January 22, 2012
Someone I know recently challenged me when I asserted that people could oppress themselves, and said he believed that oppression required someone outside the person doing […]
January 5, 2012
SAMHSA just came out with a new document called “SAMHSA’s Definition and Guiding Principles of Recovery – Answering the Call for Feedback.” While the document sounds […]
December 26, 2011
I recently finished reading the book “Children Hearing Voices: What you need to know and what you can do.” It is a curious fact that this […]
December 26, 2011
At least as of today, if a person Googles “schizophrenia recovery” the first link that is not an advertisement is to a document titled “Understanding Schizophrenia […]
December 9, 2011
According the the UK group Mind, “Schizophrenia seems to affect roughly the same number of men and women. Most people diagnosed with schizophrenia are aged between […]
November 27, 2011
When we think that something inside of ourselves is a “symptom of an illness” then we very naturally want to get rid of it. But what […]
October 6, 2011
While the mental health field is just starting to acknowledge that “madness” or psychosis is often a response to trauma, I think it is important to […]
September 26, 2011
I am writing this for all those who have grown up with abuse and bullying, and then spent years being “treated” by the mental health system, […]
September 24, 2011
Anyone who attempts to list a “hearing voices” group at the new Hearing Voices USA website will find that they are asked if their group assumes […]