January 24, 2021
What are the relationships between the experiences caused by psychedelic drugs, and those we call “psychosis?” And what are the relationships between both those types of […]
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 […]
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 […]
January 21, 2016
Families are often very important for people encountering severe mental and emotional difficulties. but how can family members really know what is helpful, and what is […]
January 31, 2015
As we struggle to invent a humane approach to the extreme states that get called “psychosis” or “madness” or “schizophrenia,” it may be helpful to investigate […]
January 16, 2015
When people are seeing the world really different than we do, it’s often reassuring to think that there must be something wrong with them – because […]
November 22, 2014
As awareness spreads about there being something wrong with existing approaches to “psychosis” aka “madness,” interest grows in exploring what to do instead. One interesting meeting […]
March 9, 2014
One idea I’ve been intrigued by for awhile is the notion that psychosis can arise from attempts to heal dissociation. Dissociation is all very ordered and […]
April 21, 2013
Earth Day 2013 is a good time to reflect on how problems in our mental health system reflect deep flaws in “normal” conceptions of what it […]