Sunday, August 8, 2021

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Psychiatry Is the Cause, Not the Solution

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I have found that trauma is frequently at the root of many eventual psychological and medical issues. Medications often only worsen the disconnection caused by trauma.

EVENT: Town Hall on Children and Psychiatric Drugs

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On August 13, Mad in America and three partner organizations will present four international experts to discuss the problem of the widespread psychiatric drugging of children—and seek solutions.
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Becoming the Trauma-Informed Trainer I Needed

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It was my experience, which I later found was supported by research, that exercise had the power to help me heal, but it also had the potential to exacerbate my trauma symptoms.

Mental Health Survival Kit, Chapter 5 (Part 6): Patient Stories and Conclusion

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In an evidence-based healthcare system, we should not use interventions that do more harm than good, but that's just what psychiatry does.

An American History of Addiction, Part 8: A Turning Point, But Where Do We Turn?

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Practitioners and researchers have increasingly started to feel that the maintenance of the status quo has left the addiction field in a state of conflict and fluctuation.
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How I Learned the Social and Environmental Causes of Madness

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My first encounter with mental illness was when I was 17. My friend was hospitalised in the psychiatric unit of the local general hospital and diagnosed with hypomania.

Town Halls/Webinars

August 13: MIA Webinar on “The Psychiatric Drugging of Our Children: A Developing International Crisis” Host: John Read. Register here.

August 19: MIA Webinar on “Cognitive Behavioral and Related Therapies for Psychosis: Diverse Approaches to Supporting Recovery.” Presenter: Ron Unger. Register here. 

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Social Distancing Blues by by Nisha Gupta

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So Long, Pill Mill: A Letter to My Former Patients and Their Families

I love being a psych nurse practitioner, and I never want to feel that my only role is pushing pills. The private practice I started is my effort to move away from this dysfunctional system.

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