Art, Poetry, and Humor Galleries
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Longing by Elisabeth Andersen
I Am Looking for People I Miss
It’s a community of like-minded people; we should stick together. Maybe, hopefully, I will find my hospital friends.
Don’t Include Involuntary Commitment as a Treatment Tool in Seattle
As someone who has experienced the trauma of involuntary mental health treatment, I am deeply concerned.
The Ouija Board and the Skeptic
Skepticism, especially from those with lived experience, is necessary. It forces us to question whether our tools and methods truly help.
A Psycho-Spiritual Journey
The Wellness approach, despite years of deliberate suppression, has survived and proven itself to be highly effective.
Guided Dreaming Can Transform Psychosocial Issues: 11 Case Studies
Dreaming problem-solves various waking concerns creatively through memory consolidation and emotional processing.
Schizophrenia and Homosexuality: My Experience and Case Studies
During my confinement, I became convinced that the forced repression of my homosexuality was the true etiology of my schizophrenia.
International online survey on the positive and negative effects of ECT, for patients and their loved ones. Please see here for more information.
Survivors And Families Empowered (SAFE) has developed a pilot project to work with caring families who have been stymied in their search for support and help. They encourage you to look at their evolving website and help by filling out their survey.
Peer Support and Resistance: Becky Brasfield’s Vision for Mental Health Justice
In this interview with Ayurdhi Dhar, Becky Brasfield calls for radical truth-telling in the mental health system.
Summing up the STAR*D Scandal: The Public was Betrayed, Millions were Harmed, and the...
American psychiatry, the NIMH, the larger medical community, and mainstream media have betrayed the American public by failing to make this scandal known.
Mad Sisters: An Interview With Susan Grundy
Susan Grundy on her lifelong caregiving journey for an older sister diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of 13.
The Anatomy of Anxiety: An Interview With Ellen Vora
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...
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
Dr. Paul Andrews is an Associate Professor of Evolutionary Psychology in the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour at McMaster University. His research focuses...
Psychiatrist fired for working with communities and less medicine?
"..But the case and the current media coverage raise deep concerns for us about what it will mean for the many small and large efforts to create a more humane psychiatry – and to criticize the biomedical model and its dominance."
RIGHTS, RESPONSIBILITIES and RESOURCES – Peer support in mental health services
It is essential to remain faithful to one's personal history and experience, focusing on what one wants to do and how to proceed after having transformed a period of crisis into an opportunity. This implies an assumption of responsibility and respect for oneself
The silence of the lambs
Let us briefly list here a series of facts about the company in question and leave them in their indifferent and terrifying silence. Maybe at some point, someone will give them a voice. However, neither the minister in question nor his current boss dared to do so and, I guess here, they never will.
