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		<title>being the empowered patient</title>
		<link>http://beyondmeds.com/2013/05/26/being-the-empowered-patient/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 04:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica Cassani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I present myself as the "empowered patient" on this blog for a reason. I advocate for many who are being harmed and need to learn how to advocate for themselves. The reason I do it well, however, is because I was a mental health professional for so many years. That means I know how professionals think and I know what and how much it takes to become empowered as a patient. The result of this for me, and it's very sad really, is that I continue to be treated like a patient by far too many of my colleagues. It's really very depressing that there is such a thing..."being treated like a patient," that is. But it's really clear when one is approached with that undeniable sort of sickly sweet condescension or alternately, complete dismissal. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
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		<title>Psychopharm Complex: A Brief Sketch of a Modern Industrial Disease</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 17:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica Cassani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from PROOF OF GOD! ...and other tragedies.: The National Institute of Mental Health and the American Psychiatric Association are more bent than ever before on identifying valid causative factors related to what they consider to be "mental illness." Toward that end, I have begun thinking about disease etiology and classification. Psychopharm Complex Psychopharm Complex [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beyondmeds.com&#038;blog=1281489&#038;post=35387&#038;subd=bipolarblast&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fierce Light</title>
		<link>http://beyondmeds.com/2013/05/25/fierce-light/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 13:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica Cassani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That we might have hope for the world and it's inhabitants of all species:

Fueled by the belief that "another world is possible," Fierce Light is a compelling, global journey into the world of spirit in action, an exploration of what Martin Luther King called "Love in Action," and Gandhi called "Soul Force"; what Ripper is calling "Fierce Light."  … [click on title for the rest of the post]
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		<title>Saturday Mellow</title>
		<link>http://beyondmeds.com/2013/05/25/saturday-mellow-39/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 04:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica Cassani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[short animated film by the artist Stephen Mackey, creator of the Miki Books
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		<title>Apple, fennel, dandelion salad #foodie friday</title>
		<link>http://beyondmeds.com/2013/05/24/apple-fennel-dandelion-salad-foodie-friday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 04:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica Cassani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was a delicious, crisp, fresh and refreshing salad I made.

I used a tart apple and half a bulb of fennel. The dandelion I picked in our yard and out and about the neighborhood. … [click on title for the rest of the post]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beyondmeds.com&#038;blog=1281489&#038;post=35298&#038;subd=bipolarblast&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Idealization of the therapist / psychiatrist / doctor / clinician</title>
		<link>http://beyondmeds.com/2013/05/23/idealization-of-the-therapistpsychiatristdoctorclinician/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica Cassani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think idealization of the therapist is something everybody involved (clients, clinicians and society) participate in...and therapists...quite often enjoy the illusion and can even feed on it...yes.

Conscious awareness is vitally important and given the inherent power dynamic it remains the therapists job to help the client understand that they, the therapist,  are, indeed, not imbued with special powers. this too helps the client with reality checking and a good sense of their own power vis a vis that of the therapist. … [click on title for the rest of the post]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beyondmeds.com&#038;blog=1281489&#038;post=34641&#038;subd=bipolarblast&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New social media campaign features stories of individuals who reject psychiatric diagnosis</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 21:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica Cassani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Open Paradigm Project, in collaboration with MadinAmerica.com, Occupy Psychiatry, and leading organizations in the movement to reform mental health care, announces a social media campaign showcasing video testimonials by individuals negatively impacted by the traditional psychiatric model, which focuses on pathology and illness rather than wellness and recovery.  … [click on title for the rest of the post]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beyondmeds.com&#038;blog=1281489&#038;post=35352&#038;subd=bipolarblast&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>there is no such thing as a monolithic state called depression</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 11:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica Cassani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[depression is always a mixture of many things...there is no such thing as a monolithic state called depression...the fact that people imagine that is the case, is a problem.  (includes list of posts to rethink depression) … [click on title for the rest of the post]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beyondmeds.com&#038;blog=1281489&#038;post=35339&#038;subd=bipolarblast&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>freaky sensations and surrender</title>
		<link>http://beyondmeds.com/2013/05/21/freaky-sensations-and-surrender/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 04:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica Cassani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freaky weird sensations bubbling forth from deep in my body tonight. Releasing old traumatic stuff from the body never ceases to be fascinating...if also on occasion annoying. I'd rather be sleeping.
At this point I don't differentiate between that which is "withdrawal" (iatrogenic injury) and that which is "trauma" it seems to help to just pay attention to all of it as though it has something to tell me regardless of origin. Also, withdrawal is trauma in any case. As Charles Whitfield, MD has said and established, psychiatric drugs are agents of trauma.

