Laura Van Tosh on the Viva La Evolution podcast
VIVA LA EVOLUTION is a podcast about personal and organizational recovery and resilience. In this episode, Lori Ashcroft interviews Laura Van Tosh. Laura has...
Rights, Responsibilities and ResourcesāPeer Support in Mental Health Services
Service users and peer support experts should be taking inspiration from the Recovery movement and the defense of rights.
The Schizophrenic and the Dreamer
If delusions contain symbolic content, like dreams, then the language of the schizophrenic may be intelligible after all.
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.
What Are Waking Dreams, and Why Should You Care?
Indigenous culturesĀ around the worldĀ recognize and intentionally cultivate waking dreams for both personal and communityĀ well-being.
Benzodiazepines Linked to Suicide, Study Finds
A new study finds that benzodiazepinesāalprazolam (Xanax), lorazepam (Ativan), and diazepam (Valium)āare associated with an increased risk of suicidal events.
The Consciousness of Voices and Visions
Alan Robinson reviews a 30-year journey working with his voices and visions in directing actors and creative writing.
The Two Earliest Stories of Recovery in Oregon
In the early 19th century, frontiersmen Pelton and Day experienced recovery from "mental illness" after traumatic experiences.
Seriously Misleading Testimony by Psychiatry Professor in Oslo District Court About the Effect of...
Lawsuits are a means to obtain changes in an inhumane psychiatry.
Husband of UK Royal Took own Life After āAdverse Effects of Medicationā
From The Guardian:Ā The son-in-law of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent killed himself after suffering adverse side-effects from antidepressants prescribed by a Buckingham Palace...
Smoke ‘Em if You Got ‘Em: Rethinking Smoking as a Trauma Response
For people with trauma-impacted brains, smoking is a tool to quiet an ever-present storm.
Psych Drugs May Increase Likelihood of Death in Schizophrenia
The drugs, especially benzos and high doses of antipsychotics, led to an increased risk of death within five years. Antidepressants also did not reduce mortality.
Beyond the Chemical Imbalance: Looking to the Past to Understand the Mental Health Crisis
Our bodies and minds evolved to thrive in an environment that is vastly different from the one in which a majority of us now live.
Ward 362: On Meeting People in Sorrow
There is no understanding that we have the need for comfort and support. Our feelings are not allowed; they are reduced to medical symptoms.
A Bicultural MÄori/European Vision for a Truly Healing Hospital
Our therapies need to treat the root causes of mental distressāespecially trauma and environmentāand not just numb the pain.
The Trauma Craze: How the Expansion of Trauma Diagnoses Fueled Victimhood Culture
Exploring the paradox of increasing trauma diagnoses in a safer world and the proliferation of trauma culture.
Irrational Polypharmacy: How Integrated Mental Health Treatment Can Help
Drug-first treatment overlooks the underlying circumstances that contributed to the development of mental health issues in the first place.
Is Virtual Psychotherapy of Lesser Quality Than In-Person?
Are therapists contributing to the depersonalization and loneliness that has hollowed out social life in our culture in general?
Is There Transformative Meaning in Madness?
How do some people find and harness transformative meaning in their experiences conceptualised as psychosis by clinical psychiatry?
Service Users Report Psychiatric Professionals as the Least Helpful Factor in Quitting Antipsychotics
A new study published in Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice finds that psychiatrists and other doctors are the most unhelpful factor for...
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.
I Accuse Psychiatry of Murder
My beloved friend Geoffrey could have contributed so much to the world if psychiatrists had not murdered him.
How I Developed a Critical Perspective on Psychiatry
I saw many people admitted to psychiatric wards having suffered a recent or past trauma, only to leave with prescriptions for multiple drugs.
Dismantling the Psychiatric Monopoly: Why We Need an Alternative
A speech given at the annual Danish Psychiatry Top Summit conference on the theme "New winds are blowing."
The Emperorās New Clothes? The Psychiatrist as Expert in a Post-Modern World
Psychiatry has fallen to too many fads and abusive treatments over the decades to hold current treatments with any confidence.
