The Problem With Mental Health Awareness
From The Nation: Campaigns telling people to become “aware” and “reach out” are, at best, an incorrect diagnosis of the problem and at worst, gaslighting.
How Frightened People Should Be Treated by Doctors – RD Laing
From Did You Used to be RD Laing?: "The ‘treatment’ that we give someone, is the way we treat that person. It should not be a noun, but an active verb."
Asia’s Largest Psychiatric Clinic for Women
From DW Documentary: Asia’s largest psychiatric facility is home to 1,700 female patients—or "ghosts." Many were victims of violence, or simply rejected by their families.
Surge of Student Suicides Pushes Las Vegas Schools to Reopen
From The New York Times: Firmly linking teen suicides to school closings is difficult, but rising mental health emergencies point to the toll the pandemic lockdown is taking.
Video Captures Patient Crawling Out of Hospital After Staff Dismiss Pleas for Help
From CBC: "They thought I was faking it because I was bipolar," said David Pontone. "There are no words to describe what I went through that night."
Therapy Isn’t for Everyone
From Medium: For many of us, therapy is just another room where we are stared at and made to feel defective—and that’s if we can afford to go at all.
Tens of Thousands Relying on Social Media Support Groups to Withdraw From Antidepressants
From Sky News: Dr. Ed White discusses his recent report about the lack of medical support for people coming off antidepressants and the online support groups forming in its absence.
What You Need to Know About Psychiatric Drugs, with Psychiatrist Joanna Moncrieff
From Psychology Is: Millions of people are prescribed psychiatric drugs each year, but few understand how these drugs actually affect the brain.
Mental Health Act Reforms Aim to Tackle High Rate of Black People Sectioned
From The Guardian: Mental health advocates have described the proposed reforms as an important step forward to treating people with respect and dignity.
15 Signs You’re Experiencing a Spiritual Emergency
From lonerwolf: There are two main types of spiritual emergency: mystical psychosis (hallucinations, mania, etc.) and the dark night of the soul (depression).
The Real Cure for COVID Is Renewing Our Fractured Relationship With the Planet
From The Globe and Mail: The solution is not to beat back the symptoms and return to business as usual, but to fan the flame of aliveness of the beautiful and healthier world that is in retreat.
How Big Pharma & Psychiatry Gaslight Us: Interview with Bruce Levine
From Radio Free Sunroot: Kollibri terre Sonnenblume and psychologist Bruce Levine discuss some of the myths surrounding the mental health industry.
Now I’ve Quit Benzos, This Year Will Be the First I Can Remember for...
From The Guardian: The variety of oblivion benzodiazepines have to offer is a lonely, clinical, anesthetic one.
IN-SHADOW – A Modern Odyssey – Animated Short Film
By Lubomir Arsov: Embark on a visionary journey through the fragmented unconscious of our modern times, and with courage face the Shadow. Through Shadow into Light.
We’ve Got Depression All Wrong. It’s Trying to Save Us.
From Psychology Today: When a threat is so bad or goes on for so long, and there is no way to fight or flee, the nervous system decides there is only one option left: immobilization.
The Ghosts of Christmas: Was Scrooge the First Psychotherapy Patient?
From The New Yorker: Revisiting his past allowed Scrooge to feel pity and grieve for his childhood self—which led to the blossoming of his feelings and compassion.
New Survey Reveals Class, Age Divide in Mental Health Crisis
From The Hill: We are in absolute crisis across this country, and it's not getting nearly enough attention let alone anyone doing anything about it in DC.
Why Some College Dorm Policies Are Driving Students Into Depression
From Forbes: Out of concern for their bottom line, colleges are betraying their students and trapping them in social isolation.
This Crisis Team Has Handled Mental Health Calls Without Cops for 30 Years
From VICE: “When the threat of coercion and that fear of violence is removed from the interaction, people can actually engage and de-escalate," said mental health lawyer Anita Szigeti.
To Save the World, We’re Going to Have to Stop Working
From The Big Think: If we don’t break ourselves of this addiction quickly, we will leave our progeny to face catastrophes on a scale which will make the current pandemic seem trivial.
Do Antipsychotics Protect Against Early Death? Or Contribute to It?
From Psychological Medicine: Editor Robin Murray stirs a debate on the impact of antipsychotics on mortality among those diagnosed with psychotic disorders.
Racial Microaggressions Take a Major Toll on Black Americans
From The Washington Post: Subtle, everyday forms of mistreatment and discrimination have a major impact on psychological and physical health.
The Onion: Majority of Psychological Experiments Conducted in 1970s Just Crimes
From The Onion: "Much of the time these researchers didn’t even bother to test a hypothesis or collect data, but instead just tortured student volunteers for amusement."
The Patient Voice: Antidepressant Withdrawal, MUS and FND
From BJGP Life: Diagnoses of MUS (medically unexplained symptoms) or FND (functional neurological disorder) may be covering up serious prescribed drug effects.
Collective Action for Collective Healing – A Q&A With Thomas Hübl
From The Harvard Gazette: "Underneath trauma there’s always healing, which means an ethical restoration and ethical upgrade. Post-traumatic growth is an ethical realignment."
