January 20, 2020
Since the beginning of recorded history, humans have reported having experiences in their minds (not tied to sensory perception of what others see as physical reality) […]
December 3, 2017
Going mad involves breaking away from, or losing touch with, group norms and ideas about reality. This routinely leads many to even extreme levels of distress […]
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 […]
October 7, 2010
We are learning more about what people labeled with mental disorders like “schizophrenia” have in common with people who are creative and successful. One of the […]
August 29, 2010
I found a link to a very interesting article on the Beyond Meds site. The article is called The Creativity Crisis and it documents how creativity is […]
January 30, 2010
I have written elsewhere about links between creativity and psychosis. In a recent blog entry, Gianna Kali of “BeyondMeds” links to an article describing how teachers […]
September 20, 2009
In the mental health field currently, when people experience intense anxiety and depression, and when they experience mania and/or psychosis, the experience is understood to be […]
May 3, 2009
I was recently reviewing an article, (Nettle 2006) (see the abstract below) that makes some really interesting observations that pertain to the relationship between psychosis and […]