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Withdrawal Info & Invitation to a Film Screening

See the blog to get your invitation to view “Medicating Normal” and to read about components of successful withdrawal from psychiatric medications written by Kelly Brogan, MD, psychiatrist. Case Report: Successful Discontinuation of Psychotropic Drugs

Posted on August 3, 2020
Emma Bragdon
Kelly Brogan, medicating normal, withdrawal

Is Ayahuasca a Shortcut to Spiritual Awakening?

Ayahuasca: Is It a Viable Shortcut? Ayahuasca is a brew made from plants that grow in the rain forest. It has been used in ceremony by indigenous peoples in Central and South America to expand

Posted on December 17, 2019
Joshua Beil
alternative mental health, Ayahuasca, ibogaine, integrative mental health, Psychonaut, shamanism, Shamans, spiritual crisis, spiritual emergence, spiritual emergency, spiritual mental health, spiritual psychology

Film: Big Bucks, Big Pharma

In this scathing documentary Big Bucks, Big Pharma pulls back the curtain on the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry to expose the insidious ways that illness is used, manipulated, and in some instances created, for capital

Posted on May 19, 2019
Emma Bragdon
big pharma, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatric medication

Resources for Tapering and Withdrawal

Withdrawal from Psychiatric Medication … New resources for those looking for information about tapering and how to deal with withdrawal from psychiatric medications. Laura Delano (in photo above) has created a wonderful resource in the

Posted on August 15, 2018
Emma Bragdon
mental health, psychiatric drugs, psychiatric medication, tapering, withdrawal

Managing Spiritually Transformative Experiences

Warning for those on antidepressants

Antidepressants raise the risk of an early death by 33%, controversial study finds The drugs do more harm than good, researchers say, and their use should be cut Psychiatrists disputed this and argued that they

Posted on September 26, 2017
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anti-depressants, depression, life span, mental illness, suicide

Guest Blog: Kelly Brogan, MD

An Open Letter to the Spiritual Community About Psychiatry By Kelly Brogan, MD There’s life with the experience of mental illness and then there’s life as a mental patient. I’ve been told that both entail a

Posted on July 31, 2017
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Kelly Brogan, psychiatry, Robert Whitaker, spirituality

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

Posted on February 20, 2017
Emma Bragdon
drugs, holistic health, mental health, pharmaceutical, pharmaceuticals, psychiatric, psychiatric medication, psychiatry, sedated

What’s the Harm in Taking an Antidepressant?

By Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM Side Effects are explained clearly in this article. We know that all drugs have side effects. That’s just part of the deal right? But is it really possible that an antidepressant

Posted on December 1, 2016
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anti-depressant, depression, mental health

Trace Amounts

Co-Director: Eric Gladen This new film sheds light on the causes of autism and the ongoing debate do vaccines cause autism. Although it is not anti-vaccine; it does suggest we quickly replace the preservative thimerosal

Posted on May 7, 2015
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autism, children, wellness

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,

Posted on April 16, 2015
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healing, meditation, mental health, mental illness, schizophrenia, spiritual emergency, spirituality