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Improving Mental Health Outcomes: September, 2023 Report

Improving Mental Health Outcomes: September, 2023 Report The mental health system’s standard treatments are colossally counterproductive and harmful, often forced on unwilling patients. The overreliance on psychiatric drugs is reducing the recovery rate of people
  • Posted on October 5, 2023
  • Emma Bragdon
  • alternative mental health, children mental health, e-CPR, emotional CPR, hearing voices, integrative mental health, Jim Gottstein, mental health, mental illness, open dialogue, peer respite, soteria, warm lines, youth mental health
05 Oct 2023
in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Integrative Mental Health
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alternative mental health, children mental health, e-CPR, emotional CPR, hearing voices, integrative mental health, Jim Gottstein, mental health, mental illness, open dialogue, peer respite, soteria, warm lines, youth mental health

Watch New Film Aug 12: Medicating Normal

You’re invited to join us for an online community screening of Medicating Normal, a 76-minute documentary film exploring through stories our current mental health care system’s over-reliance on psychiatric drugs. An interactive community discussion will follow immediately
  • Posted on July 24, 2020
  • Emma Bragdon
  • alternative mental health, Emma Bragdon, holistic mental health, IMHU, integrative mental health, lynn Cunningham, medicating normal, medication withdrawal, pam shervanick
24 Jul 2020
in Integrative Mental Health, Mental Illness
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alternative mental health, Emma Bragdon, holistic mental health, IMHU, integrative mental health, lynn Cunningham, medicating normal, medication withdrawal, pam shervanick
shamanic

The Shamanic View of Mental Health: A Holistic Approach

In November 2014, the peak psychology body in the UK, the British Psychological Association, released its new flagship report Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia. It was a watershed moment in the mainstream treatment of mental illness, containing statements such as
  • Posted on February 25, 2020
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  • alternative mental health, crazywise, Eleanor Longden, holistic mental health, integrative mental health, John Weir Perry, Jonathan Davis, Joseph Campbell, mental health, mental illness, Phil Borges, psychosis, shamanism, spiritual crisis, spiritual emergence, spiritual emergency, spiritual mental health, spiritual psychology, Stanlisav Grof
25 Feb 2020
in Mental Health, Mental Illness, Shamanism, Spiritual Emergence, Spiritual Emergency, Spiritually Transformative Experiences
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alternative mental health, crazywise, Eleanor Longden, holistic mental health, integrative mental health, John Weir Perry, Jonathan Davis, Joseph Campbell, mental health, mental illness, Phil Borges, psychosis, shamanism, spiritual crisis, spiritual emergence, spiritual emergency, spiritual mental health, spiritual psychology, Stanlisav Grof
collective spiritual emergency

When Mental Illness Masks A Collective Spiritual Emergency

“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” ~Jiddu Krishnamurti Out of the Shadows: When Spiritual Emergency was a Mental Illness I recall driving with my parents past
  • Posted on February 10, 2020
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  • alternative mental health, integrative mental health, psychosis, spiritual crisis, spiritual emergence, spiritual emergency, spiritual mental health, spiritual psychology
10 Feb 2020
in Spiritual Emergency
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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
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  • 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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alternative mental health, complementary mental health, concept of mental illness, integrative mental health, psychiatric medication, psychiatry, SAMSHA, Sandra Steingard, slow psychiatry
Ayahuasca

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
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  • alternative mental health, Ayahuasca, ibogaine, integrative mental health, Psychonaut, shamanism, Shamans, spiritual crisis, spiritual emergence, spiritual emergency, spiritual mental health, spiritual psychology
17 Dec 2019
in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Drugs, Ibogaine, Integrative Mental Health, Plant Medicine, Spiritual Emergence, Spiritual Emergency, Spirituality
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alternative mental health, Ayahuasca, ibogaine, integrative mental health, Psychonaut, shamanism, Shamans, spiritual crisis, spiritual emergence, spiritual emergency, spiritual mental health, spiritual psychology
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
  • Posted on November 19, 2019
  • Emma Bragdon
  • alternative mental health, american indian, holistic health, spiritual crisis, spiritual emergency, spiritual mental health, spiritual psychology
19 Nov 2019
in Integrative Mental Health, Spiritual Emergency
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alternative mental health, american indian, holistic health, spiritual crisis, spiritual emergency, spiritual mental health, spiritual psychology
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