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Pharmaceutical Use & The Sedated Society

‘The Sedated Society: The Causes and Harms of our Psychiatric Prescribing Epidemic‘ (Palgrave Macmillan 2017) Pharmaceutical Use in the UK Over 15% of the UK and 20% of the US adult population take a psychiatric
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The State of Mental Health in America

Mental Health USA: How Are We Doing? Mental Health USA Facts, Stats, and Data: Key Findings (2016) 1 in 5 Adults have a mental health condition.That’s over 40 million Americans; more than the populations of New
The New Psychiatry

Our Fear of Psychic Phenomena

Spiritist Medical Congress I just returned from a fantastic conference: the 2nd International Spiritist Medical Congress, “The Dawn of a New Era in Medicine”, October 1-2, 2016, at George Washington University in Washington, DC.  The roster
The New Psychiatry

Mysticism and Psychosis

The following article is about mysticism, spiritual experiences, spiritual emergence and extreme states of consciousness, aka psychotic process. It was originally published in Seeds of Unfolding, Vol. VI, No. 4, Fall 1989. It is one of
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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
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Is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Failing?

Researchers have found that CBT is roughly half as effective in treating depression as it used to be. Everybody loves cognitive behavioral therapy  It’s the no-nonsense, quick and relatively cheap approach to mental suffering – with
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Gut, Mood & Mental Health

Beneficial bacteria may serve the same role as antidepressants and anti-anxiety drugs. In one study,  people who took a multi-strain probiotic for at least four weeks reported a lessening of rumination—recurring, persistent thoughts about something