The only discipline that makes sense anymore is surrender. That and then paying attention. I continue to heal. … [click on title for the rest of the post]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beyondmeds.com&#038;blog=1281489&#038;post=35301&#038;subd=bipolarblast&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The difference between pain and suffering</title>
		<link>http://beyondmeds.com/2013/05/20/pain-and-suffering-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 11:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica Cassani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've learned what is spoken about in this video is true. Acute pain will never be easy, but it is possible to no longer suffer in many regards. Also as one moves into this much pain actually starts healing too. This is a wonderful talk for anyone who suffers from chronic pain and really any kind of pain, physical or emotional. … [click on title for the rest of the post]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beyondmeds.com&#038;blog=1281489&#038;post=35285&#038;subd=bipolarblast&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Knowing Thyself Versus Changing Thyself</title>
		<link>http://beyondmeds.com/2013/05/20/knowing-thyself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 04:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica Cassani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Socrates' admonition to "know thyself" flies in the face of many modern ideas that urge us instead to "change thyself!" If we're not happy all the time, we have a collective tendency to think something is wrong with us, that we should alter our mood with Prozac, positive thinking, buying or acquiring, working harder or seeking solace in relationship. In order to be OK with ourselves, we have to change rather than become curious about understanding all parts of ourselves.

Worse yet, there is the notion that if only we can get rid of aspects of ourselves — our anger, hate, greed, envy, sadness, vulnerability, our shameful parts — all will be well. … [click on title for the rest of the post]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beyondmeds.com&#038;blog=1281489&#038;post=35281&#038;subd=bipolarblast&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Living after loss: the Adventure of Grief</title>
		<link>http://beyondmeds.com/2013/05/19/adventure-of-grief/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 13:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica Cassani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'd like to note that the message in this video can be generalized to all kinds of loss and trauma too. Not just the loss of a loved one. 

