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mass shooting

A Cause of Mass Shooting?

Dr Peter Breggin, a psychiatrist, was interviewed by Thom Hartmann, on September 23, 2013, about his book Medication Madness: The Role of Psychiatric Drugs in Cases of Violence, Suicide and Crime.   Psychiatric Drugs and Mass
  • Posted on March 26, 2021
  • Emma Bragdon
  • mass shooting, medication madness, Peter Breggin, psychiatric medication, shooters
26 Mar 2021
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slow psychiatry

Slow Psychiatry: A New Form of Integrative Practice

  Before Slow Psychiatry: Drug-centered and Needs-adapted Approaches A “drug-centered approach” acknowledges that we do not fully understand the causes of peoples’ troubles. We understand more about drug action although our knowledge is certainly incomplete
  • Posted on January 27, 2020
  • Joshua Beil
  • alternative mental health, complementary mental health, concept of mental illness, integrative mental health, psychiatric medication, psychiatry, SAMSHA, Sandra Steingard, slow psychiatry
27 Jan 2020
in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Integrative Mental Health, Medication, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Psychiatry
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anti-depressants

Epic Numbers on Anti-Depressants Today: Withdrawal Advice

Long-term prescription rates for antidepressants in the United States and Britain have doubled over the past decade, with similar trends in other Western countries. More than 15 million Americans have taken the medications for at
  • Posted on March 7, 2019
  • admin
  • anti-depressants, help with withdrawal, medication withdrawal, mental health, psychiatry, withdrawal
07 Mar 2019
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how to deal with withdrawal

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
15 Aug 2018
in Anti-Depressants, Drugs, Medication, Mental Health
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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
  • admin
  • anti-depressants, depression, life span, mental illness, suicide
26 Sep 2017
in Anti-Depressants, Depression, Drugs, Medication, Mental Health, Research, Suicide
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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
  • Posted on July 31, 2017
  • admin
  • Kelly Brogan, psychiatry, Robert Whitaker, spirituality
31 Jul 2017
in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Bipolar, Drugs, Medication, Meditation, Mental Health, Nutrition, Psychiatry, Spirituality, Suicide
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psychiatric-drugs-for-treatment

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
20 Feb 2017
in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Anti-Depressants, Depression, Drugs, Medication, Mental Health, Psychiatry, Research
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Mental Health Facts

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
  • admin
  • anti-depressant, depression, mental health
01 Dec 2016
in Anti-Depressants, Depression, Drugs, Health, Medication, Mental Health, Research, Suicide
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gut health and mental health

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
  • Posted on July 31, 2015
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  • anti-anxiety, anti-depressants, micronutrients
31 Jul 2015
in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Anti-Depressants, Anxiety, Depression, Diagnosis, Mental Health, Micronutrients, Nutrition, Psychiatry
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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
16 Apr 2015
in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Anxiety, Depression, Diagnosis, Drugs, Health, Integrative Mental Health, Medication, Meditation, Mental Health, Psychiatry, Spiritual Healing, Spirituality
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