I Went Undercover to Expose Abuse at a Mental Health ‘Hospital’
From the BBC: 'Patients' are being locked away, abused, and neglected in the formative years of their lives, as one of the UK's biggest mental health 'hospitals' actually makes them worse.
Emily Lupsor â Short bio
Emily Lupsor is a social worker in Charlotte, North Carolina where she uses her lived experience to inform her practice. Emily facilitates a mutual...
School-Based Mindfulness Leads to Stress Reduction, Study Finds
Researchers find improvements in stress-related outcomes among middle school students exposed to a school-based mindfulness training program.
Suicidality: When Your Feelings Are Too Dangerous
After finding a cop at my door, I learned it wasnât safe to talk about my feelings of wanting to die. As a result, I spent the better part of the next decade not telling anyone when I was suicidal.
Mo Yee Lee – Short Bio
Utilizing strength and empowerment: Promoting dialogue and knowledge that for a strengths-based, systemic approach to diverse mental health conditions, this blog's focus is on...
Medicating Preschoolers for ADHD: How âEvidence-Basedâ Psychiatry Has Led to a Tragic End
The prescribing of stimulants to preschoolers diagnosed with ADHD is on the rise, which is said to be an "evidence-based" practice. A review of that "evidence base" reveals that claims that ADHD is characterized by genetic and brain abnormalities are belied by the data, and that the NIMH trial of methylphenidate in this age group told of long-term harm.
Cyndi Roberts – Short Bio
Yoga, meditation and nutrition are the practices Cyndi used to save her life after a 12-year battle with severe depression, anxiety and a misdiagnosis of bipolar...
The Sins of Conservatorship: Why Britney Spears Compared It to Slavery
For the last three years of my motherâs life, she was under absolute control of her conservator. If we dared to object to the neglect or abuse, retaliation was certain.
Catherineâs Story: A Child Lost to PsychiatryÂ
A year ago today, our youngest child died, thanks to the adversarial actions and toxic treatments foisted on her by medical-model psychiatry. By telling her story, we hope to promote systemic change.
Yale Changes Mental Health Policies for Students in Crisis
From The Washington Post: The changes, which come after former and current students sued the university, will allow students to keep their health insurance and take leaves of absence instead of being pushed to withdraw.
Steve McCrea – Short Bio
Steve McCrea, MS, is a mental health professional, advocate and author who has worked for over 30 years in social services, including over 10 years...
Julie Wood – Short Bio
Julie is a CPA, CA and MBA who changed careers when she lost her son, John David, to the effects of psychiatric drugs in...
Jean Davison – Op-Ed
Jean Davison is an author, speaker and mental health worker/trainer in the UK. Her memoir, The Dark Threads (Accent Press), is about her experiences as...
Daisy Anderson – Short Bio
In The Daisy Project, Daisyâs upcoming book, she shares her insider knowledge as a former mental health nurse and as a former psychiatric patient....
Tracey Libby – Short Bio
Tracey Libby specializes in the management of pain, chronic illness and mindbody health. Tracey also sees clients struggling with other life issues and transitions...
Wounded Children Are Running the World: Our Inner Child and Political Activism
From Kindred Media: Psychologist Robin Grille, author of Parenting for a Peaceful World and Inner Child Journeys, explains how our inner children run the show when we as adults don't pay attention to them.
Danielle Egan – Short Bio
Danielle Egan is a Vancouver based freelance journalist. Her articles about psychiatric neurosurgeries and bio-medical technologies have been published in many titles, including New Scientist, Vancouver...
The Diseasing of Defiance
Is every defiant child a freedom fighter? Of course not. Disrupting your fourth grade class is not the same as embarking on the underground railway. But is oppositional defiant disorder a label meant to subjugate and to serve the needs of the authorities? Yes, absolutely.
Alice Maher, MD – Short Bio
Alice Maher, MD, a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in private practice in NYC, founded Changing Our Consciousness, which is dedicated to communication across psychological divides. Her...
âFloss on the Wavesâ: My Sisterâs Journey
It takes a long time to recover from a psychotic episode, I understand now, and I wish someone had found a way, especially during those early years of her troubles, to give Rachel more space and time to find her own path to health.
William Schultz – Short Bio
William Schultz studies clinical psychology at the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology. His interests center on non-reductive approaches to psychiatry and psychology. His writing has...
Otto Douglas â Short Bio
Otto Douglas is a York University graduate whose psychiatric incarceration opened his eyes to a previously unknown world â a world in which human...
Suicides Are Increasing â And So Are Antidepressant Prescriptions
Disturbingly, our study and others reveal that the black box warning is now ignored in many countries, since antidepressant prescriptions for children are on the rise again. Despite increasing certainty that antidepressants are ineffective and likely cause suicidal behavior in young people, psychiatry continues to claim that they reduce suicide risk.
Ron Coleman – Short Bio
Ron is a Director of Working to Recovery, Ltd., an innovative mental health training , consultancy and publishing business. He is also a director...
‘Delusions’ and ‘Paranoia’: What Are They, Really, and How Can We Engage Them in...
Sam Ruck shares a second excerpt from his book "Healing Companions," which describes his life with, and love for, his wife and her âalters.âÂ
