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The Mind without the Spirit
(I have no idea why this won’t post in 12-pt. font. Sorry ’bout that.) In Dr. Andrew Weil’s 7-page paper, “We Have Happy Pills, Anxiety Drugs, and Therapists Galore: So Why Are We More Stressed and Depressed than Ever?” he … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Depression, drugs, God, Health Care, Holistic, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Power, Spirituality, Values
Tagged Andrew Weil, antidepressants, anxiety, depression, doctors, family, God, godlessness, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, mind, pharmaceuticals, Physician, power, psyche, psychiatric disorders, Psychiatrist, Psychotherapy, relationships, soul, spirit, stress, therapy, values
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From Anger to Depression to Activism
We tend to think of anger as a bad thing, an evil feeling that should be eradicated. What if anger is a good thing? I grew up in a household where my parents were angry at each other most of the time so … Continue reading
Posted in activism, Depression, Government Services, Health Care, Medicaid, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, Power
Tagged anger, antidepressants, depression, drugs, emotion, Health, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medicine, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, pharmaceuticals, power, problem solving, relationships, therapy
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The War on the Other Terror
Schizophrenia is a problem of the mind, not the brain, and therefore is curable with proper talk therapy. Schizophrenia is caused by trauma. Certain life events can make the most normal person crazy. A person with schizophrenia is living in … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, Mental Illness & Health, Values, Medical care, American medical industry, Pharmaceuticals, Inpatient psychiatry, drugs
Tagged Schizophrenia, drugs, Psychotherapy, therapy, Peter Breggin, war, terror, empathic therapy, brain, Richard Gottlieb, Antipsychotic, Iraq, Dr. Bert Karon, hallucination, heal
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A New Kind of Therapeutic Relationship
Three days ago I received a note that Peter Breggin, M.D., was having an Empathic Therapy conference in Syracuse this weekend. All I knew about Dr. Breggin was that he was user-approved by the radical wing of the psychiatric peer support … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, Depression, disability, drugs, Health Care, Holistic, Medical care, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Values
Tagged antidepressants, chronic illness, depression, disability, doctors, drugs, Embassy Suites Hotels, Friendship, Ginger Breggin, Health, health care, Medicine, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, NYS Office of Mental Health, patients, peer support, Peter Breggin, peter breggom. empathic, pharmaceuticals, physicians, psychiatric disorders, Psychiatrist, Psychotherapy, relationships, restraints, therapy, values
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Depression and Power
I have just received a comment that is so outrageous that I’m interrupting everything else to respond. The comment is: “Effective treatment of bipolar disorder is often based on the combination of several elements including the following: PHARMACOTHERAPY. The drugs … Continue reading
Posted in activism, American medical industry, Depression, Medicaid, Medical care, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, Power, Powerlessness
Tagged activist, antidepressants, Bipolar disorder, Change, Chemical imbalance, Depakote, depression, doctor, drugs, genetics, inpatient psychiatry, lithium, Medicaid transportation, Mood, Neurontin, NIMH, pharmacotherapy, power, powerlessness, Psychiatrist, psychologist, relationship, suicide, therapy
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