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Indigenous American Psychology: NEW

Posted on August 10, 2023 by Emma Bragdon

A Cherokee Man Indigenous culture has been translated into “A New Psychology Based on Community, Equality, and Care of the Earth” by an award-winning, Amer-Indian psychologist, Arthur W. Blume, PhD. The book was published by Praeger in 2020. Dr. Blume’s conceptualization of this New Psychology is brilliant and much needed at this time. Why?

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Spirit amer-indian, culture, indians, indigenous, mental health, mental illness, natives, psychiatry, psychology, psychotherapy

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

The Effects of Collective Trauma

Posted on March 29, 2023 by Emma Bragdon

The Effects of Collective Trauma Is our society sick? …[Gabor Mate, MD, writes in The Myth of Normal that normal mental health is a myth because our society is not healthy.] Has our society been sick for hundreds, if not thousands of years? [“Today’s culture stresses the body, burdens the immune system, and undermines

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Mental Health collective trauma, mental health, mental illness, trauma

NEWS: On Voice Hearing

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Emma Bragdon

There are communities in which hearing voices frequently is common and expected, and in which participants are not expected to have a need for care. This paper compares the ideas and practices of these communities. Voice Hearing in Community We observe that these communities utilize cultural models to identify and to explain voice-like events—and that

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Psychosis hearing voices, mediumship, mental health, mental illness, psychosis, voice hearing

What is Mind vis a vis Mental Health?

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Emma Bragdon

Mind Defined …At a meeting of 40 scientists across disciplines, including neuroscientists, physicists, sociologists, and anthropologists, the aim was to come to an understanding of the mind that would appeal to common ground and satisfy those wrestling with the question [of what it is] across these fields. After much discussion, they decided that a key

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Mental Health Dan Siegel, mental health, mental illness, mind, mindfulness, self

Two Books Re: Adding Spirituality to Mental Healthcare

Posted on September 29, 2022 by Emma Bragdon

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 a significant part to play in recovery from illness. Dr. Andrew Powell, a UK psychiatrist, has been deeply engaged in

Posted in Integrative Mental Health Andrew Powell, awakening, dr. powell, Global Hospital and Research Centre, janki foundation, mental health, psychiatrist, psychiatry, spirituality

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

States Exploring Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy

Posted on June 24, 2022 by Emma Bragdon

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 20 percent of all veterans returning home from Afghanistan will suffer from symptoms of PTSD. It’s currently estimated that roughly twenty-two

Posted in Psychedelics depression, Johns Hopkins, mental health, Nature Medicine, psychedelic medicine, psychedelic-assistred psychotherapy, psychedelics, PTSD, trauma, veterans

PEAK States Symposium

Posted on March 29, 2022 by Emma Bragdon

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness healing, mental health, mental illness, peak states, psych-biology, psycho-immunology, psychotherapy, symposium

Human Rights in Mental Health: A Paradigm Shift At WHO

Posted on June 15, 2021 by Emma Bragdon 1 Comment

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. It’s called “Guidance on Community Mental Health Services: Promoting Person-Centred and Rights-Based Approaches.” MadinAmerica.org just published an interview with Michelle Funk

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Mental Illness community mental health guidelines, CRPD, human rights approach, mental health, mental health services, mental illness, Michelle Funk, recovery approach, rights of persons with disabilities, WHO, World Health Organization