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What Are Waking Dreams, and Why Should You Care?

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Indigenous cultures around the world recognize and intentionally cultivate waking dreams for both personal and community well-being.

The Consciousness of Voices and Visions

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Alan Robinson reviews a 30-year journey working with his voices and visions in directing actors and creative writing.
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The Two Earliest Stories of Recovery in Oregon

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In the early 19th century, frontiersmen Pelton and Day experienced recovery from "mental illness" after traumatic experiences.
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Smoke ‘Em if You Got ‘Em: Rethinking Smoking as a Trauma Response

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For people with trauma-impacted brains, smoking is a tool to quiet an ever-present storm.
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Beyond the Chemical Imbalance: Looking to the Past to Understand the Mental Health Crisis

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Our bodies and minds evolved to thrive in an environment that is vastly different from the one in which a majority of us now live.

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International online survey on the positive and negative effects of ECT, for patients and their loved ones. Please see here for more information.

The Anatomy of Anxiety: An Interview With Ellen Vora

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Dr. Ellen Vora, author of 'The Anatomy of Anxiety', joins us to discuss trauma, grief, functional medicine and more.

One Person’s Journey from Celebrity Medical Model Advocate to Skeptic: An Interview with Rose...

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Rose Cartwright is a screenwriter and the author of Pure, a hugely successful memoir which was then turned into a series for Channel Four....

We Should Listen to Our Emotional Pain: An interview with Paul Andrews

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Dr. Paul Andrews is an Associate Professor of Evolutionary Psychology in the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour at McMaster University. His research focuses...

Why Does a Parent Medicate a Child? An Interview with My Mother

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When Brooke Siem was 15 years old, her father died. Her mother, Dee Barbash, sought help for her daughter that led to a prescription for a psychiatric drug. In this interview, they look back on that fateful decision.

From Freud to Fanon: How Daniel Gaztambide is Redefining Psychoanalytic Practice

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In this interview, Daniel Gaztambide discusses how decolonial perspectives can transform psychoanalytic practice.

Faith Healing in India: An Ancient Way of Tending to Madness

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In contrast to the colonial legacy of medical psychiatry in India, indigenous and faith healing methods emphasize the interconnectedness of the mind, body, and spirit, using rituals, storytelling, and communal support to create a holistic healing environment.

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Anger, poem.

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In this poem, Gabriel Hereñú explores the emotion of anger and everything invisible that surrounds it in terms of its origin, causes and consequences

Assessing community mental health programs in India: Insights from task-shifting in...

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“Task-shifting is a medium through which the goal of universal coverage can be achieved in LMICs. For a massive population like India, task-shifting becomes essential. Our vision is to expand services geographically, and task-shifting is one way to achieve this.”

New group ‘non-pathologising therapists of Ireland’ seeks members

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Are you concerned about the medicalisation of distress and its effects upon clients, counselling practice, and broader society? Are you concerned about the social causes of distress that get overlooked when we locate the ‘problem in the person’ with a medical diagnosis?

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