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‘A new look at psychosis.’ Ivan Tyrrell and Richard Bentall discuss patient-centred new approaches to the understanding and treatment of psychosis.
Ivan Tyrrell and Richard Bentall discuss patient-centred new approaches to the understanding and treatment of psychotic illness. Tyrrell: You have written a... -
Channel 4 Homeland’s depiction of mental illness has been a step forward for TV. Guardian.
Homeland’s depiction of mental illness has been a step forward for TV It flirts with the ‘mad genius’ stereotype but overall... -
“Do we need a diagnostic manual for mental illness?” Richard Bentall discusses DSM V. Guardian
Do we need a diagnostic manual for mental illness? Richard Bentall discusses the controversial revisions to the US Diagnostic and Statistical... -
Letting In The Light – Open Dialogue Therapy. 81% Recovery Rates in Schizophrenia!
People who are distressed mentally or emotionally are often told, either explicitly or implicitly, that their beliefs, behavior or attitudes... -
Antipsychotic drugs not best option for people at risk of psychosis, study warns on British Medical Journal website. Guardian.
Drugs not best option for people at risk of psychosis, study warns Counselling and therapies effective in treating psychotic experiences that... -
Depressed? Don’t blame your genes. Report from the Times Newspaper.
Britain is depressed. Especially its women. Oliver James. Times Newspaper Recently the Irish author Marian Keyes announced on her website that she... -
Alternative views on ‘mental illness’ from Michael Cornwell Ph.D
I Don’t Believe in Mental Illness, Do You? In November 2000, I anxiously stood before the gathered four hundred and fifty... -
Open Dialogue — Alternative Care for Psychosis In Finland Developed By Jaakko Seikkula. Please watch the video!
Open Dialogue—Alternative Care for Psychosis In Finland Developed By Jaakko Seikkula. Over the past two decades, Dr. Jaakko Seikkula’s hospital team in... -
Wirral OCD Group – Everyone Welcome from All Areas.
Wirral OCD Group was set up over 10 years ago. It is now based in Hoylake and is open to... -
Can you be a good parent if you suffer from mental illness? A service-users view
Can you be a good parent if you suffer from mental illness? A service-users view Parenting is really hard, you get no... -
Profile of a Clinical Coordinator within a Wirral Community Mental Health Team.
Profile of a Clinical Coordinator within Wirral Community Mental Health Team. Jackie O’Hagan works as a Clinical Coordinator within Ashlea Community Mental... -
Wirral Bipolar Self-Help Group at Advocacy in Wirral. All welcome!
Wirral Bipolar Self-Help Group at Advocacy in Wirral. All welcome! Do you have bipolar diagnosis or are you a carer, partner, family... -
Making Changes Project at Wirral MIND – Great New Self-Help Groups Starting Soon!
Need Support? Want to make friends? Have you experiences you’d like to share? Could you support others? WE NEED YOUR HELP! The Making Changes... -
4 Sinister Ways Big Pharmaceutical Companies Peddle their Drugs in America.
4 Creepy Ways Big Pharma Peddles its Drugs in America. Big Pharma uses ads that sow hypochondria, raise health fears and sell... -
’7 Reasons America’s Mental Health Industry Is a Threat to Our Sanity’ by Bruce E. Levine.
7 Reasons America’s Mental Health Industry Is a Threat to Our Sanity Drug industry corruption, scientifically unreliable diagnoses and pseudoscientific research... -
“Antidepressant use in England soars.” The Guardian. Why not offer some other solutions instead?
Editors note: I have just read the following article and once again I am shocked to see there seems to be... -
A Summary of Recovery Principles. An Excellent Outline of the Concepts of Recovery.
A Summary of Recovery Principles with Suggestions as to What the Implications are for Practice. John Good Recovery Principles HOPE Described by Jacobson and Greenley... -
Men & Depression. Informative RCPsych article.
This article is for: any man who feels depressed anyone whose husband, partner, brother, father and male friend seems depressed. Men seem to suffer from... -
Sadie Frost tells of struggle with depression during marriage to actor Jude Law
Mental Health Foundation Sadie Frost has spoken of her struggle with depression during her marriage to actor Jude Law, admitting she... -
Hearing Voices? You are definitely not alone! Hear the stories of many famous people who find this a positive experience.
Famous People Who Hear Voices Anthony Hopkins Actor In 1993, in an interview in the News of the World, the Hollywood actor Anthony... -
Psychiatrist calls for lithium to be added to water. Irish Times. What do you think???
I have recently been alerted to this article in the Irish Times. I am still in shock and cannot believe this... -
EleMental – A great website and community promoting mental health and wellbeing.
EleMental represents an ever growing collective of visionaries from around the world who are actively working to promote wellness, recovery and thriving... -
Antidepressants – Big Money, Bad Science?
The idea that depression is caused by nothing other than a chemical imbalance is a comforting one for people who... -
‘Unfinished care revolution’ lets disadvantaged groups down. Damning new report by government thinktank. Guardian
‘Unfinished care revolution’ lets disadvantaged groups down. Report by Iain Duncan Smith’s thinktank slams hospitals as ‘untherapeutic and dangerous places’ for... -
Mental illness care ‘close to a revolution’. Report in The Independent.
Mental illness care ‘close to a revolution’ By Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor. Independent. A revolution in the treatment of psychiatric disorders involving the... -
Living Life to the Full …helping you to help yourself. Great website with a free Cognitive Behavioural Therapy course.
About the Site The Living Life to the Full course is a life skills course that aims to provide access to high... -
Unthinkable? Rehabilitating R.D. Laing He’s been unfashionable for decades, but in an era of big-pharma and proliferating diagnoses, is it time to reassess? Guardian Editorial.
The trouble with great men or women who lead the kind of lives described as “colourful” is that they provide... -
Centre for Mental Health. (Used to be Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health). An excellent website with lots of up to date info for everyone.
Centre for Mental Health aims to help to create a society in which people with mental health problems enjoy... -
Are Talking therapies the best way of helping people with mental health problems?
Talking therapies are often cited as the best way of helping people with mental health problems. However Richard Gray, a... -
“People become ill when the stress they face becomes more than they can cope with.” The Stress-Vulnerability model explained.
This article is a brief overview of the Stress – Vulnerability Model and makes for an excellent read. Especially for... -
Pregnancy for Bipolar women
Pregnancy can have an impact on the mood swings of bipolar women and it can be difficult to decide whether... -
DISCOVERING HOPE FOR RECOVERY FROM A BRITISH PERSPECTIVE. PIERS ALLOTT ET AL (2002)
DISCOVERING HOPE FOR RECOVERY FROM A BRITISH PERSPECTIVE. http://www.critpsynet.freeuk.com/LITERATUREREVIEWFinal.htm A review of a sample of recovery literature, implications for practice and systems... -
Depression makes world ‘fade to grey’
Mental Health Foundation – 21/07/10 The world literally fades to grey when we feel blue, scientists have discovered. Depression has an effect... -
Antidepressant use rises as recession feeds wave of worry
Prescriptions have doubled in decade, NHS figures show, with doctors warning drugs are covering for counselling shortage Guardian.co.uk, Friday 11 June... -
Ruby Wax: Losing It – Ruby Wax on how she tackled her bipolar disorder – and turned it into a stage show!
by Jasper Rees – Daily Telegraph Misery and comedy have always been bedfellows. The sad clown, the stand-up who falls down... -
Telephone therapy for depression? Study says yes!
Mental Health Foundation – 12/05/10 Treating clinical depression on the telephone is nearly as effective as face-to-face consultations, a new Brigham...
