In any other scenario, the responsible physician's response would be to seek an alternative. However, for mental health professionals, the mainstay of treatment for psychotic illness is—as it has been for over half a century—antipsychotic medication.
If I had a boat: Saturday mellow
Lyrics : If I Had a Boat verse 1 burn slow, burning up the back wall long roads, where the city meets the sky most days, most days stay the sole same please stay, for this fear it will not die chorus if i had a boat, i would sail to you hold u... Continue Reading →
Shadow
If you imagine someone who is brave enough to withdraw all his projections, then you get an individual who is conscious of a pretty thick shadow. Such a man has saddled himself with new problems and conflicts. He has become a serious problem to himself, as he is now unable to say that they do... Continue Reading →
Musings on happiness
Happiness was to Socrates the culmination of a life well lived. To be able to come to the end of ones life and know that one has lived as best as one could. A final conclusion of contentment, perhaps, in a life well lived.
Action alert: help stop the forced/involuntary electric shock treatment of Elizabeth Ellis
An alert from MindFreedom for us to take ACTION on the part of Elizabeth Ellis who is trying to avoid receiving electric shock. YES -- people are still FORCED to get this "treatment." Elizabeth is clearly capable of making her own decision. I've posted on this before and it's time we do more. A judge... Continue Reading →
Awareness/Mindfulness
Meditation is about paying attention. It is attention for the sake of awareness. Awareness balances out thought in ways that are profoundly creative and we don't learn this sort of awareness in our culture and certainly not in our schools.
American psychiatric association’s description of a psychiatrist
This is the description from the APA's page on how to choose a psychiatrist. It opens with this description of what a psychiatrist does. A psychiatrist is a medical physician who specializes in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental illnesses, including substance abuse and addiction. Psychiatrists are uniquely qualified to assess both the mental... Continue Reading →
The Secret World of Pain — BBC video
From the youtube channel: Horizon reveals the latest research into one of the most mysterious and common human experiences - pain. Breakthroughs have come from studying a remarkable woman in London who has felt no pain at all in her life, a man in the US who cut off his own arm to survive, and... Continue Reading →
If you love peace
"Instead of hating the people you think are war-makers, hate the appetites and disorder in your own soul, which are the causes of war. If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed - but hate these things in yourself, not in another." — Thomas Merton
Placebo phenomena is inherently human, ALL humanity
Placebo effect is one of my favorite interests. I've said again and again, we need to learn how to harness the power of placebo because it is, essentially, nothing other than our own minds power to heal our whole beings. Pharma and many scientists want to dismiss it. Placebo is experienced as a nuisance in research. It's clear to me the phenomena is part of our human heritage and rather than find it an annoying thing that gets in the way of drug making, we should put more effort into learning how to use it within ourselves without the props!