integrative mental health Archives

Improving Mental Health Outcomes: September, 2023 Report

Posted on October 5, 2023 by Emma Bragdon

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 diagnosed with serious mental illness from a possible 80% to 5% and reducing their life spans by 20 years or

Posted in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Integrative Mental Health 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

Mental Health Education in Schools

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Emma Bragdon

Mental health education lessons are coming to the national curriculum [UK] next year [2020]. Teachers should be empowered to acknowledge that mental health is a contested area, argues psychologist and lecturer Anne Cooke. Ask students what they think, encourage critical thinking and enquiry… Darn, I missed the boat. The government’s [UK] consultation on its new proposal for

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Mental Health anne cooke, health education, integrative mental health, mental health, mental health education, school lessons, UK school education

Psychedelics Facilitator Training and Research

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Emma Bragdon 1 Comment

Psychedelics Facilitator Training UC Berkeley Center for the Study of Psychedelics (BCSP) is one of many academic institutions that offer training in the science, history, and use of psychedelics. They network with scholars around the world. The research and facilitator-training community involved in Psychedelics includes many institutions held in high regard: Duke University Center for

Posted in Psychedelics Ayahuasca, BCSP, ibogaine, integrative mental health, mdma, psychedelic, psychedelic facilitator, psychedelic training, psychedelics, Susana Bustos, UC Berkeley Center for the study of psychedelics

Exercise & Mental Health 2022 Report

Posted on August 30, 2022 by Emma Bragdon

Hot off the press, this report summarizes the last three decades of research on the links between exercise and mental health. Does Exercise Impact Mental Health? Briefly: Existing scientific research overwhelmingly indicates that exercise and physical activity benefit mental health. 89% of all published peer-reviewed research between 1990 and 2022 found a positive, statistically significant

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Research depression, exercise, fitness, integrative mental health, mental health, movement

Update: What’s Most Effective vs. Depression?

Posted on May 6, 2022 by Emma Bragdon

Early in the pandemic depression tripled, from 8.5% just before to 27.8%, then skyrocketed to 32.8% in 2021. For Perspective… Depression Rates Soar In the U.S. in 2017, an estimated 17.3 million American adults, or 7.1% of the adult population, experienced at least one major depressive episode. The highest rates were reported among those

Posted in Depression, Integrative Mental Health anti-depressants, depression, evidence-based medicine, exercise, integrative mental health, major depression, psychiatric medication, suicide

Stress in USA Measured

Posted on April 12, 2022 by Emma Bragdon

Stress in the United States is at an all time high, according to a poll conducted on behalf of the American Psychological Association (APA). Poll Shows Stress in US at All Time High The poll showed that top sources of stress for people in the United States were an increase in prices due to inflation,

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Mental Health, Relationship alcohol, anxiety, couples, IMHU, inflation, integrative mental health, stress, stress management, ukraine, weight gain

Healing Touch and Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals in Brazil

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Emma Bragdon 1 Comment

There are about 50 Spiritist psychiatric hospitals in Brazil, utilizing an integrative approach to recovery, stressing the spiritual alongside physical and emotional therapies that address the true causes of imbalance. Energy “passes”, similar to healing touch, are central to the healing and health maintenance. This article briefly describes the Spiritist philosophy, its successes, as well

Posted in Healing Touch, Integrative Mental Health allan kardec, Brazilian Spiritism, energy passes, healing touch, integrative medicine, integrative mental health, Spiritism, Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals, spiritist psychiatry

Watch New Film Aug 12: Medicating Normal

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Emma Bragdon

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 after the film. You can view the trailer at medicatingnormal.com. This is an exceptional, professionally produced film. The Panel Features:

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Mental Illness alternative mental health, Emma Bragdon, holistic mental health, IMHU, integrative mental health, lynn Cunningham, medicating normal, medication withdrawal, pam shervanick

My Grandmother’s Hands

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Emma Bragdon

My Grandmother’s Hands: a highly recommended book about community and healing from racism—as we all face the heart-wrenching news of reactivity and violence, and wonder how to turn the tide of racist prejudice. RECOMMENDED: Menakem’s FREE online course on Racialized Trauma “A fascinating, must-read, groundbreaking book that offers a novel approach to healing

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Mental Health black lives matter, healing racism, integrative mental health, racial prejudice, racism, Resmaa Menakem, somatic psychology

Dead Man Talking: Brazil’s Spiritists Redefine Religion

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Emma Bragdon 3 Comments

Integrative Mental Health University, IMHU.org, has a special interest in Spiritist Therapies. Check out the course we offer on this topic with 7 professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists, and mediums who lead Spiritist Centers in the USA). Click HERE to find out more. We also offer a 30 minute documentary, Spiritism: Bridging Spirituality and Health. which takes

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Mediums, Spiritism allan kardec, channeled writing, Chico Xavier, integrative mental health, kardec, mediums, mediumship, nosso lar, psicografia, psychography, Spiritism, spiritist, spiritual healing