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current trends

Time to Change Our Vision of Mental Healthcare

Current Trends in Mental Healthcare Robert Whitaker (above) is an award-winning journalist, most well-known for his impeccably referenced, breakthrough book, Anatomy of an Epidemic. In it he describes the harm of taking psychiatric medications long
  • Posted on December 28, 2020
  • Emma Bragdon
  • adverse childhood experiences, cause of mental illness, dainius puras, heaing voices, john horgan, mental health, open dialogue, psychiatric times, Robert Whitaker, scientific american, soteria house
28 Dec 2020
in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Integrative Mental Health
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adverse childhood experiences, cause of mental illness, dainius puras, heaing voices, john horgan, mental health, open dialogue, psychiatric times, Robert Whitaker, scientific american, soteria house
psychedelics

UC Berkeley’s New Center for Psychedelic Science and Education

  Fifty years after political and cultural winds slammed shut the doors on psychedelic research, UC Berkeley is making up for lost time by launching the campus’s first center for psychedelic science and public education.
  • Posted on September 30, 2020
  • Emma Bragdon
  • Johns Hopkins, Michael Pollan, psychedelic, psychedelic research, psychedlic-assisted psychotherapy, UC Berkeley
30 Sep 2020
in Integrative Mental Health, psychedelics
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Julie Holland

Julie Holland: Author, “Good Chemistry”

Dr. Julie Holland will discuss her new book, Good Chemistry: The Science of Connection, from Soul to Psychedelics, which explores connection — why we need it, how we’ve lost it, and how we might find it again
  • Posted on September 11, 2020
  • Emma Bragdon
  • Ayahuasca, connection, good chemistry, ibogaine, julie holland, mdma, psychiatrist, psychopharmacology, PTSD
11 Sep 2020
in Integrative Mental Health, MDMA
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Healing Touch and Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals in Brazil

Healing Touch and Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals in Brazil

There are about 50 Spiritist psychiatric hospitals in Brazil, utilizing an integrative approach to recovery, stressing the spiritual alongside physical and emotional therapies that address the true causes of imbalance. Energy “passes”, similar to healing
  • Posted on August 13, 2020
  • Emma Bragdon
  • allan kardec, Brazilian Spiritism, energy passes, healing touch, integrative medicine, integrative mental health, Spiritism, Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals, spiritist psychiatry
13 Aug 2020
in Healing Touch, Integrative Mental Health
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slow psychiatry

Slow Psychiatry: A New Form of Integrative Practice

  Before Slow Psychiatry: Drug-centered and Needs-adapted Approaches A “drug-centered approach” acknowledges that we do not fully understand the causes of peoples’ troubles. We understand more about drug action although our knowledge is certainly incomplete
  • Posted on January 27, 2020
  • Joshua Beil
  • alternative mental health, complementary mental health, concept of mental illness, integrative mental health, psychiatric medication, psychiatry, SAMSHA, Sandra Steingard, slow psychiatry
27 Jan 2020
in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Integrative Mental Health, Medication, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Psychiatry
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integrative mental health

Book Review: Our Woes are Not Signs of Mental Illness

Abolishing the Concept of Mental Illness: Rethinking the Nature of Our Woes by Richard Hallam, PhD Rethinking Woes In this timely publication (2018), Richard Hallam – a British clinical psychologist – questions the main tenets
  • Posted on January 13, 2020
  • Joshua Beil
  • concept of mental illness, integrative mental health, online courses mental health, psychiatry, psychology, spiritual healing, spiritual mental health, spiritual psychology
13 Jan 2020
in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Integrative Mental Health, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Psychiatry, Spiritual Emergence, Spiritual Emergency, Spiritual Healing, Spirituality
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Collaborative Mental Health Therapy

Collaborative and Indigenous Mental Health Therapy: A Book Review

Collaborative Mental Health Therapy: A Book Review This book explores a living collaboration between a traditional Mãori healer in New Zealand and a clinical psychiatrist. Mãori healer, Wiremu NiaNia outlines the key concepts that are
  • Posted on December 29, 2019
  • Joshua Beil
  • collaborative mental health, integrative mental health, Maori, psychiatry, Spiritism, spiritual healing, spiritual mental health, spiritual psychology
29 Dec 2019
in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Integrative Mental Health, Mental Health, Spiritism, Spiritual Emergence, Spiritual Emergency, Spiritual Healing, Spirituality
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Ayahuasca

Is Ayahuasca a Shortcut to Spiritual Emergence?

Ayahuasca: Is It a Shortcut? Ayahuasca is a brew made from plants that grow in the rain forest.  It has been used in ceremony by indigenous peoples in Central and South America to expand consciousness
  • Posted on December 17, 2019
  • Joshua Beil
  • alternative mental health, Ayahuasca, ibogaine, integrative mental health, Psychonaut, shamanism, Shamans, spiritual crisis, spiritual emergence, spiritual emergency, spiritual mental health, spiritual psychology
17 Dec 2019
in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Drugs, Ibogaine, Integrative Mental Health, Plant Medicine, Spiritual Emergence, Spiritual Emergency, Spirituality
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Using Integrative Mental Health

Effective Choices in Treating Depression Using Integrative Mental Health

Using Integrative Mental Health Integrative Mental Health weaves together the best of science and the best  of all therapies.  These therapies might include common sense (get enough sleep), nutritional advice, the tools of allopathic and
  • Posted on August 26, 2019
  • Emma Bragdon
  • alternatives to drugs, anti-depressants, depression, integrative mental health, mental health, mental illness, serotonin
26 Aug 2019
in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Integrative Mental Health
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Inner Fire

An Alternative to Hospitalization: Inner Fire

The video above with founder/director Beatrice Birch reveals the philosophy behind Inner Fire. It’s an alternative to hospitalization.  Inner Fire is not a religious or spiritual institution but has drawn inspiration from Rudolf Steiner’s thinking. 
  • Posted on July 24, 2019
  • Emma Bragdon
  • alternative psychiatric hospital, alternatives to meds, alternatives to psych meds, mental health, psychiatric hospital, spiritual emergency
24 Jul 2019
in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Residential Care
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