September 9, 2017
The Hearing Voices Congress of 2017 is over, but it’s not too late to listen to some of the key talks that happened there! Other […]
August 6, 2017
When someone recently asked this on Quora, the first answer they received was the typical perspective offered by our mental health system. It was stated that […]
July 9, 2017
We seldom have a chance to hear from someone who combines the perspective of a long time psychiatric survivor and activist, with that of being a […]
June 9, 2017
Danielle Knafo Ph.D. is a leader in the field of psychoanalytic approach to psychosis, so I’m very pleased she was the presenter for the ISPS-US webinar, […]
May 29, 2017
Is madness good for something? If so, there’s something wrong with the medical conceptualization of it as simply an “illness.” That’s probably why anyone who tries […]
May 8, 2017
“I believe that we will look back on this programme as the moment when the biomedical public narrative finally started to change.” That’s what Lucy Johnstone […]
April 28, 2017
Unfortunately, at least here in the US, it’s rare for formal education to provide an understanding of “psychosis” that goes beyond a narrow medical model. That’s […]
March 17, 2017
When I was trained to be a mental health therapist, I was taught how to offer therapy for wide variety of psychological problems – but not […]
December 3, 2016
I was recently asked to contrast my views on psychosis and recovery with those offered by NAVIGATE, a US government (NIMH) sponsored program aiming to guide […]