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Valid Challenges to the DSM

Posted on February 13, 2024 by Emma Bragdon

Valid Challenges to the DSM The following recent report and manuals encourages us to reflect more deeply on problems within the mental healthcare system and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)—They profile its failures and suggest cogent, effective alternatives that are now available. Readers: Please use the comment box below to write

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Mental Health abuse of power, DSM, ICD-10, improving mental health outcomes, indicative trauma impact, lucy johstone, mary boyle, power-threat-meaning

New Book: The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines

Posted on February 8, 2024 by Emma Bragdon

The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines: Antidepressants, Benzodiazepines, Gabapentinoids and Z-drugs. 1st Edition by Mark Horowitz, and David M. Taylor … “with the express purpose of limiting the damage that we have seen far too many people experiencing – whilst the medical profession has been slow to recognize what has been happening to real life patients.”—from a

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Medication antidepressants, benzodiazepam, benzos, deprescribing, getting off meds, harm reduction, psychiatric medication, taper, tapering

Gross Misconduct — The Final Nail in the Coffin for Antidepressants

Posted on January 30, 2024 by Emma Bragdon 1 Comment

Antidepressants-Updated Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola, First published: January 30, 2024 STORY AT-A-GLANCE The Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D) study published in 2006 was the largest and longest-running antidepressant effectiveness trial ever conducted and, importantly, it used real-world patients. The authors claimed an overall cumulative remission rate of 67%, and this study has

Posted in Anti-Depressants, Integrative Mental Health anti-depressants, depression, inflammation, medication, mental health, probiotics

Spiritual Bypassing

Posted on January 24, 2024 by Emma Bragdon

Spiritual Bypassing Defined The term, spiritual bypassing, was made popular in the 1980’s by the late John Welwood, PhD, a Buddhist teacher and psychotherapist who observed the phenomenon in his own spiritual community. Sometimes life is painful. What we do with our pain makes a difference when we are also in relationships with others. The

Posted in Integrative Mental Health John Welwood, meditation, spiritual bypassing, spiritual practice, spirituality

CHD Launches ‘Reform Pharma’ Initiative

Posted on November 9, 2023 by Emma Bragdon 2 Comments

CHD Launches ‘Reform Pharma’ Initiative to End Big Pharma Influence, Corruption Children’s Health Defense has launched Reform Pharma, an initiative that aims to curb the pharmaceutical industry’s influence in government, promote informed consent, ban drug ads and restore integrity in healthcare. This article was originally published November 9, 2023, by The Defender — Children’s Health

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Mental Health censorship, CHD, corruption, Justine Tanguay, Mary Holland, medical freedom, pharmaceuticals, psychotropic, reform AAP

Antidepressants & Mass Murder

Posted on October 29, 2023 by Emma Bragdon

Antidepressants & Mass Murder 2.5 min video by Peter Goetzche, a brilliant MD/researcher, on risks of psychiatric medications for adults and youth Antidepressants and Other Psychiatric Drugs Psychiatric drugs are mind altering chemicals designed to alter emotions, behavior and thinking processes. At their best they can be helpful so patients do not feel as

Posted in Anti-Depressants, Integrative Mental Health antidepressants, depression, mass murder, mental illness, psychiatric medication, suicide

Adverse Childhood Experiences Quiz

Posted on October 11, 2023 by Emma Bragdon

ACE – Adverse Childhood Experiences There is well-documented and extensively researched predictor for the severity of chronic illnesses called ACE, or Adverse Childhood Experiences. The scoring system consists of 10 questions that explore dysfunction in one’s childhood home: parental separation and death, incidents of domestic violence, substance abuse, mental illness, criminal behavior, and psychological, physical,

Posted in Children, Integrative Mental Health ACE, adverse childhood experiences, child development, child education, chronic illness, human development, mental health, mental illness

Improving Mental Health Outcomes: September, 2023 Report

Posted on October 5, 2023 by Emma Bragdon

Improving Mental Health Outcomes: September, 2023 Report The mental health system’s standard treatments are colossally counterproductive and harmful, often forced on unwilling patients. The overreliance on psychiatric drugs is reducing the recovery rate of people diagnosed with serious mental illness from a possible 80% to 5% and reducing their life spans by 20 years or

Posted in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Integrative Mental Health alternative mental health, children mental health, e-CPR, emotional CPR, hearing voices, integrative mental health, Jim Gottstein, mental health, mental illness, open dialogue, peer respite, soteria, warm lines, youth mental health

Indigenous American Psychology: NEW

Posted on August 10, 2023 by Emma Bragdon

A Cherokee Man Indigenous culture has been translated into “A New Psychology Based on Community, Equality, and Care of the Earth” by an award-winning, Amer-Indian psychologist, Arthur W. Blume, PhD. The book was published by Praeger in 2020. Dr. Blume’s conceptualization of this New Psychology is brilliant and much needed at this time. Why?

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Spirit amer-indian, culture, indians, indigenous, mental health, mental illness, natives, psychiatry, psychology, psychotherapy

Mental Health Education in Schools

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Emma Bragdon

Mental health education lessons are coming to the national curriculum [UK] next year [2020]. Teachers should be empowered to acknowledge that mental health is a contested area, argues psychologist and lecturer Anne Cooke. Ask students what they think, encourage critical thinking and enquiry… Darn, I missed the boat. The government’s [UK] consultation on its new proposal for

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Mental Health anne cooke, health education, integrative mental health, mental health, mental health education, school lessons, UK school education