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Peer Support Gaining Ground

Posted on January 29, 2019 by admin

A Mental Health Peer Support Specialist assists a peer (someone with mental health issues) in all the domains that help that person to connect to a full and complete life. They inspire hope, encourage taking personal responsibility and courageous steps. They talk to them about getting their power back and exploring their hopes and dreams on

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How to Manage Spiritual Crisis

Posted on August 30, 2017 by admin

Spiritual Crisis and Spiritual Emergency Since psychic and spiritual experiences have been pooh-poohed in our culture—to the point we have considered talking to God as a sign of psychosis?-most people are scared of them. But when people get the right kind of support, they find the experiences to be positively transformative! The process of integration,

Posted in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Anomalous Experience, Diagnosis, Hallucinations, Mental Health, Mysticism, Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness, Paranormal, Peers, Psychic Experiences, Psychosis, Spiritual Crisis, Spiritual Emergence, Spiritual Emergency, Spirituality IMHU, psychic experiences, spiritual crisis, spiritual emergence, spiritual emergence coach, spiritual emergency

India Uses Peer Support for Mental Health

Posted on December 18, 2015 by admin 2 Comments

Dr Vikram Patel is on Time magazine’s annual list of 100 most influential people in the world. He has been revolutionizing the way mental health issues are approached and treated, not just in India but across the world Dr Vikram Patel, a psychiatrist aged 51, is arguably the best known Indian mental health professional in the world today. Patel and his colleagues

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