We must feel our emotions!!  And embrace all of life! Psychiatry is a whole field of medicine dedicated to the suppression of emotions and the darkness of our psyches. The healing involved in coming out of decades of this suppression is phenomenally difficult and perhaps sometimes impossible. This is why I do the work I do, that people today learn to embrace their lives rather than drug it away. If you block the negative emotions you in turn block all the positive emotions. … [click on title for the rest of the post]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beyondmeds.com&#038;blog=1281489&#038;post=35242&#038;subd=bipolarblast&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>DSM5 the latest news and happenings&#8230;collected (updating regularly)</title>
		<link>http://beyondmeds.com/2013/05/18/dsm-dsm5-the-latest-news-and-happenings-collected/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 12:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica Cassani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DSM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DSM V]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A collection of articles on the DSM in the news today and recently. We're watching a house come down!! It looks like the publication of DSMV is -- not at all by design -- turning into a watershed event. … [click on title for the rest of the post]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beyondmeds.com&#038;blog=1281489&#038;post=35255&#038;subd=bipolarblast&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ecstatic dance as practice: there is a dance that only you know how to do</title>
		<link>http://beyondmeds.com/2013/05/18/ecstatic-dance-as-practice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 12:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica Cassani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a dance that only you know how to do, Gabrielle says. The Wave makes it fun to experience the ecstasy of your body in motion to some of the most irresistible high-energy dance music we've ever heard! … [click on title for the rest of the post]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beyondmeds.com&#038;blog=1281489&#038;post=35234&#038;subd=bipolarblast&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mental Health Europe makes important statement about DSM and bio-psychiatry (PRESS RELEASE)</title>
		<link>http://beyondmeds.com/2013/05/18/mental-health-europe-makes-important-statement-about-dsm-and-bio-psychiatry-press-release/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica Cassani</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[american psychiatric association]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Western psychiatry is in crisis. The direction taken by the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM 5), due to be published later this week, has received ample criticism. Moreover, in disagreement with the American Psychiatric Association, the United States National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the world’s largest research institute, has announced they will no longer fund projects based exclusively on DSM categories. Unfortunately, while Mental Health Europe considers the NIMH decision to be the right one, by focusing almost entirely on neuroscience and on so-called disorders of the brain, the NIMH is missing out on the critical importance of user experiences to psychiatric research and to the practice of psychiatry. … [click on title for the rest of the post]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beyondmeds.com&#038;blog=1281489&#038;post=35248&#038;subd=bipolarblast&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Queries Concerning Psychotherapy and Privilege</title>
		<link>http://beyondmeds.com/2013/05/15/queries-concerning-psychotherapy-and-privilege/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 22:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica Cassani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are great questions for everyone to ask themselves. And they're questions anyone in the helping professions need to ask if they want to serve people with honesty and integrity. … [click on title for the rest of the post]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beyondmeds.com&#038;blog=1281489&#038;post=35224&#038;subd=bipolarblast&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to escape education&#8217;s death valley</title>
		<link>http://beyondmeds.com/2013/05/15/how-to-escape-educations-death-valley/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 13:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica Cassani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish -- and how current education culture works against them. In a funny, stirring talk he tells us how to get out of the educational "death valley" we now face, and how to nurture our youngest generations with a climate of possibility. … [click on title for the rest of the post]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beyondmeds.com&#038;blog=1281489&#038;post=35216&#038;subd=bipolarblast&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cold-turkeying off psych drugs is not a wise choice except in a life-threatening emergency</title>
		<link>http://beyondmeds.com/2013/05/14/cold-turkey-not-a-wise-choice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 20:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica Cassani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am seeing an unfortunate trend in the psychiatric survivor community: People are saying cold turkey can be a perfectly fine way to go off psychiatric drugs.

We know many people get away with cold turkey, but others injure their nervous systems severely, for months or years. You don't know in advance what will happen. Even a taper over a month reduces the risk of injury.

What's more, if you do get withdrawal syndrome, you're on your own. You cannot imagine how bad it can be. There's no real medical treatment. You can't count on a nice doctor with a pill to save you.

We need to get together to protect each other, the way the gay community united to encourage safe sex to protect people from HIV infection.

Please help spread the word: Friends do not let friends cold turkey. … [click on title for the rest of the post]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beyondmeds.com&#038;blog=1281489&#038;post=35208&#038;subd=bipolarblast&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yoga for Trauma Survivors (and info on trauma and the body)</title>
		<link>http://beyondmeds.com/2013/05/14/yoga-for-trauma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 07:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica Cassani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That trauma deeply impacts the body is something people are still just starting to understand.Those of us using yoga and other body/mind techniques to heal learn just how profound the body/mind connection is. Yoga has been a profoundly healing part of my journey for past traumas (both experiential and the iatrogenic trauma that psychiatric drugs imposed) and for rehabilitation after having been bedridden for a couple of years. The below information about yoga healing and integrating PTSD and past trauma is very important practice, news and research.  … [click on title for the rest of the post]
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		<title>&#8220;This is not a war to control dangerous drugs. This is a war to control the poor.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://beyondmeds.com/2013/05/13/this-is-not-a-war-to-control-dangerous-drugs-this-is-a-war-to-control-the-poor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 18:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica Cassani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For over forty years, America's "War on Drugs" has accounted for 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and damaged poor communities at home and abroad. Yet for all that, drugs in America are cheaper, purer, and more available today than ever before. Filmed in more than twenty U.S. states, THE HOUSE I LIVE IN captures heart-wrenching stories at all levels of America's drug war - from the dealer to the grieving mother, the narcotics officer to the senator, the inmate to the federal judge. Together, these stories pose urgent questions: What caused the war? What perpetuates it? And what can be done to stop it?  … [click on title for the rest of the post]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beyondmeds.com&#038;blog=1281489&#038;post=35184&#038;subd=bipolarblast&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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