Tag: alternative conceptions of mental health
Engaging Voices, Part 2: Working Our Way Toward Connection
Sam Ruck shares his fourth excerpt from his book Healing Companions, which describes his life with, and love for, his wife and her āalters.āĀ
Engaging Voices, Part 1: Validating The Arrival of My Wifeās First...
Sam Ruck shares his third excerpt from his book Healing Companions, which describes his life with, and love for, his wife and her āalters.āĀ
‘Delusions’ and ‘Paranoia’: What Are They, Really, and How Can We...
Sam Ruck shares a second excerpt from his book "Healing Companions," which describes his life with, and love for, his wife and her āalters.āĀ
Introducing the Power Threat Meaning Framework
FromĀ The British Psychological Society: A group of senior psychologists and prominent service user campaigners has published a report offeringĀ an alternative frameworkĀ toĀ understand emotional distress.
"The Framework...
Webinar Discussion – Rethinking Madness
A free recordingĀ of last week's webinar anchored to Phil Borges'Ā Crazywise, a documentary exploring alternative approaches to mental health, is now available. Over 4,000 people...
Disease Theory of āMental Illnessā Tied To Pessimism About Recovery
Researchers recently completed a first of its kind, large-scale international survey of attitudes about mental health and they were surprised by the results. According to their analysis published in this monthās issue of the Journal of Affective Disorders, people in developed countries, like the United States, are more likely to assume that āmental illnessesā are similar to physical illnesses and biological or genetic in origin, but they are also much less likely to think that individuals can overcome these challenges and recover