adverse experiences

Personal News from Emma Bragdon + New Courses Available!

Dear Friends of IMHU, After just creating five new courses for IMHU.org, I will be taking a Sabbatical leave from IMHU starting December, 2019-beginning of May, 2020.  It has been about 7 years since I
spiritual psychology

Happy Thanksgiving

Spiritual Psychology of Indigenous Peoples This 7 min video gives voice to the wisdom of a Native American elder, Floyd Red Crow Westerman. He speaks to the changes going on now on our earth.  He
Drop the Disorder

Drop the Disorder! A Book Review

Book Review: Drop the Disorder! Challenging the Culture of Psychiatric Diagnosis. Editor: Jo Watson. Foreword: Paula J. Caplan. Published by: PCCS Books, Ltd, UK in September, 2019. The message of this book: Labeling people who
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
Inner Fire

Integrative Mental Health: 27 Non-drug Options that Work

By Craig Wagner Four years ago I dove into a deep and murky pond: the bottomless depths of medical databases that hold mental health research extracted from the bowels of journals from around the world.
Spiritist Healing

Spiritist Healing: A (r)Evolution in Mental Healthcare

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
Ashoke Mullick

India Uses Peer Support for Mental Health

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
Spiritism and Mental Health

Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals in Brazil

  Spiritist psychiatric care is described below…and it’s leading us into new territory that might improve our own healthcare system! Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals in Brazil  “If the spirit is not acknowledged as existing and real,
Russell Razzaque, MD

How Meditation Helps Your Game

[vimeo id=”101977836″] Fortunately, it’s becoming increasingly more acceptable for a medical doctor or psychiatrist to teach about spirituality while he or she is active in private practice.  Russell Razzaque, a psychiatrist based in London who
human flourishing

Human Flourishing

After 21 years of private practice, Dr. Elliot Dacher, a family practice MD, began an in-depth study of the principles and practices of consciousness and health.  He pursued his study researching the subtle aspects of