Wow, what repression of our thoughts and feelings can do. And what a brave therapist to let it be known how he feels. Not many do that. I want to add my opinion that schizophrenia is an artificial construct and what went on here could help anyone with all sorts of different diagnosis. I hate... Continue Reading →
Psychotherapy more effective than drugs for “Schizophrenia”
This piece came to me in an email group I'm part of. I looked for it online and it only appears on a blog now, one I have always had on this blogroll. It is a partial transcript from a radio program that used to be available on the radios website but it seems to... Continue Reading →
The WHO studies regarding “schizophrenia” — posting just to have it available as it’s not on the internet otherwise
A World Health Organization study conducted in 1969 and then again in 1992, which is documented in a book I've already mentioned in another post, "Mad in America," by Robert Whitaker shows recovery rates of schizophrenia in undeveloped nations to be 64% as compared to developed countries with the rate of recovery being 18%. On... Continue Reading →
What gets named schizophrenia need not be impossible to live with — Eleanor Longden
People can instead thrive! From the Independent: Eleanor Longden was revising for her final university exams in May when she was interrupted by a hostile middle-aged man, who barked: "Stop! You can't do this; you're going to fail. You're not good enough to get a degree." Nine other people joined his tirade in a chorus... Continue Reading →
A bit of inspiration
"A sacred illness is one that educates us and alters us from the inside out, provides experiences and therefore knowledge that we could not possibly achieve in any other way, and aligns us with a life path that is, ultimately, of benefit to ourselves and those around us." -- Deena Metzger It comes from this... Continue Reading →
Anecdotes and clinical trials
I often site anecdotal evidence for much of what I talk about on this site. I don't get why people so very often are so obstinately opposed to considering anecdotal evidence. I know the reasons they give but they don't hold up under scrutiny. The hard-core scientific, "evidence based" believers in the world of psychiatry... Continue Reading →
Being open-minded
"The essence of the Liberal outlook lies not in what opinions are held, but in how they are held: instead of being held dogmatically, they are held tentatively, and with a consciousness that new evidence may at any moment lead to their abandonment." --Bertrand Russell
Amazing!
Real life spider man.
Placebo Effect
This paper is originally from Nexus Magazine. It is all over the net, so I'm assuming it's okay to use the fair use clause in copyright law and present this here for educational purposes. I found it here. I think this paper suggests we can to some extent consciously use the placebo effect to our... Continue Reading →