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Define Mental Health

Posted on July 6, 2015 by admin

(Excerpted from World Psychiatry, June, 2015) The concept that mental health is not merely the absence of mental illness [1, 2] was unanimously endorsed, while the equivalence between mental health and well-being/ functioning was not, and a definition leaving room for a variety of emotional states and for “imperfect functioning” was drafted. The proposed definition is

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Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals in Brazil

Posted on April 16, 2015 by admin 1 Comment

Spiritist psychiatric care is described below…and it’s leading us into new territory that might improve our own healthcare system! Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals in Brazil “If the spirit is not acknowledged as existing and real, psychiatrists will only pay attention to effect. They will be impeded from divining the root causes and will never cure

Posted in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Anxiety, Depression, Diagnosis, Drugs, Health, Integrative Mental Health, Medication, Meditation, Mental Health, Psychiatry, Spiritual Healing, Spirituality healing, meditation, mental health, mental illness, schizophrenia, spiritual emergency, spirituality

Human Flourishing

Posted on December 18, 2014 by admin

After 21 years of private practice, Dr. Elliot Dacher, a family practice MD, began an in-depth study of the principles and practices of consciousness and health. He pursued his study researching the subtle aspects of integrative medicine for many years, even traveling to Asia to explore their wisdom traditions. Dr. Dacher now teaches the principles

Posted in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Anxiety, Depression, Health, Integrative Mental Health, Meditation, Mental Health, Spirituality, Spiritually Transformative Experiences meditation, mental health, mental illness, spirituality

4 Reasons for Integrative Psychiatry

Posted on February 13, 2014 by admin 6 Comments

Four Reasons for Integrative Psychiatry, aka Green Psychiatry Steven Goldsmith, a psychiatrist from Oregon is kindly allowing me to share the blogpost about why he turned away from the limitations of conventional psychiatry and turned towards a more expanded perspective on mental health care. Enjoy! Why Do I Practice Green Psychiatry? Why do I no

Posted in Anxiety, Bipolar, Depression, Drugs, Integrative Mental Health, Medication, Mental Health, Psychiatry mental health, mental illness, pharmaceuticals, psychiatry

Reflections on Spiritual Healing #1

Posted on October 2, 2013 by admin

More and more people are turning to spiritual healing to find relief from their pain and suffering that conventional, biologically-based medicine can not provide. In his commentary on the Bhagavad Gita, Paramahansa Yogananda, a self-realized master, explains that there are two main roots of all physical and mental diseases that are imperceptible to most people:

Posted in Karma, Mental Health, Spirit, Spiritual Healing, Yogananda healing, mental health, mental illness