soteria Archives

Working Group Soteria

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Emma Bragdon

Working Group Soteria Authors: Daniel Nischk and Ludi Van Bouwel of ISPS [To learn more about Soteria, a very successful psycho-social approach to treating extreme states, go a previous blog which introduces the concept as well as an active Soteria House in Vermont, USA. Click HERE to learn more. A 7 minute vid of the

Posted in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Residential Care Mosher, neuroleptics, psycho-social care, psychosis, research, residential treatment, schizophrenia, soteria

Soteria: An Alternative to Hospitalization

Posted on March 13, 2025 by Emma Bragdon

Soteria House Soteria House is a Therapeutic Community Residence for the prevention of hospitalization for individuals experiencing a distressing extreme state, commonly referred to as psychosis. We believe that psychosis can be a temporary experience that one works through rather than a chronic mental illness that needs to be managed.We practice the approach of

Posted in Residential Care, Spiritual Emergency alternatives, extreme states, hospitalization, Peer Support, psychosis, soteria, Vermont

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