March 3, 2011
The article “Living in a Dream World: The Role of Daydreaming in Problem-Solving and Creativity” recently published in Scientific American Mind, explores both the positive functions […]
February 27, 2011
Not too long ago I finished reading Making Sense of Madness by Jim Geekie and John Read. A central idea in the book was that “madness,” […]
February 19, 2011
In a recent blog entry Robert Whitaker draws the connection between the recent publication of evidence that antipsychotics shrink the brain and evidence published previously that shows that […]
February 7, 2011
According to a news article today, it’s going to be a lot harder for anyone to deny what some of us have been saying for quite […]
January 30, 2011
In modern religions, people are taught to hope for some spiritual experiences in the future (heaven) and to fear other sorts of spiritual experiences (hell.) But […]
January 8, 2011
There is a perennial question directed toward those of us who see madness as having a spiritual dimension, and it goes something like this: “How can […]
December 31, 2010
On Tuesday, March 29, 2011, from 2 to 3:30 PM, the Opal Network will feature an Introduction to Open Dialogue Treatment, presented by Ron Unger. Location: […]
December 30, 2010
I was at a seminar recently where Ron Coleman asserted that the experience of hearing voices may commonly be the cause of what seems to be […]
December 25, 2010
Magical thinking commonly thought to be a positive symtom of schizophrenia, or at least of disorder related to schizophrenia like schizotypal personality disorder. An example of […]