Series of live online seminars on therapy for psychosis
Learn practical ways to understand and work with troubled and “psychotic” responses to trauma and abuse through this online course.
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I don't think mental states can be neatly divided in "purposeful" vs "disordered" - many can be "purposeful yet disorderly"! At the extreme, it can be like a revolution happening in the mind - revolutions involve purposes but also chaos & sometimes ruin - https://recoveryfromschizophrenia.org/2011/03/common-dynamics-in-psychosis-and-revolution-2/
My own view is that some mental disorders are purposeful, not pathological, and that theories like Wakefield’s tend to obscure this rather earth-shattering fact (3/3)
Thinking about "conspiracy theories" vs "delusions" in a world that seems increasing mad - and what does that all mean for mental health treatment? Some thoughts about that subject at https://recoveryfromschizophrenia.org/2022/05/conspiracy-theories-and-delusions-in-a-crazy-world/
Check out "Beating the Stigma of Psychosis, with Dr. Patrick Corrigan" https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beating-the-stigma-of-psychosis-with-dr-patrick-corrigan-registration-344343519737?aff=estw&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-source=tw&utm-term=listing @Eventbrite
"It seems to me that we commonly hear sanitized tales of creative accomplishment that leave out the churning chaos that these developments may have emerged from. Then, when people do encounter such chaos or madness...
What does madness have to do with playfulness? Quite a bit I think - and I believe we could better help mad people, and also have a better society, if we better understood that link! https://recoveryfromschizophrenia.org/2013/06/madness-and-play-exploring-the-boundary/