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Here’s a link to a 45 minute or so lecture by Richard Bentall, researcher and author of . In it he reviews his perspective on the history of treatment for psychosis, with lots of interesting detail, stories, and science and statistics, and he really zeroes in on something pretty simple but also simpler said than done: having a good relationship with the person to be helped.
http://iai.tv/video/treating-psychosis
This 6 hour course presents evidence based, practical and humanistic ways to help people recover. For more information or to register, go to this link.
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Old belief systems die slowly. SSRI’s clearly induce mania in a subset of people. A general activation that can range from mood elevation to Psychosis to Akathisia. But psychiatrists were trained that means they have “underlying bipolar disorder”. Evidence to support this.. hell
I thought for a second: “if you wanted to create mass confusion and mental anguish in a generation what would you do?” Well… you would condition them to think that every aversive emotion or thought has nothing to do with a valid reaction to events in their life, get them to
"Growing up, I was sold the idea that the only way to get people to take your mental struggles seriously is to call them illness. Paradoxically, it was only when I abandoned this idea that I reached a deeper appreciation of the seriousness of my suffering..."
It is a human right to try and sometimes to fail
Another taboo topic: do ‘antipsychotics’ cause withdrawal symptoms? @joannamoncrieff @markhoro @CEP_UK @MarnieWedlake @dranneguy @IndigoDaya @Institute_PDW
I’m honored to be giving a talk organized by ISPS Poland tomorrow on the topic: Recovery A Conspiracy of Hope. It's free to join and will stream at 8pm Central European Time.
