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Avoidance of Voices Can Be as Problematic as Listening Too Much

Ron Unger, LCSW - June 11, 2012 15

In the system of mental health “care” which is dominant today, “hearing voices” is conceptualized as an illness, and so the goal is seen...

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Borderline Personality Disorder “No Longer Has a Place in Clinical Practice”

June 9, 2023

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A Call for Critical Approaches to Cognitive Psychology

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Human Rights Education can Shift Medical Students’ Perspectives on Psychiatry

June 7, 2023

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Why Does Research Focus on Treating Depression Rather Than Preventing It?

June 6, 2023

Blogs

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June 9, 2023

Changing Brains, Changing Minds: Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal and the Marital Relationship

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Akathisia: Historical Perspective for Healing

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Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 8: Depression and Mania (Affective Disorders) (Part...

June 5, 2023