Yearly Archives: 2012
Why Marijuana Can Trigger Psychosis
Brain scans by London researchers show why marijuana calms some people, but can cause psychosis or paranoid thoughts in others. They found that THC...
A Counter Narrative for Psychic Diversity
This is a paper I recently wrote for Prescott College with the help of my friend and mentor, Dr. Bradley Lewis. I'm finishing up...
J & J to Pay More Than $1 Billion For Wrongful Marketing of Risperdal
In order to resolve a civil investigation into the marketing of Risperdal for unapproved uses, Johnson & Johnson will pay more than $1 billion...
Expect Recovery….
Expect Recovery….seems like a tall order, especially for people that have: little hope; spent years cycling in and out of hospitals; spent years on...
Initiatory Madness
If madness isn't what Psychiatry says it is, then what is it?
I have been asking myself that question almost every day since I became mad...
Will Hall – Short Bio
Living With Mental Diversity: New visions of what it means to be human from a counselor trained in Open Dialogue at the Institute for Dialogic...
Will Hall – Long Bio
LIVING WITH MENTAL DIVERSITY
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW, is a counselor, consultant, and community development worker in private practice with families, individuals, couples and groups. A survivor of...
Introduction: Anatomy of a Psychiatric Practice
In anticipation of this first blog post, I have spent some time wondering how I arrived at this point in my career. I have...
The New York Times and all that…
It has been indeed an honor to have my story featured on the front pages of the New York Times. It is rare that people with...
Twelve-year-old Ke’onte Cook Testifies in US Senate Hearing
A child in the foster-care system tells of his experience being diagnosed and then medicated with psychiatric drugs.
Happy New Year From The Icarus Project!
I want to begin by thanking Bob Whitaker for the invitation to blog on this site. I am honored to find myself amidst this...
Lisbeth Riis Cooper
BRINGING HOPE HOME
Lisbeth Riis Cooper is the founder and chairwoman of the Mother Bear Community Action Network, a national network of families dedicated to creating a new mental...
Lisbeth Riis Cooper – Short Bio
Bringing Hope Home: Mother Bears Lisbeth Riis Cooper and Jennifer Maurer share how the Mother Bear Community Action Network is uniting families to create mental health...
Why Trials of Antidepressants Often Fail
In a review of seven clinical trials of duloxetine (Cymbalta), researchers found that the drug-treated patients fell into two groups: 76.7% "responded" to the...
Chapter Twenty-One: Countdown to Surrender
COUNTDOWN- THREE DAYS
It is mid-morning on Wednesday, November 26th, 2008. I am staring at a computer screen in my cubicle, one among many at...
