April 3, 2011
Psychiatrists working within our current mental health system often complain they have no choice other than to practice as they do, which usually involves, for example, […]
March 27, 2011
Given the recent events in the Middle East, it’s an interesting time to think about revolution. One pattern often seen in revolutions is where when the […]
March 20, 2011
On the Beautiful Minds blog, the latest entry is titled Is Psychosis a Prerequisite for Art? The author states his opinion that ” If the mental processes […]
March 19, 2011
Recent research showed again that people diagnosed with “schizophrenia” tend to “jump to conclusions” sooner than do most people, and this causes them to do poorly on many […]
March 17, 2011
Daniel Mackler just released his newest film, “Open Dialogue” — on the Finnish Open Dialogue Project A trailer for the film is on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBjIvnRFja4 Also, there’s […]
March 9, 2011
While I have done some introductory seminars in CBT for psychosis, there is now on the East Coast a new factility that goes well beyond that: “The […]
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 […]