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How Societies with Little Coercion Have Little Mental Illness 27 Aug 2013 | 09:04 pm
Throughout history, societies have existed with far less coercion than ours, and while these societies have had far less consumer goods and what modernity calls “efficiency,” they also have had far le...
U.S Behavioral Research Studies Skew Toward Positive Results 27 Aug 2013 | 08:42 pm
Researchers from the Universities of Stanford and Edinburgh found, in a comparison of 1,174 primary outcomes from 82 meta-anlyses of biological and behavioral research, that U.S.-based behavioral rese...
Cyndi Roberts 27 Aug 2013 | 08:01 pm
Yoga, meditation and nutrition are the practices Cyndi used to save her life after a 12-year battle with severe depression, anxiety and a misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder. She is passionate about heal...
My Mood, My Choice 27 Aug 2013 | 07:59 pm
“People are just as happy as they make their minds out to be.” -Abraham Lincoln I remember, just four years ago, when I was wrapped up in the grips of depression, that this quote made me very angry. ...
The Today Show and ECT: The Full Story & Informed Consent 26 Aug 2013 | 06:15 pm
Here I sit on a Sunday morning at my church, synagogue, temple, mosque, sacred space of inclusion – my laptop – emailing Pam Hyde, Administrator of the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Servic...
Fresh Eyes on a Paradigm Gone Awry 26 Aug 2013 | 05:49 pm
Editor’s note: This is the first of three installments telling of Annie Chapman’s “Hikoi” (traditional Maori march – or journey – of protest), undertaken to raise awareness of those drawn into a “a pa...
Annie Chapman 26 Aug 2013 | 05:17 pm
Annie’s main career has been as a home-educating mother. She is trained as a massage therapist and Yoga teacher and has always had an interest in supporting mental wellness through exercise, spiritual...
Annie Chapman 26 Aug 2013 | 05:15 pm
Annie is passionate about the need for a greater range of respectful, empowering treatment choices for people experiencing mental distress. She did an awareness-raising Hikoi (walk) through the North ...
The Future of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy 26 Aug 2013 | 01:31 am
Researchers from the Brown University School of Medicine, in an article introducing Clinical Psychology Review‘s November issue on the future of evidence-based psychotherapy (which includes an article...
Guiding Voices, Trauma Induced Voices 26 Aug 2013 | 01:29 am
I have facilitated support groups and worked one on one with those who hear voices for nearly 10 years.. The insights I’ve come to from my own experience have often facilitated understanding for other...