withdrawal

Resources for Tapering and Withdrawal

Withdrawal from Psychiatric Medication … New resources for those looking for information about tapering and withdrawal from psychiatric medications. Laura Delano (in photo above) has created a wonderful resource in the Inner Compass Initiative (https://www.theinnercompass.org/),
Warning for those on antidepressants

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
Guest Blog: Kelly Brogan, MD

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
pharmaceutical

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

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,
Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar Disorder & Alternatives to Meds

One in five people who have bipolar disorder commit suicide. It can be a crippling illness characterized by unpredictable, extreme mood swings including profound depression and manic behaviors.   Fortunately, there is research that points