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Two Books Re: Adding Spirituality to Mental Healthcare

 Dr. Powell Many health problems arise from emotional and spiritual suffering and need to be addressed at a deeper level than technology and medications.  Research findings and clinical experience increasingly reveal that spiritual factors have
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Exercise & Mental Health 2022 Report

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
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States Exploring Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy

Over the course of the past year, several states across the US have taken legal action to expand access to psychedelic-assisted therapies for some citizens. According to the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), as much as
WHO

Human Rights in Mental Health: A Paradigm Shift At WHO

 Human Rights Model Promoted in New Guidance There is new guidance for mental health clinics published at the World Health Organization that represents a paradigm shift from a biomedical model to a human rights model. 
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Beyond the Mental Health Paradigm: The power threat meaning framework

Not only is it time to abandon psychiatric diagnosis, it is time to move beyond the medicalised perspective of ‘mental health’. A new framework for understanding how we all cope with distress – the power
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According to Scientists–How Psychedelics Hack the Brain

  The “pivotal mental state” is described in a mind-blowing new scientific paper that looks at how drugs can reroute people out of psychological dead ends.   By Mattha Busby Scientists have shed fresh light on
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Time to Change Our Vision of Mental Healthcare

Current Trends in Mental Healthcare Robert Whitaker (above) is an award-winning journalist, most well-known for his impeccably referenced, breakthrough book, Anatomy of an Epidemic. In it he describes the harm of taking psychiatric medications long
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Holistic Protocol Validated for Psychotropic Drug Withdrawal

Groundbreaking Holistic Protocol Validated for Psych Med Withdrawal & Symptom Improvement A groundbreaking new study published in Advances in Mind Body Medicine titled, “Psychotropic Drug Withdrawal and Holistic Tapering Strategies: A Case Series,” validates the
Olivia

How One Generation Z-er Copes with Anxiety & Depression

Hello my name is Olivia. I am a recent graduate of Northeastern University and I struggle with anxiety and depression. [I want to tell you what works for me to feel better. Maybe it can