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The Power of Group Meditation

Posted on September 13, 2021 by Emma Bragdon

Group Meditation Believe it or not, there are studies that prove the existence of a ripple effect of peace in the surrounding environment when a group meditates together. According to the unified field superstring theory in physics, waves of vibration flow from everything in the universe affecting the collective consciousness. Group meditation has the power to enliven that field.

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Meditation EKAM, group meditation, Maharish, Margaret Mead, meditation, World Peace

The Emergent Phenomenology Research Consortium (EPRC)

Posted on July 27, 2021 by Emma Bragdon

The EPRC is a multinational alliance of researchers, clinicians, and patrons who share a vision of bringing scientific methods and clinical sensibilities to the rigorous, ethical, ontologically-agnostic study of emergent phenomena. Daniel Ingram, MD (above) author of “Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha: An Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book”, brought the EPRC

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness daniel m. ingram, emergent phenomena, EPRC, prayer, psychedelics, spiritual emergence, spiritual emergency, yoga

Human Rights in Mental Health: A Paradigm Shift At WHO

Posted on June 15, 2021 by Emma Bragdon 1 Comment

Human Rights Model Promoted in New Guidance There is new guidance for mental health clinics published at the World Health Organization that represents a paradigm shift from a biomedical model to a human rights model. It’s called “Guidance on Community Mental Health Services: Promoting Person-Centred and Rights-Based Approaches.” MadinAmerica.org just published an interview with Michelle Funk

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Mental Illness community mental health guidelines, CRPD, human rights approach, mental health, mental health services, mental illness, Michelle Funk, recovery approach, rights of persons with disabilities, WHO, World Health Organization

Beyond the Mental Health Paradigm: The power threat meaning framework

Posted on June 3, 2021 by Emma Bragdon

Not only is it time to abandon psychiatric diagnosis, it is time to move beyond the medicalised perspective of ‘mental health’. A new framework for understanding how we all cope with distress – the power threat meaning framework – can lead the way to a more honest and effective paradigm, writes clinical psychologist Lucy Johnstone.

Posted in Diagnosis, Integrative Mental Health alternative to psychiatric diagnosis, diagnosis, Diagnositic and Statistical Manual, DSM, Lucy Johnstone, mental health, mental health paradigm, mental illness, power-threat-meaning

According to Scientists–How Psychedelics Hack the Brain

Posted on May 27, 2021 by Emma Bragdon

The “pivotal mental state” is described in a mind-blowing new scientific paper that looks at how drugs can reroute people out of psychological dead ends. By Mattha Busby Scientists have shed fresh light on a state of mind that they believe can help people out of psychological crises, and it’s reached by tripping on

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Psychedelics brain wave data, Carhart-Harris, DMT, mental health, neurobiology, psilocybin, psychedelics, psychonauts, REBUS, sever depression, spirit molecule

Health for the 3rd Millennium

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Emma Bragdon 1 Comment

8th Congress on Medicine and Spirituality “Health for the 3rd Millennium” Saturday 22nd May 2021 – Online and Free of charge– 10am to 5pm (UK time), 5am to noon (NYC time) Broadcast via YouTube and Facebook: fb.com/UK.BUSS fb.com/BritishSpiritistMedicalAssociation youtube.com/c/bussaudiovisuals youtube.com/user/KardecRadio From the British Spiritist Medical Association In the last 16 years, the connection between

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Research Alexander Moreira Almeida, allan kardec, Congress, Medical Spiritist, Peter Fenwick, Spiritism, spiritist, Spiritist Socieities, spiritualism

Group Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP): A New Frontier

Posted on April 23, 2021 by Emma Bragdon

Could taking and integrating ketamine in groups make psychedelic therapy more accessible? This blog explores what happens in the group and why it’s effective. The following is an abridged version of an article written by Sean Lawlor, published by Psychedelics Today in March 2021. As psychedelic-assisted therapy continues marching into the mainstream, the

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Psychedelics, Uncategorized group ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, group therapy, ketamine, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, psychedelic medicine, psychedelics, Scott Shannon

Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy

Posted on April 15, 2021 by Emma Bragdon

The drug, Ketamine, in moderate doses, is now being used legally to effectively help people out of anxiety, depression and the effects of trauma, PTSD. Best usage comes when the medicine is given alongside psychotherapy with a trained psychotherapist present. The MD needs to be in charge of dosage given to empower the psychotherapy and

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Psychedelics ketamine, psychedelic-assisted therapy, psychotherapy, stan grof, Will Siu

A Brochure Proposal by Paula Caplan, PhD

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Emma Bragdon

The proposed brochure: Let’s tell people who are suffering emotionally the truth about psychiatric diagnosis, the evidence for that truth, and what to ask when considering seeking help in the mental health system. Paula Caplan, PhD is raising money to create a brochure about this to be used in a public service, educational campaign,

Posted in Integrative Mental Health brochure, DSM, mentally ill, oppressed groupss, psychiatric diagnosis, psychiatric survivors

Spiritist Healing: A (r)Evolution in Mental Healthcare

Posted on March 8, 2021 by Emma Bragdon

Spiritist Healing: In Context Why should we consider Spiritist Healing now? There is currently an epidemic of mental health disorders in the U.S. At least one in five Americans is taking one or more prescribed psychiatric medications, despite their many side effects. However, optimizing wellbeing without psych meds is possible, something many Brazilians have been

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Spiritual Healing Brazil, Mental healthcare, psychiatric hospital, psychotherapy, Spiritism, spiritist healing, spiritual healing, spiritual psychiatry

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