withdrawal

Resources for Tapering and Withdrawal

Withdrawal from Psychiatric Medication … New resources for those looking for information about tapering and withdrawal from psychiatric medications. Laura Delano (in photo above) has created a wonderful resource in the Inner Compass Initiative (https://www.theinnercompass.org/),
measuring spiritual emergency

THE QUESTIONNAIRE MEASUREMENT OF SPIRITUAL EMERGENCY

Measuring Spiritual Emergency Measuring Spiritual Emergency has not been very well defined by numerous authors.  Monika Goretski, PhD., has written one of the most informative and well-respected articles published on this theme.  She reviews the
dark night

The Dark Night of the Soul in the 21st Century

The CDC recently reported that seventeen percent of teenagers today in America are contemplating suicide; 14% have a plan. A high proportion of teens feel hopeless. Health Affairs reported that in 2013 mental disorders cost the
suicide

Rising Rates of Suicide

Suicide Rates Rising: When Do We Acknowledge That Something Isn’t Working?! Regardless of race, gender, age, or ethnicity, people across the United States are increasingly choosing death as the only way out. More people take
Medical Marijuana

Medical Cannabis Superior to Opioids for Chronic Pain, Study Finds

Medical cannabis–a prescription for the opioid crisis?: “The Opioid Crisis is taking the lives of about 115 Americans each day, and approximately 40,000 each year. Yet, it’s not the abuse of street drugs that’s the primary driver
Warning for those on antidepressants

Warning for those on antidepressants

Antidepressants raise the risk of an early death by 33%, controversial study finds The drugs do more harm than good, researchers say, and their use should be cut  Psychiatrists disputed this and argued that they