mental health Archives

Reasons to Value Spiritual Experiences in Mental Health

Posted on May 27, 2025 by Emma Bragdon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_ZL-axoqKU Expert Summary: How Spiritual Experiences Fit into Mental Health May 17, 2025. Alexander Moreira-Almeida, MD, PhD, gives his hourlong acceptance speech for the Oskar Pfister Award at the American Psychiatric Association’s Annual Conference. Dr. M-A is a prolific researcher, who has also written many published articles and books on the subject of spirituality,

Posted in Mental Health, Spiritual Emergence Alexander Moreira Almeida, APA, brain, Brazil, consciousness, life after death, mediumship, mental health, NDE, near death experience, Oskar Pfister Aware, psychosis, reincarnation, spiritual emergency, spiritual experience

Our Next Step in Evolution

Posted on December 6, 2024 by Emma Bragdon

Supporting Evolution Evolution of humanity is being supported by the two men above who are both articulate elders, coming from deep student of mystic traditions as well as profound perspective on our modern day. The interview above was created in June 2024. In mid-December, 2024 we will be posting a new interview-blog with Emma

Posted in Mental Illness, Spiritual Crisis Andrew Harvey, evil, evolution, mental health, mental illness, mystic, mysticsm, Paul Levy, psychosis, quantum physics, Sacred Activism, spiritual emergence, spiritual emergency, spritiual crisis, wetiko

NAMI on Spiritual Emergency

Posted on April 30, 2024 by Emma Bragdon

NAMI was founded in 1977. They offer support groups and education for free to all touched by mental health issues. Currently one in five people in the USA suffer from a mental health issue–NAMI is often called on for help by those who can’t afford psychotherapists. NAMI is affiliated with 700 groups throughout the

Posted in Mental Health, Spiritual Emergency cultural competency, mental health, mental illness, NAMI, spiritual emergence, spiritual emergency

Signs of Progress in Meditation

Posted on April 23, 2024 by admin

Meditation: Signs of Progress The true signs of progress in meditation are the following: An increasing peacefulness during meditation. A conscious inner experience of calmness in meditation metamorphosing into increasing bliss. A deepening of one’s understanding, and finding answers to one’s questions through the calm intuitive state of inner perception. An increasing mental and physical

Posted in Meditation, Spiritual Emergence meditation, mental health, reason to meditate, signs of progress

Gross Misconduct — The Final Nail in the Coffin for Antidepressants

Posted on January 30, 2024 by Emma Bragdon 1 Comment

Antidepressants-Updated Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola, First published: January 30, 2024 STORY AT-A-GLANCE The Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D) study published in 2006 was the largest and longest-running antidepressant effectiveness trial ever conducted and, importantly, it used real-world patients. The authors claimed an overall cumulative remission rate of 67%, and this study has

Posted in Anti-Depressants, Integrative Mental Health anti-depressants, depression, inflammation, medication, mental health, probiotics

Teaching Mindfulness to Youth

Posted on December 26, 2023 by Emma Bragdon

Mission Be — Teaching Children Mindfulness Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola Originally published Dec. 24, 2023 and now archived on https://takecontrol.substack.com/ —————————– STORY AT-A-GLANCE Mission Be, a nonprofit organization that brings mindfulness into schools, was founded in 2013 by social worker and yoga instructor, Carin Winter Mission Be’s curriculum is based on evidence-based practices like breath,

Posted in Children, Meditation children, consciousness, emotional health, mental health, mindfulness, play, school curriculum, school lessons, secular education, social health

Adverse Childhood Experiences Quiz

Posted on October 11, 2023 by Emma Bragdon

ACE – Adverse Childhood Experiences There is well-documented and extensively researched predictor for the severity of chronic illnesses called ACE, or Adverse Childhood Experiences. The scoring system consists of 10 questions that explore dysfunction in one’s childhood home: parental separation and death, incidents of domestic violence, substance abuse, mental illness, criminal behavior, and psychological, physical,

Posted in Children, Integrative Mental Health ACE, adverse childhood experiences, child development, child education, chronic illness, human development, mental health, mental illness

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

Psychedelic Science Update

Posted on September 26, 2023 by Emma Bragdon

Psychedelic Science June 19-23, 2023, the largest psychedelic conference in history on Psychedelic Science, sponsored by Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), was attended by more than 12,000 people in Denver, CO. You can now attend virtually with 10 pre-recorded sessions that highlight some of the key themes of the conference and more videos

Posted in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Psychedelics education, ketamine, mdma, medicine, mental health, mental illness, plant medicine, psilocybin, psychedelics, psychiatry, psychology, psychotherapy, science, training

Meditation Sickness & Spiritual Emergency

Posted on August 29, 2023 by Emma Bragdon 5 Comments

Spiritual Emergency and Meditation Sickness The term, “Meditation Sickness”, was not just made up. It’s a translation from words in ancient Buddhist texts. It refers to psychological and physical problems that may arise during Buddhist meditation. It includes severe problems like extreme states that create an urge to suicide. As a pioneer and counselor

Posted in Meditation, Spiritual Emergency awakening, Buddhism, Buddhist practices, meditation, meditator, mental health, mindfulness, spiritual emergence, spiritual emergency