Yearly Archives: 2023
The Childhood Origins of Narcissism
From Vital Mind Coaching: The core childhood origin/genesis of the ‘narcissistic personality' occurs when a child is used by the parent(s) to meet the parent(s)' own needs.
Is It Delusional Paranoia or Heightened Awareness?
From Medium/Rev. Sheri Heller, LCSW: If we are to glean anything from our persecutory fears, let it be that we glean the benefits of distrusting that which should not be trusted.
Summer Mad Camp 2023
Mad Camp, as a work in progress, is a five-day summer camp for mad people, July 20-24, at a forested retreat center in Northern California.
MAD CAMP July 20-24, 2023 | Seeking Volunteers & Donations | Tickets by March...
From Mad Camp/Madness Radio: Will Hall, Dina Tyler, Monica Cassani and the Mad Camp crew invite planet Earth’s survivors/evaders/transformers of psychiatry to a 5-day summer camp in Northern California.
Living Together – With More Resilience and Less Medication
My own experiences have shown that specific exercises can help me to recognize the early symptoms of psychosis even earlier and more subtly, and reduce their intensity — even the delusions!
Teen Arts Exhibition: Beyond Labels And Meds: What It Feels Like To Be Me
28 teen artists share the power of their creativity in this collection of profoundly moving, courageous, and beautiful artwork.
Psychiatry’s Cycle of Ignorance and Reinvention: An Interview with Owen Whooley
Ayurdhi Dhar interviews sociologist Owen Whooley about psychiatry's stubborn perseverance in the face of recent DSM embarrassments and the failures of the biomedical model.
Gaslighting: What Makes a Person Vulnerable?
From Psychology Today/Peg Streep: Merriam-Webster has named “gaslighting” the 2022 word of the year. What leaves a person open to this form of psychological abuse?
Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 2: Are Psychiatric Disorders Mainly Genetic or Environmental? (Part Two)
In this chapter, Peter Gøtzsche discusses the problems with observational studies and other flaws in ADHD research.
Childhood: The Unexplored Source of Knowledge | Alice Miller, PhD
From The Natural Child Project: There are many areas where concern with early childhood can represent a liberation from age-old blind alleys.
Breaking the Cycle: How I Overcame Intergenerational Trauma and Became a Peer Advocate
How did that young Puerto Rican girl who very much disliked seeing a therapist when locked up in the juvenile system end up working in the mental health field as an adult?
Is Psychiatry Working? | BBC Sounds
From BBC Sounds: Some people in difficulty, their families, clinicians, psychologists and psychiatrists themselves will tell you there are serious questions about the ways psychiatry understands and treats people in trouble.
Fernando de Freitas: A “Dear Friend” Who Was a Warrior for Radical Change
Fernando de Freitas, co-founder of Mad in Brasil, passed away January 30. He had devoted his professional life to seeking to transform psychiatric care in Brazil and beyond.
Informed Consent for Antidepressants
From The Guardian Letters: Dr. John Read argues people must be told of the high likelihood of emotional blunting and withdrawal effects when they are first offered antidepressants.
We Must Not Remove Legal Protections for People at Risk of Forced ECT
Written testimony submitted to the Connecticut State Legislature in opposition to a bill removing legal protections for those at risk of receiving ECT against their will.
When I Was 15, a Psychiatric Hospital Nearly Ruined My Life. This Advice Saved...
From The Washington Post: By the time I left the hospital, I was the scattered wreckage of a teenager, and would spend much of my subsequent adult life avoiding people.
How to Fix the Mental Health Workforce? Peer Counselors Are an Underutilized Resource
From The Seattle Times: Peers build close connections by relating to people in a way clinicians don’t, and they can get trained faster and start working, helping close the gaps in a mental health landscape desperate for more staff.
Forgiven, a sonnet by Dan Johnson
Forgiven, a sonnet
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I don't know how to write down my request
or where it has to go to find my boy.
I hope while drifting up...
Darling Girl by Hannah E
Darling girl,
I wish for you to understand that
The fire in your soul, the kind of love in your heart and the curiosity that drives...
Your Versions by Tom Todd
I’d like to work with you.
To appreciate your versions.
And not to have to defend myself
Against them.
Please let your version of treating me
Incorporate ideas of...
Considering Harry by Tom Todd
I wrote this poem using selected extracts (pages 212-217) from Prince Harry’s book, ‘Spare’, and reflecting on the extent to which his writings might...
Too by Monica Khadijah Davies
My nose is too long
My hands are too big
My feet have grown
You see they did
My belly is fat
My tits are small
My legs are lean
I...
Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 2: Are Psychiatric Disorders Mainly Genetic or Environmental? (Part One)
Textbooks portray ADHD and schizophrenia as genetic disorders, despite the much stronger evidence for environmental factors.
Poisonous Pedagogy and Our Culture of Violence
From Shadowproof: Most psychiatric models fail mightily in that they reject childhood treatment as the key to later mental health status and interpersonal relationships, which has allowed parental and institutional cruelty to flourish for far too long.
MindFreedom Issues Shield Alert for Comedian Jim Flannery
https://mindfreedom.org/front-page/shield-alert-for-mfi-member-jim-flannery-being-held-involuntarily-in-middlesex-hospital-and-forcibly-drugged/
