumph instead of psychiatry. The film’s concluding words: “Our lives will only ever continue to be a balancing act: It has less to do with pain, and more with beauty.”
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Olga Runciman – Hearing Voices Network Denmark
March 7, 2013
Olga Runciman is Chair of the Danish Hearing Voices Network.
Originally a psychiatric nurse, she herself became a patient, and experienced the full force of psychiatric treatment before making a full recovery. This video was recorded on February 5, 2013.
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Watch the Stories of Harm the APA Refused to Hear: Introduction by Paula J. Caplan
January 11, 2013
Psychologist and activist Paula J. Caplan talks about the harm done to many people because they received a psychiatric diagnosis…and how the American Psychiatric Association summarily dismissed nine complaints about such harm. See more at psychdiagnosis.weebly.com
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CNN’s Dr. Gupta on Trauma, SSRIs, Suicides & School Shootings
January 2, 2013
CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta looks at the roles of trauma and medication as a “common factor” in tragedies similar to the Sandy Hook shooting. SSRIs have been shown to carry a risk of increased impulsivity, says Dr. Gupta, and points out that “over a 7-year period, there were 11,000 incidences of violence” connected with SSRIs, many of them suicides.
Categorized in: Antidepressants, Around The Web, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide, Videos, Violence
Steven Soderbergh’s “Side Effects”
January 2, 2013
Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming film about a psychiatrist who prescribes “Ablixa” (a fictional medication) to a patient who then commits murder. The PR campaign includes a fake website for the drug, which includes an opportunity to be diagnosed and prescribed the drug by (acting) psychiatrist, “Dr.” Jude Law.
“Side Effects” Trailer → Discuss →
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Pat Deegan on Recovery and Nonviolence
January 2, 2013
This video by Pat Deegan, inspired by the Newtown tragedy, was brought to our attention by BeyondMeds.com.
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Do Antidepressants Cure Depression? Are Psych Drugs Safe? Dr. Colin Ross on Psychetruth
November 28, 2012
Psychetruth Correspondent Corrina Rachel interviews psychiatrist Dr. Colin Ross about Psychiatry and if antidepressants work to cure depression. What are the facts we should know before taking psychiatric drugs? How do they work? Are they safe?
Categorized in: Antidepressants, Psychiatric Drugs, Videos
Occupy Torrey Tirade
October 9, 2012
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Letterman’s Post-Debate Prescription for O’Bama
October 9, 2012
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Psychiatry is “Committing Professional Suicide”
October 6, 2012
David Healy “likened psychiatry’s attitude toward its faltering legitimacy to the Vatican’s widely derided response to its child sex abuse scandal by priests — essentially that psychiatry is brushing off justifiable concerns as hype instead of dealing with the source of the problem,” according to Time.com‘s coverage of his talk at the APA’s second-largest annual meeting on Thursday. “My concern is not that you’ve been paid by industry,” Healy said, “but that you’ve been fooled by industry. The key conflict is whether people are hiding data from you.”
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