I've not read this but it looks interesting. The below quote is from here. The prospect that the psychiatric profession has hurt rather than helped many of its patients is incredibly disheartening; however, wrong diagnoses and improper treatment are all too common errors within the field. Author René Muller presents a revealing look into how... Continue Reading →
Following are some interesting finds from over the weekend: AstraZeneca 'suppressed' drug test data -- BBC --this is becoming like a bad dream one has over and over again. "Seroquel's former UK medical adviser told the BBC he was pressured to approve promotional material which said weight gain was not an issue." A "Severe" Warning... Continue Reading →
Psychiatric pills that is. An article by Paula Caplan in the Boston Globe: It is striking that the weight of many Americans has ballooned just as the prescribing of psychiatric drugs has surged. The Obesity Society categorizes nearly two-thirds of adult Americans as overweight, the average weight of an adult having increased since 1960 by... Continue Reading →
The psychiatric survivor consumer movement doesn't talk enough about prisons and mental health, but we need to. Our natural allies are community harm reduction organizers, restorative justice, and activism against the prison industrial complex. Mainstream mental health advocates emphasize how lack of treatment ends up getting people in jail. This is partly right - and... Continue Reading →
Through the disciplined precision of our efforts, we’ll come again and again to our edge—the difficult places beyond which we’ve previously been unable to move. Through the willingness to soften and surrender to what is, we learn that we can gradually move beyond that edge. It is only through this interplay of hard and soft,... Continue Reading →
I've posted this simple little coping tool a few times because it's been so valuable to me and others I know. I take a bath like this almost every day. Sometimes twice a day. There have been times when I've been too sick to manage getting in and out of a tub, but if there... Continue Reading →
“It is almost a miracle that modern teaching methods have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for what this delicate little planet needs more than anything, besides stimulation, is freedom.” ~Albert Einstein “Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer injury to one’s self-esteem. That is why young children, before... Continue Reading →
I've posted from Gratefulness.org before, Brother David Steindl-Rast's website and community. He's a wonderful man who was friends with Thomas Merton another amazing Catholic Monk. Here is a video that he narrates. Beautiful!!
Links to things that caught my eye this last week: Allowing the Disturbing States| beyond karma Fish oil may really be an 'elixir of youth' - Telegraph "The Hidden Brain": Behind your secret racism Top 15 chemical additives in your food Save Money On Organic Fruits And Vegetables - Low Pesticide Foods - thedailygreen.com Christophe... Continue Reading →
___ Leah Harris, psychiatric survivor, mother, and social justice activist tells the story of how she overcame a legacy of oppression to become a part of the global movement working for rights, dignity, and justice for people labeled with mental illness, mad people, and people living with emotional distress.
Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on, I'll be mad. - Rumi More Rumi on Beyond Meds.
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