Recovery from "schizophrenia" and other "psychotic disorders"
New understandings of the mind and of madness can open new doors to full recovery - thoughts from way outside the straightjacket of the "medical model." By Ron Unger LCSW
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- Beyond Meds Great info on how to get off meds, alternatives, recovery stories
- Different Thoughts “Once you label me your negate me”
- Hearing Voices Network USA
- Icarus Project “Navigating the space between brilliance and madness”
- Intervoice The international community for hearing voices
- ISEPP The International Society for ethical psychology and psychiatry
- ISPS-US A group dedicated to the psychological treatment of “psychosis”
- Mad in America Rethinking psychiatric care, by Robert Whitaker & others
- MindFreedom International group advocating for human rights in mental health
- Psychosis and Spirituality Isabel Clarke’s webpage
- Psychrights Great collection of articles on alternatives and why they are needed!
- Recovery Stories Recovery stories posted on the Alaska Mental Health Consumer Web
- Rufus May’s website Unconventional psychologist seen in “The doctor who hears voices”
- Voice Collective Peer support for young voice hearers
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Recent Posts
- Listening for the Truth Within Talk that Sounds Delusional: a Key Yet Rare Mental Health Method
- “Psychosis” is more like a revolution than it is an “illness.”
- SAMHSA couldn’t quite manage to really support full recovery
- What to do when children hear voices
- NAMI Lies: A brief analysis of NAMI sponsored misinformation about “schizophrenia”
- Why psychosis happens at a young age: the dark side of creativity!
- You can’t heal when you are calling parts of yourself an “illness”
Popular Blog Posts
- Finding more information about Open Dialogue on the Web
- Trauma, Psychosis, and Spirituality: What’s the Connection?
- Webinar on dissociation as a common factor in many kinds of “mental illness”
- Mad Pride, Gay Pride, and Disability
- Problems when antipsychotics interfere with the ability to anticipate threat
- What works best when coping with voices?
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